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Political Analysis: The Rise of Hamas7 min read Reading Time: 6 minutes There are some researchers and experts on the Palestine issue who argue that Hamas rose and gained its power when there was an understanding and coordination with Fatah, and when it harmonized with the “official” Palestinian ruling polity, thus paving the way for it to better spread across the Palestinian community and improve its resistance performance. However, this hypothesis is incorrect, since the rise of Hamas popular and military resistance and the qualitative leaps took place when Hamas was going against the tide, and when it was outside the official system, led by Fatah; free from its restrictions, controls and standards. It happened when Hamas was seeking to implement its Islamic model, rejecting the peace process that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Fatah began to adopt, and refusing to lower its resistance standards and submit to the conditions of others. Therefore, ....