@inbook{3c25688f04c94ab29008303a4457aaf7,
title = "Arming Palestine: Resistance, Evolution, and Institutionalisation",
abstract = "The chapter provides a contextual analysis of the evolution of the militarisation of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip between 1994 and 2021. The chapter examines the foundation, evolution, and institutionalisation of Palestinian armed forces within the West Bank and the Gaza Strip with a specific focus on the Palestinian Authority and the Hamas-aligned Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. The evolution and institutionalisation of Palestinian armed forces is divided into three distinct phases: the Oslo era, the Second Intifada, and the ongoing divide between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank following the 2006 elections and subsequent armed schism in 2007. Through an examination of both primary and secondary sources, the chapter interrogates the roles of intra-regional dynamics, economic sources, political developments, and foreign influence vis-{\`a}-vis the ongoing militarisation, evolution, and institutionalisation of Palestinian armed actors.",
author = "Tristan Dunning and Anas Iqtait",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-32432-1_11",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-031-32431-4 ",
series = "Contributions to International Relations (CIR)",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "171--193",
editor = "Mohammad Eslami and { Vieira}, {Alena Vysotskaya Guedes}",
booktitle = "The Arms Race in the Middle East",
address = "Switzerland",
}