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In 2001 Roy wrote that some Hamas leaders had "stated outright their opposition to violence as a form of resistance and as a strategy for defeating the occupier."<ref name=Transformation>{{cite journal |last=Roy |first=Sara |year=2000 |month=Spring |title=The Transformation of Islamic NGOs in Palestine |journal=Middle East Report |volume=214 |pages=24–26 |url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0899-2851%28200021%290%3A214%3C24%3ATTOINI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z }}</ref> She said that this opinion was "widespread" in the movement as a whole, resulting in a "strategic shift from the political to the social" within Hamas.<ref name=Transformation/> Hamas, she wrote, had turned from politics to "spreading Islamic values without violence."<ref name=Transformation/> She concluded that "the Islamic movement appears to be moving toward a more pragmatic and non-confrontational philosophy."<ref name=Transformation/> |
In 2001 Roy wrote that some Hamas leaders had "stated outright their opposition to violence as a form of resistance and as a strategy for defeating the occupier."<ref name=Transformation>{{cite journal |last=Roy |first=Sara |year=2000 |month=Spring |title=The Transformation of Islamic NGOs in Palestine |journal=Middle East Report |volume=214 |pages=24–26 |url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0899-2851%28200021%290%3A214%3C24%3ATTOINI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z }}</ref> She said that this opinion was "widespread" in the movement as a whole, resulting in a "strategic shift from the political to the social" within Hamas.<ref name=Transformation/> Hamas, she wrote, had turned from politics to "spreading Islamic values without violence."<ref name=Transformation/> She concluded that "the Islamic movement appears to be moving toward a more pragmatic and non-confrontational philosophy."<ref name=Transformation/> |
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Sara Roy is a Research Associate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. She lived in the Gaza Strip for several years in the 1980s[1] and studies the Palestinian economy, particularly the economy of Gaza.[2] She has written more than 90 publications on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.[3]
Roy's commentary on such topics as "Yes, You Can Work with Hamas"[4] are often published in major newspapers.[citation needed]
Scholarly work
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Roy misunderstood the political Islamists of Hamas since the beginning of the Olso process. In 1995 she wrote that Hamas' "goal is primarily religious."[5] Although "for some it is also political-to create an Islamic state in Palestine. Their impact, however, is undoubtedly social."[5] "Islamist activism is the least of all dangers facing Palestinian (or Israeli) society."[5]
In 1991 Roy wrote that Hamas would not take power except by the route of first achieving "a reform of Palestinian society through the elimination of secularism."[6]
In 2001 Roy wrote that some Hamas leaders had "stated outright their opposition to violence as a form of resistance and as a strategy for defeating the occupier."[7] She said that this opinion was "widespread" in the movement as a whole, resulting in a "strategic shift from the political to the social" within Hamas.[7] Hamas, she wrote, had turned from politics to "spreading Islamic values without violence."[7] She concluded that "the Islamic movement appears to be moving toward a more pragmatic and non-confrontational philosophy."[7]
Political postitions
- - - According to The Boston Globe Roy has not taken a position on the issue of divestment from Israel but is nevertheless viewed as an "ally" of the movement to persuade Harvard to divest from Israel .[8]
Controversies
Roy drew public attention[citation needed] when a book review she had written of Mathew Levitt's book Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad was rejected by Tufts University’s Fletcher Forum on World Affairs. The editor wrote Roy that the article had been reviewed for "objectivity," a routine academic practice,[citation needed] but that "all reviewers found the piece one-sided."[9] Roy published the rejection letter and called the rejection a "blatant... case of censorship."[9]
Roy was in the spotlight again when she co-wrote an op-ed in The Boston Globe in which she wrote "although Gaza daily requires 680,000 tons of flour to feed its population, Israel had cut this to 90 tons per day by November 2007, a reduction of 99 percent."[10] The article was criticized[citation needed] for the error in arithmetic "if Gaza has a population of 1.5 million, as the authors also note, then 680,000 tons of flour a day comes out to almost half a ton of flour per Gazan, per day."[attribution needed] The Boston Globe ran a correction in which it said that Gaza requires 680,000 pounds, not tons, of flour daily.[10]
Publications
- The Gaza Strip Survey (1986)
- The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-development (1995, 2001)
- The Economics of Middle East Peace: A Reassessment (1999, editor)
- Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (London: Pluto Press, 2007)
- Between Extremism and Civism: Political Islam in Palestine (Princeton University Press, forthcoming)
References
- ^ "Sara Roy, From Oslo to the Road Map". Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine. 2004. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "Sara Roy". Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ Nettnin, Sonia (15 November 2004). "Harvard Researcher Speaks About Her Life Work in Gaza". Scoop. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Norton, Augustus Richard (July 17, 2007). "Yes, You Can Work With Hamas". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Roy, Sara (1995). "Alienation or Accommodation?". Journal of Palestine Studies. 24 (4): 73–82.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Roy, Sara (1991). "The Political Economy of Despair: Changing Political and Economic Realities in the Gaza Strip". Journal of Palestine Studies. 20 (3): 58–69.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ a b c d Roy, Sara (2000). "The Transformation of Islamic NGOs in Palestine". Middle East Report. 214: 24–26.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Healy, Patrick (December 21, 2002). "Jewish Professors Keep Divestment Drive Alive". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Roy, Sara (2007). "Review of Hamas: Politics, Charity and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad by Matthew Levitt". Middle East Policy. 14 (2): 162–166.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ a b al-Sarraj, Eyad (January 26, 2008). "Ending the stranglehold on Gaza". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
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