"How is the world to understand and respond to Hamas, the militant Islamist organization that Palestinian voters brought to power in the stunning election of January 2006? This book provides the most complete and fully documented assessment of Hamas ever written. Matthew Levitt, a counterterrorism expert with extensive field experience in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, draws aside the veil of legitimacy that Hamas hides behind. He presents concrete, detailed evidence from an extensive array of international intelligence materials, including recently declassified CIA, FBI, and Department of Homeland Security reports."

Arabic collection. "Published in cooperation with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy." "Foreword by Ambassador Dennis Ross, U.S. envoy to the Middle East, 1988-2000"--T.p.

Origins of the Hamas dawa -- Terror and the Hamas political leadership -- Economic jihad: how Hamas finances terror -- The logistics of terror: tactical uses of the dawa -- Teaching terror: how the dawa radicalizes Palestinian society -- Foreign funding of Hamas -- State support for Hamas -- Will Hamas target the West? -- Displacing the Hamas dawa.