The Dig Hamas w/ Tareq Baconi
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Oct 27, 2023 Tareq Baconi, expert on Hamas, discusses the importance of understanding its political aspirations separate from violence. They also explore the historical context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Hamas's shift towards armed struggle, the emergence of suicide bombings, their rise to power in Gaza, and the challenges they face as a governing authority.
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Understanding Hamas Matters
- Understanding Hamas is essential to ending violence and achieving peace in Palestine.
- Demonizing Hamas obscures the political roots and solutions to the conflict.
Hamas’s Origins in Resistance
- Hamas emerged from a shift within the Muslim Brotherhood towards armed resistance during the 1980s First Intifada.
- This transition turned social infrastructure into a political and military resistance committed to ending Israeli occupation.
Fatah and Hamas’s Founding Context
- Fatah started as a refugee-driven armed national liberation movement grounded in global anti-colonial struggles.
- Hamas later challenged Fatah’s turn towards political concessions and diplomacy by insisting on ongoing armed resistance.