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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-838893
Hamas Is Making a Comeback, Expert Warns
(Walla-Jerusalem Post) Dr. Michael Milshtein, a senior researcher at the Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, told 103FM on Thursday that Hamas's "situation is not bad. It's terrible for us to say this because we wanted to see a battered, beaten, and maybe even barely existing organization." "We need to get into the mindset of many Palestinians, especially Hamas - in their view, the price was worth it. In their count, 50,000 died, and the destruction of Gaza is the justified price for the harm caused to Israel and for their national pride. I'm not justifying them, but that is their narrative, and it's time we understand that. The mainstream sentiment is one of authentic achievement. Blinken spoke about 4,000 new recruits to Hamas, and that's just from the past few months. They will use the near future to rebuild." "A long-term plan should be prepared, not just for the next few days, on how to completely dismantle Hamas....There is no way to continue living with Hamas in the long term, and we believe that this will change the way we thought it would before October 7."