Hamas’ Bid for Revolutionary Legitimacy

By focusing on the gruesomeness of the violence, we miss the political dimension of what's going on.

One of the difficult subtexts Shadi and I have been kicking around on the pod (and offline) is the question of Hamas’ legitimacy.

On a recent episode, recorded the week after Hamas’ bloody rampage through southern Israel, I argued that the most committed supporters of the Palestinian cause ought not to have any qualms about condemning Hamas. Following S…