On this episode of Espresso Martini, we will focus on the appalling October 7th attack, in which the designated terrorist group Hamas launched a violent and bloody attack focused on Israeli civilians.

For the sake of clarity, we have decided our conversation into these areas:

* What happened
* Who are Hamas
* The geopolitics of what happened and the alleged role of outside support for Hamas
* The Israeli response and alleged intelligence failures
* The online reactions to what happened

Links to the articles we used for our discussion

What Happened

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/10/how-hamas-entered-israel/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/death-toll-from-hamas-onslaught-passes-1000-idf-kills-terrorists-in-southern-israel/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/07/civilians-will-pay-price-for-biggest-challenge-to-israel-since-1973

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67065205

Who Are Hamas

https://www.tahir-abbas.com/understanding-hamas-a-qa-on-the-groups-origins-leadership-and-goals/

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/10/hamas-covenant-israel-attack-war-genocide/675602/

https://thearabweekly.com/hamas-leaders-seen-living-luxury-while-gazans-suffer

Geopolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/08/hamas-attack-has-abruptly-altered-the-picture-for-middle-east-diplomacy

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/10/iran-hamas-israel-gaza-attack/675582/

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/12/bidens-saudi-israel-normalization-plans-distant-as-israel-pounds-gaza.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67061453

https://thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/thehill.com/opinion/international/4250708-putins-fingerprints-are-on-hamas/amp/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/zelensky-accuses-putin-of-backing-hamas-russian-leader-calls-for-palestinian-state/

Israeli response and alleged intelligence failures

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-security-failure.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20231010&instance_id=104895&nl=f

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/source-close-to-hamas-describes-years-long-campaign-to-fool-israel/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/12/israel-hamas-war-egypt-warned-foreign-affairs-gaza#:~:text=Earlier%20this%20week%2C%20the%20country's

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/10/israels-netanyahu-has-little-choice-launch-gaza-ground-operation#ixzz8FxjFz4kd

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/gaza-neighborhood-turned-to-rubble-rockets-rain-on-tel-aviv

Online Reactions

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/left-jewish-suffering-israel-hamas/675621/

https://www.jamesbloodworth.com/p/as-long-as-they-hate-us-they-must

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/double-bind-tied-up-in-knots-on-left/


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