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Cauldron of Terror – Hamas, Israel, and the World: Five Hundred Days in Gaza Mark D Silinsky
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Cauldron of Terror – Hamas, Israel, and the World: Five Hundred Days in Gaza
Mark D Silinsky
Hamas, an acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya or Islamic Resistance Movement, has been cast as a terrorist organization, a national liberation group, a religious-social movement, an Islamo-fascist or neo-Hitlerian force, and a counter-colonial group. The group itself is an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood, an international organization that propounds radical Islam. On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a day-long slaughter-fest against multiple sites near Gaza.
Hamas operatives fired on anything that moved – men, women, children, infants, and house pets. Militants also abducted over two hundred soldiers and civilians to be used as bargaining fodder. The carnival-like atmosphere surrounding the killing harkened to the Nazi death squads of World War Two.
In response, Israel launched Operation Swords of Iron against Hamas in Gaza, which has lasted over one year, pulverized many Gazan towns and homes, and killed many Gazans. Silinsky, a career military intelligence analyst, explains the strategy and tactics of both Hamas and Israeli forces used in the war. But this battlefield extended well beyond the streets of Gaza.
It was and is still a battle of ideas, fought to win international public opinion. Silinsky examines the information operations used by both sides to capture world sympathy. International organizations have taken sides in the war, and Silinsky examines the global diplomatic maneuvering.
Agencies of the United Nations are examined, particularly the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and the International Court of Justice. Cauldron also examines some pro-Israel- and anti-Israel-leaning non-governmental organizations and the heated activism that erupted on college campuses and in the streets of Western cities. The war is, at its core, a tragedy.
Silinsky brings to light the human dimension to people on both sides of the war.
| Mídia | Livros Hardcover Book (Livro com lombada e capa dura) |
| A ser lançado | 30 de setembro de 2026 |
| ISBN13 | 9781036142827 |
| Editoras | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Páginas | 224 |
| Dimensões | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 482 g (Peso (estimado)) |
