Chris Trotter

Only Monsters Can Win.

How Hamas changed Israel in the eyes of the world.

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Chris Trotter
Mar 03, 2026
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THE FUNDAMENTAL OBSTACLE to successfully asserting Palestinian sovereignty has always been the brute reality of Israeli power. Since 1948, when the nascent state of Israel defeated the combined armies of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Saudi-Arabia, it was clear to Palestinian nationalists that they needed more force. This search for a decisive force multiplier against Israel would define the next 75 years of Palestinian history.

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