In the paper you will be expected to include discussion of the basic elements regarding the organization of HAMAS in the Middle East. Your analysis should build on the sources as appropriate to your arguments and conclusions. Quotations and paraphrases should be used sparingly, but in when used, must be precisely cited in a footnote or an endnote. Do not forget: a revised and annotated bibliography of all the sources used in your research should be included as part of the paper. Here are questions to consider when analyzing the organization of HAMAS.
1) where is the group (HAMAS) found and in what numbers? What is its primary religious affiliation and spoken language?
2) give the group’s historical background
3) assess the group’s political relations with government. To what extent does the group engage in oppositional politics?
4) Does the group participate in organized elections? how has it performed?
5) What role does the group play in the economy? Does it dominate any sectors of the economy? if so, which? Is it, or does it consider itself to be economically marginal, underprivileged or excluded?
6) Who are the group’s primary leaders? How were they selected? What is their relationship to the government?
7) To what extent does the group maintain relations across national boundaries? For what purpose and to what effect?
8) How does the group interact with other significant segments of society? Are relations tense with any of them? WHy?
