Kissing the Dead: The Revenge of a Betrayed Hamas Leader

Matt Rees, former Time Magazine Jerusalem bureau chief tells the story of Imad Akel, a Hamas military chief whose brother was killed by Palestinian police. Imad's vengeance prefigured the civil war that later split his people and still divides them. It highlights the battle between major Palestinian factions, the lack of honest leadership, and the results of carrying on the tradition of revenge.