What was the motivation for the Hamas attacks and what is the endgame for Israel? Katie Hannon speaks to long time peace campaigner Gershon Baskin, one of very few people to have had close contact with both the Israeli authorities and Hamas.
It's almost a month since the 7 October attacks by Hamas, which saw a reported 1,400 Israelis killed and around 240 hostages taken by the militant group.
But what was the motivation for the Hamas attacks and what is the endgame for the Israeli Defence Forces? We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage PreferencesMr Baskin’s primary contact in Hamas throughout multiple periods of conflict in the region has been Ghazi Hamad, an international spokesperson for the group.
Mr Baskin told Upfront: The Podcast that:"They lost control of their own humanity when they did what they did ."I interviewed @gershonbaskin. For the past 45 years, he's been a known Israeli peace activist. You can say that he is the only Israeli who has been keeping direct contact with some of the leaders of Hamas, even after the events of 7.10.
"Hamas holds to a philosophy of Islam which I believe is a distorted philosophy of Islam in which they believe that life on earth is short and insignificant. "When the war is over, and we have the day of reckoning, we will see the end of the Netanyahu-era in government. There are significant calls for Netanyahu to resign now because he does not have the trust of the people. He won't resign. He will be forced to resign.
There is a similar lack of awareness in Gaza about the 7 October attack amongst Palestinians, he said.
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