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<div class="horizontalline"><span class="xn-location">WASHINGTON</span>, <span class="xn-chron">July 21, 2011</span> /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ &#8212;</div>
<div class="horizontalline">On <span class="xn-chron">July 20</span>, The <a href="http://www.memri.org/" target="_blank">Middle East Media Research Institute</a> (MEMRI) released a comprehensive report titled &#8220;Hamas&#8217;s <span class="xn-location">Gaza</span> &#8211; Four Years Later&#8221; which assesses the situation in <span class="xn-location">Gaza</span> since Hamas took control of the area.</div>
<p>MEMRI explores the <span class="xn-location">Middle East</span> through the region&#8217;s media, websites, religious sermons, and schoolbooks. MEMRI bridges the language gap between the West and the <span class="xn-location">Middle East</span>, providing translations of Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, and Turkish media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, and religious trends. Founded in 1998, MEMRI is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization.</p>
<p>The report is a feature release from MEMRI&#8217;s Palestinian Media Studies Project. (<a href="http://www.memri.org/palestinianmediastudies" target="_blank">http://www.memri.org/palestinianmediastudies</a>).  The preface of the report is below:</p>
<p><em>Four years after its takeover of <span class="xn-location">Gaza</span>, in <span class="xn-chron">June 2007</span>, Hamas has successfully established an independent entity there, separate from the <span class="xn-location">West Bank</span>. Since the takeover, Hamas has managed to strengthen itself economically (though its resources have been directed more towards reinforcing the movement than towards promoting the wellbeing of the population). It has also managed to consolidate its military strength, and has continued to prepare itself for the next confrontation with <span class="xn-location">Israel</span>. For the time being, however, the movement has found it beneficial to maintain a tahdiah (lull) with <span class="xn-location">Israel</span>, though occasionally the tahdiah is disrupted, not only by other organizations in <span class="xn-location">Gaza</span> but also by Hamas itself. </em></p>
<p><em>The Hamas regime in <span class="xn-location">Gaza</span> is a dictatorial one, characterized by numerous violations of human rights. Its policies and draconian rule have caused a drop in its popularity among the public (a fact of which the movement&#8217;s leaders are aware), but not to the point of threatening its rule.</em></p>
<p><em>The movement&#8217;s relations with other forces in <span class="xn-location">Gaza</span> – especially with the Salafi jihadists, the Islamic Jihad movement, Fatah and the Popular Front – are strained, and internal conflicts within the movement have surfaced as well. In April-<span class="xn-chron">May 2011</span>, Hamas and Fatah signed a reconciliation agreement, but there are numerous doubts regarding its chances of success.</em></p>
<p><em>This seven-part review deals with the following topics: Fatah-Hamas Relations; Hamas&#8217;s Military Conduct vis-a-vis <span class="xn-location">Israel</span>;  Hamas&#8217;s Administration of <span class="xn-location">Gaza</span>;  Internal Conflicts within Hamas;  Islamization in <span class="xn-location">Gaza</span>;  Hamas&#8217;s Relations with Islamic Jihad, Salafi-Jihadis; and  Hamas&#8217;s Relations with <span class="xn-location">Egypt</span>. </em></p>
<p>For more on MEMRI visit <a href="http://www.memri.org/" target="_blank">www.memri.org</a></p>
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