Ep. 172: gaza pt. 4: but do you condemn hamas?

We're wrapping up our series on Gaza by talking about where Hamas came from and the reality of what "war" looks like in Palestine. This is a real feel bad episode so make sure you're properly prepared.

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about civilian casualties in the war in Ukraine
[22:00] We promise to be more stupid after this week, Mark is destroying his insides with hot peppers, CoRri defends illusionists, we discuss our chaotic watch-along, we have new stuff up on Ko-Fi
[39:37] What we watched! (The Devil's Backbone, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, No Way Up, There's Something Wrong With The Children, Past Lives, The Zone of Interest, Frequency, Natural Born Killers)
[60:32] CoRri talks about the origins of Hamas and the realities of life in Gaza during wartimes

Stuff we referenced:

• The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza by Max Blumenthal
• Shoppable book list from Gibson's bookstore
• How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas
• How Israel helped create Hamas
• What the World Can Learn From the History of Hamas
• “Divide and Rule”: How Israel Helped Start Hamas to Weaken Palestinian Hopes for Statehood
• Blowback: How Israel Went From Helping Create Hamas To Bombing It
• Gaza war: how representative is Hamas of ordinary Palestinians?
• Palestinian poll shows a rise in Hamas support and close to 90% wanting US-backed Abbas to resign
• Zionism and the Annihilation of Gaza: The Problem in Palestine is Not Political, but Ideological