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It Could Happen Here

Palestinians Debate Armed Tactics

It Could Happen Here

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News, Daily News, Society & Culture, Politics

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🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Dana El Kurd breaks down the ongoing debate among Palestinians about what should happen in Gaza, whether Hamas should disarm, and the role of armed tactics more generally.

(Please note this episode was recorded prior to the 2026 Iran War)

Sources:

Moral Matters in Hard Times - https://www.dohainstitute.org/en/Lists/ACRPS-PDFDocumentLibrary/moral-matters-in-hard-times.pdf

October 2025 poll of Palestinians - https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2096%20press%20release%20FINAL%20ENGLISH%2028%20Oct%202025.pdf

Disarmament reporting - https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2020639164602200358

Khaled Meshaal interview with Drop Site News - https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/hamas-leader-khaled-meshaal-interview-trump-maga-united-states-support-israel-gaza-netanyahu

Reconstruction of Gaza reporting - https://www.dw.com/en/trump-board-of-peace-backers-pledge-5-billion-for-gaza/a-75982195

Aljazeera reporting on Israeli backed gangs in Gaza - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/6/armed-militia-members-are-serving-as-israeli-agents-in-gaza-investigation

Panel interview in Gaza - https://youtu.be/gbG2HxwLHgk?si=im4SHWm6v0g60t75

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human.

0:05.9

CallZone Media.

0:10.6

Hello, everyone, and welcome to It Could Happen here.

0:13.2

My name is Dada Al-Kurd. I'm an associate professor of political science, a senior non-resident

0:18.1

fellow at the Arab Center, Washington, and I specialize in Palestinian and Arab politics.

0:23.3

Although Gaza has sort of leaked off the headlines,

0:25.7

what with everything going on domestically,

0:27.9

there's still obviously a lot happening on the issue of Palestine.

0:31.0

I feel like I've started the last few episodes like this, but it's worth repeating.

0:34.6

So here's an update on what's been happening in Gaza specifically.

0:38.4

Despite the ceasefire agreement, reports indicate ongoing demolition of homes in Gaza City

0:43.0

and restricted entry of food, medical, and humanitarian aid. Again, since the ceasefire started,

0:48.9

more than 600 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, with hundreds more injured.

0:53.3

For some reason, these don't count as

0:54.5

ceasefire violations. And according to the Gaza government media office, there's been over

0:59.8

1,600 violations by Israeli forces, including air attacks, shelling, and direct shooting.

1:05.0

Of the past 130-some days of the ceasefire, an alaska shows attacks on 111 of them, at least.

1:12.6

In a previous episode, I also talked about what the yellow line was, which was this kind of

1:16.3

unilaterally imposed military boundary inside Gaza to make sure that Palestinians are sequestered

1:22.6

into smaller spaces. And Israeli forces have continued to target individuals and structures across this yellow

1:29.4

line, claiming that these actions are necessary to stop militants. And Azizera reports, however,

1:34.5

that Israeli-backed gangs, armed gangs, are operating back and forth across the yellow line.

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