A farewell to arms? Hamas considers its options
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 August 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Opinions of Hamas are shifting—among its international backers, in Gaza, even within its affiliates’ ranks. If it opts to disarm, what would happen next? A new analysis suggests using a sense of risk to explain markets’ movements might be focusing on the wrong emotion. And our final “Archive 1945” instalment relives VJ day through The Economist’s coverage at the time.
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