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Nov 2024
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"The first foothold in a much broader li...

Makdisi Bros.
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The brothers welcome journalist Tareq Baconi, author of Hamas Contained (2018) and president of the board of Al-Shabaka. One year into the Gaza genocide, they discuss the emergence Hamas and its role in the Palestinian political polity, its sweeping electoral victory in Gaza in 2006 as well as its subsequent governance in Gaza and attempts to contain its growth through blockade. They explore how October 7th upended the entire strategic alignments of the Western imperialist powers that are part of Israeli apartheid structure.

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Date of recording: Oct 15, 2024.

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