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cb's i on the world i'm john bachelor with john shanzer of the Foundation for the Defensive Democracy,

the author John Shanser. The new book is Gaza Conflict 2021, Hamas, Israel,

and 11 days of war. Jonathan gives us a very large view of 30 years in which Hamas has been

gaining in strength. There were obstacles that Hamas had to overcome. One of them surprisingly was Yasher Arafat, who launched serial

operations on the West Bank. When I was first introduced to Israel, it was during the Siege of Bethlehem an operation

launched by Yasur Arafat. However, he is to die soon enough and that to me to my

reading of Jonathan's book opens up a road for Hamas that might not have been possible otherwise.

However, the Palestinians are going to hold an election. I believe it's 2006. They're going to hold an election.

What does that mean to Hamas? Why do they at that time say they will participate on it?

Okay, so the story is that Arafat is faced with a faithful decision in 2000. You've got Bill Clinton and Ehud Barak, then Prime Minister of Israel, they call for a summit to try to bring an end

to the Oslo process and to the beginning of a new era of full peace between the Palestinians and Israelis.

Arafat rejects this.

He launches the what's known as the second intifada,

which is another asymmetric war,

and that goes on through 2005.

Arafat dies in late 2004.

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