http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/1907 <!--paging_filter--><p><strong>BY ALEXANDER MELEAGROU-HITCHENS</strong> </p><p>In late June the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) released a <a href="http://library.usip.org/articles/1012237.1112/1.PDF">report</a> entitled &quot;Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility&quot;, an analysis of the ideological and political background of Hamas, and the question of whether they should be engaged with and brought into the mainstream political fold.<p><a href="/node/1907"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/1907#comments Engagement Fatah Hamas Human Rights Watch United States Institute of Peace War on Terror Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:31:05 +0100 Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens 1907 at http://standpointmag.co.uk