Hamas vs. Fatah Quotes

“Fatah criticized Hamas in the Palestinian media for not helping “the national interest of the Palestinian people.”57 Hamas repeatedly explained that the talks failed because it would never agree to end its attacks against Israel.”
― Jonathan Schanzer, Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine

“Specifically, the Palestinians fell into old and predictable routines. Dr. Kenneth Stein, Emory University professor of Middle Eastern studies, pointed out in a landmark 1990 study that a number of remarkable similarities existed among the Palestinians during first two uprisings: selfdestructive violence, Islamic militancy, rejection of the West, and internal Palestinian rivalries among political leaders over strategy and tactics.”
― Jonathan Schanzer, Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine

“The war against Israel was only part of the picture, however. The new uprising soon fit a recurring Palestinian pattern of self-destruction marked by miscalculation, fratricide, religious radicalism, and economic despair.”
― Jonathan Schanzer, Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine