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The Role of International Clientelism in the National Factionalism of Palestine

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  • Dag Tuastad

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In this article I investigate the role of the international community's policy in the national factionalism in Palestine. I attempt to illuminate how international policy has contributed to the sustaining of internecine Palestinian violence as Fatah, which lost the elections in 2005 and 2006, has been motivated not to hand over power. In the process of selecting allies in the fight against Islamist terrorism, the epitomic undemocratic feature of Arab political culture, clientelism, has been promoted over democracy. Hamas seizing power in Gaza in 2007 probably resulted from the need to tame unruly militant groups which were sponsored by leaders of the Palestinian Fatah party, which again were supported by Western powers. To understand the national splitting in Palestine there is a need to analyse the interconnection between warlords, local clientelism and international clientelism.

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  • Dag Tuastad, 2010. "The Role of International Clientelism in the National Factionalism of Palestine," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(5), pages 791-802.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:31:y:2010:i:5:p:791-802
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2010.503569
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