السياسة الخارجية الأمريكية تجاه الإسلام السياسي حركة حماس نموذجاً
Date
2007-12-17
Authors
عطايا محمد أحمد ريحات
Attaya Mohamed Ahmed Rihan
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Publisher
AL-Quds University
جامعة القدس
جامعة القدس
Abstract
The USA Foreign Policy towards the Political Islam
"Hamas as a model"
The study aims to deal with the USA Foreign Policy towards Hamas
Movement, and towards political system of Islam.
Hamas Movement studies as an example of the Political Islamic Movements
in the period between 1987 till the end of the tenth government formed by
Hamas after its won in the parliamentary elections 2006. The study focused
on the USA views towards Hamas, the problems that Hamas countered, the
siege and the restrictions that aimed to topple it including the Zionist lobby
impact on the USA policy against Hamas and becoming one of the USA and
Israeli priorities during Bush administration.
The reason to focusing on such study is because of its importance and it is an
extraordinary model in the Middle East, an Islamic Movement listed on the
USA list of Terrorists reached governance democratically. Also, the subject
was not discussed widely from the Arabs and Muslims in comparison with the
West interest in the subject.
The study used the historic method, the analytical method, the descriptive
method and the case study Method in order to reach the results and the
recommendations of the study.
The USA viewed the Political Islam as an enemy after the Iranian revolution
and the collapse of the Soviet Union and then considering Islam as the
alternative danger to Communism. After the events of September 11 and the
domination of the Neo-Cons over the USA Policies, the USA administration
dedicated itself to fight the Political Islam under the claim of "War on
Terror".
After the failure of the USA war on Afghanistan and Iraq, the USA
administration adopted a Policy of Change and Reform and spreading
Democracy, which includes allowing Hamas participating in the elections to
contain it. But after the unexpected results the USA administration and the
Zionist lobby followed some mechanisms and strategies to topple Hamas after
it won such as:
- Imposing an economic and political siege on Hamas.
- Utilizing some internal elements to spread chaos and drag Hamas into
the clashes and civil war with the Palestinians to make the Palestinians
regret electing it.
- The Israel threats to invade the Gaza.
Despite the USA success to defame the reality of Hamas, attaching it to
terrorism and the international isolation, Hamas must try to refute the claim
"War on Terror", and it has to improve its media performances and to stop the
Revolutionary Speeches that call for the destruction of Israel and to replace it
with a new one which can be understood and approved in the west without
touching the principles of the Movement.
Hamas should specify part of its Satellite Channel programs to be broadcasted
in English in order to counter the mass media that defames the reality of
Hamas, to give the correct image and refutes the wrong allegations; also, it
should cooperate with the foreign intellectuals who can help modifying the
wrong image known for Hamas.
Hamas should seize the sympathy of some European countries to establish
diplomatic relations in high levels, this can be achieved positively after
inviting the Hamas leadership to visit those countries after the Parliamentary
elections 2006, to show that Hamas is an Islamic mainstream movement, and
clarify that Islam is the religion of peace, cooperation, respects the human
values and rejects killing innocents. Through this policy, the Movement will
clear its position and enable the countries to build bridges of trust and pave
the way for economic and political relations with the countries that share the
same human values
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الدراسات الاقليمية , Regional Studies