Hamas Options: Political Judaization along with Military Confrontation

The nongovernmental actors’ institutionalized power of management over a region and its people is evident and testified by the extent of their contribution to enhance their ability. The requisites for materialization of such an ability is political functionalism, accountability and restricted politico-military arrangements. That has been the case with Hamas since June 2007 when it took over the responsibility to manage Gaza; Hamas has been favoring military operations or turning into a political player -- a hot and challenging issue in the Middle East. This research is a case study on Hamas, trying to see how institutionalization by non-governmental actors (in the sense that they become an element of government) has an impact on the tendency towards military choices. Moreover, this study tries to address the question whether violence prevents or prohibits the process? To this end, this paper focuses on Israel’s capacity and power to influence certain relevant variables.