THE STORY
Aired on PBS May 9, 2006.
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FRONTLINE/World correspondent Kate Seelye travels across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to investigate Hamas, the militant Islamist group responsible for scores of suicide bombings and missile attacks on Israel -- and the surprise winner of January’s Palestinian elections. Gaining access to Hamas’s political leadership and to its secretive military wing, Seelye builds a portrait of an organization teetering between a political awakening and a familiar cycle of bloody resistance. WATCH VIDEO>>
Audio Slideshow:
PORTRAIT OF A PALESTINIAN TOWN
A look at life in Wadi Fukin, a small agricultural town near Bethlehem, now in the shadow of Israel’s Security Fence. View feature...
EXTENDED INTERVIEWS
Militants and moderates from the new Hamas-led government and the Fatah opposition talk about working together, dealing with Israel and what comes next. Read more...