Norman Finkelstein: “Hamas Had No Other Option“ | Israel-Hamas War | Gaza | Palestine

On October 9, 2023 Norman Finkelstein was interviewed to discuss the Israel Hamas War and the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Israel and Hamas are locked in a new cycle of escalating violence, after a surprise attack on Saturday initiated by the Palestinian group from the Gaza Strip. Israel has responded with a deadly bombardment of the blockaded coastal enclave. Finkelstein said “Does it really surprise it really a the people of Gaza - most of whom were born in that concentration camp - would do something desperate to break free from that concentration camp.“ Hamas spokesperson Khaled Qadomi has said the group’s military operation is in response to all the atrocities the Palestinians have faced over the decades. Dr. Norman Finkelstein asks the key question that no one in the Western political elite is prepared to ask: When you deprive a brutally oppressed people of any non-violent path to dignity and justice, what do you expect them to do? Norman G. Finkelstein is an American political scientist, activist, former professor, and author. He received his PhD from the Princeton University Politics Department in 1987. In the year 2020, Norman Finkelstein was named the fifth most influential political scientist in the world. #israel #palestine #hamas #gaza #war