GROUNDING THE CURRENT MOMENT: AN AL-SHABAKA SYLLABUS Introduction The Roots of

The Roots of the Palestinian Struggle It is impossible to discuss, let alone fully understand and analyze, the developments of October 2023 without recognizing their inextricable connection to the root causes of Palestinian struggle. [...] To assess Hamas’s October 7th operation and the Israeli regime’s subsequent response in isolation is to ignore over 75 years of colonial violence and the horrific consequences born out of these decades of oppression and attempted erasure. [...] The following publications from our members serve as a grounding for the current moment, reminding readers that recent atrocities are the by-product of Israel’s settler colonial project, military occupation, and system of apartheid from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. [...] • Hamas: Dismantling the Dilemmas of Governance and Resistance by Belal Shobaki (September 2021) • Hamas and the Problem of Leadership and Resistance with Jehad Abusalim and Belal Shobaki (September 2021). [...] The opinion of individual members of Al-Shabaka’s policy network do not necessarily reflect the views of the organization as a whole.