Hamas won Palestinian support by delivering services where the state failed

Evidence

The self-determining response of the Palestinian people was to catapult Hamas into power, the very group to which Israel was instrumental in giving birth, and which now it seeks most to destroy. And to do so less because Hamas has stood up to Israel than that, in the face of relentless Israeli attack, it was seen to succeed, at least within limit, where Arafat’s Fatah had hopelessly failed. Hamas delivered social services, providing the garbage collection, medical treatment, and food supplements for the starving, services the long-ruling Palestinian Authority could only complain about not having the resources to provide. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 650

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Hamas won power by delivering social services where Fatah had failed — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 650; Islamist organizations won support by providing welfare where governments failed. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 305

Broader Connections

• Hamas won power by delivering social services where Fatah had failed #corroborates (0.98) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 650
• Islamist organizations won support by providing welfare where governments failed. #exemplifies (0.85) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 305