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December 5, 2023

What Makes Hamas Tick, and Why Israel Fails to Understand It

The terrorists make no distinctions among social, military, and political activity.

In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, I remember constant admonitions to try harder to “understand” al-Qaeda. While these admonitions usually came from Osama bin Laden’s apologists, this does not mean they were wrong. A better understanding of the jihadists might have helped to prevent the attacks, or to improve American responses. The same is true regarding Hamas, which, Michael Milstein explains, Israel seriously misread in the months before October 7:

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December 5, 2023

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  2. What Makes Hamas Tick, and Why Israel Fails to Understand It

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