Minna Cowper-Coles’s quantitative and qualitative research on the gender gap in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) shows that women are more likely to support Hamas. Gender and Political Support: Women and Hamas in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Routledge, 2023) gives a detailed analysis of the findings of the research, against a backdrop of Israeli colonialism and military Occupation. Cowper-Coles notes that Western gender gap literature does not necessarily explain the gender gap in the oPt, given that the research in the West focuses on post-colonial societies, not territories under occupation. The book consistently keeps the focus on Israel’s military Occupation and commences with a succinct overview of Palestine’s history, showing the political trajectory and the various grades of oppression which … Continue reading Gender and Political Support: Women and Hamas in the Occupied Palestinian Territories