Understanding Hamas & Why That Matters
About "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters"
In March 2024, the board of Just World Educational concluded that the broad, dishonest, and often virulent campaign of demonization that Israel and Western powers had long maintained against Hamas constituted a serious obstacle in the path of any rational moves towards attainment of a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the ending-- after 57 years-- of Israel's belligerent military occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. The board therefore decided as a matter of urgency to launch a broad campaign to educate the global Anglophone public about the history, political development, and goals of the movement.
As part of this project Just World Ed's board member Rami G. Khouri and President Helena Cobban are holding a series of weekly online briefings in May,in which, along with a select group of experts, they will discuss and evaluate various aspects of the history, record, and goals of the movement.
This online database will present the multimedia records of these conversations as we produce them, and will also present a selected but rapidly growing collection of links to other available resources that we consider informative and helpful.
These materials are published here under a Creative Commons license, which means you are free to re-use any of them for non-commercial purposes, provided you give due attribution to Just World Educational and the individual speakers. If you want to use any of these materials for commercial purposes, please contact Rights@justworldeducational.org to ask about terms.
Sessions
Session 1: Dr. Paola Caridi
May 2, 2024
Co-hosts JWE President Helena Cobban and Board Member Rami G. Khouri, in conversation with Dr. Paola Caridi.
Session Resources
Session 2: Dr. Khaled Hroub
May 9, 2024
Co-hosts JWE President Helena Cobban and Board Member Rami G. Khouri, in conversation with Dr. Khaled Hroub.
Session Resources
Session 3: Dr. Jeroen Gunning
May 16, 2024
Co-hosts JWE President Helena Cobban and Board Member Rami G. Khouri, in conversation with Dr. Jeroen Gunning.
Session Resources
Overall Resources
Participants in "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters"
Helena Cobban
Rami Khouri
Dr. Paola Caridi
Khaled Hroub
Jeroen Gunning
Transcripts
Read the full transcripts of each session of "Understanding Hamas & Why That Matters" below:
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