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What Hamas Can Teach the Jews

JL;DR SUMMARY Joshua Hoffman's piece delves into the longstanding strategic assumptions—or "conceptzia"—within Israeli policy regarding Hamas, arguing these beliefs have proven erroneous. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasJewish IdentityPalestinian AuthorityProgressive PoliticsDiaspora JewsMiddle East ConflictConceptziaIsraeli Security PolicyOctober 7, 2023

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Israel
"Much has been documented about the conceptzia that certain politicians in Israel had about Hamas."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"For years, this assumption shaped policies that allowed Hamas to govern Gaza with relative autonomy."

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