This chapter provides a historical background on the founding of Hamas in 1987 during the first Palestinian Intifada. It explores the motivations of Hamas's founders in establishing an Islamist resistance organization at that particular moment and how their ideology shifted from a focus on Islamization to armed struggle. It also discusses the role of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine and the emergence of Islamic Jihad as a splinter group.
Featuring Tareq Baconi on the history of Hamas. This is the context we need. And it is precisely what mainstream discourse mystifies, denies, and disavows.
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