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Hamas Contained: The Rise and Pacification of Palestinian Resistance by Tareq Baconi
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Hamas contained: a look at how Hamas has been politically and geographically contained directly by Israel and their supporters and indirectly through lack of support and withdrawal of support from various countries in the Middle East.
"HAMAS, the Arabic acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (Islamic Resistance Movement), also meaning 'zeal'".
The book covers the context leading up to Hamas's creation in 1987 until 2017.
I really recommend this interview with the author that discusses the context since 2017 to 2024 by The Dig:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0sbYynqzE5fzEAPzACdV9p?si=eL1FNIzKSGOGJ2Zn_mEwbQ&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1FgnTBfUlzkeKt
I really recommend this book as a starting point for education in the Middle East and the current violent settler colonialist project happening in Palestine. I have so many quotations I could share but overall my takeaways are that the history of the formation of Hamas and groups like it stem in self defense and a rejection of colonization through armed resistance. It is also stunning the way Palestine has been treated when it is an occupied country trying to defend itself from a violeng occupier.The international community consistently failed to capitalize on Palestine's (through the PLO and later Hamas) willingness to negotiate and pleas to have its basic sovereignty recognized.
The author also shows how Hamas is not a singular or blameless party in this war but how the decisions they've made have been more a result of a commitment to liberation that the international community has never supported.
A brief timeline the author talks about throughout the book:
WWI: Palestine is conquered by the British from the Ottoman Empire
1922: Palestine made into a British Mandate under supervision of the Leage of Nations (UN predecessor created to maintain peace after WW1). This meant Britain had the responsibility to guide Palestine toward independence.
Early 1900s: Britain makes commitments to the Zionist movement seeking to establish a Jewish homeland in historic Palestine
1947: "the UN General Assembly issued a 'Partition Plan' calling for the partition of Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state and setting a deadline for the termination of the British Mandate. The proposed partition allocated 56% of Palestine to the Jewish community, which formed about one-third of the population at the time."
***"Given the power disparity with Israel, it became clear even as early as the 1970s that liberation through armed struggle was unlikely. Nonetheless, the Palestinian Liberation Organization's revolution persisted as a means of asserting Palestinian identity, developing political legitimacy, and broadcasting the Palestinian plight globally. For an American administration in the midst of the Cold War, and its view that the Palestinians were allied with the USSR, the PLO's actions were branded as international terrorism and all forms of diplomatic engagement with the group were banned."
"HAMAS, the Arabic acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya (Islamic Resistance Movement), also meaning 'zeal'".
The book covers the context leading up to Hamas's creation in 1987 until 2017.
I really recommend this interview with the author that discusses the context since 2017 to 2024 by The Dig:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0sbYynqzE5fzEAPzACdV9p?si=eL1FNIzKSGOGJ2Zn_mEwbQ&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1FgnTBfUlzkeKt
I really recommend this book as a starting point for education in the Middle East and the current violent settler colonialist project happening in Palestine. I have so many quotations I could share but overall my takeaways are that the history of the formation of Hamas and groups like it stem in self defense and a rejection of colonization through armed resistance. It is also stunning the way Palestine has been treated when it is an occupied country trying to defend itself from a violeng occupier.The international community consistently failed to capitalize on Palestine's (through the PLO and later Hamas) willingness to negotiate and pleas to have its basic sovereignty recognized.
The author also shows how Hamas is not a singular or blameless party in this war but how the decisions they've made have been more a result of a commitment to liberation that the international community has never supported.
A brief timeline the author talks about throughout the book:
WWI: Palestine is conquered by the British from the Ottoman Empire
1922: Palestine made into a British Mandate under supervision of the Leage of Nations (UN predecessor created to maintain peace after WW1). This meant Britain had the responsibility to guide Palestine toward independence.
Early 1900s: Britain makes commitments to the Zionist movement seeking to establish a Jewish homeland in historic Palestine
1947: "the UN General Assembly issued a 'Partition Plan' calling for the partition of Palestine into an Arab state and a Jewish state and setting a deadline for the termination of the British Mandate. The proposed partition allocated 56% of Palestine to the Jewish community, which formed about one-third of the population at the time."
***"Given the power disparity with Israel, it became clear even as early as the 1970s that liberation through armed struggle was unlikely. Nonetheless, the Palestinian Liberation Organization's revolution persisted as a means of asserting Palestinian identity, developing political legitimacy, and broadcasting the Palestinian plight globally. For an American administration in the midst of the Cold War, and its view that the Palestinians were allied with the USSR, the PLO's actions were branded as international terrorism and all forms of diplomatic engagement with the group were banned."