Why Hamas Misunderstands Israel

In an in-depth conversation, Haviv Rettig Gur and Dan Senor discuss the war in which the Jewish state now finds itself. Gur unpacks the events of the weekend and addresses their domestic and geopolitical ramifications, the possibility of war with Hizballah in Lebanon, and their effects on Israeli society and the Israeli psyche. To Gur, Hamas has once again miscalculated by believing that it can convince the Jews simply to abandon their homeland though displays of violence. He concludes by lambasting the moral preening of the self-styled international community and defenders of human rights, who care not a whit about the actual wellbeing of Palestinians in Gaza, but only about their own self-righteousness. (Audio, 64 minutes.)