Haviv Rettig Gur on Palestinian radicalism - was 10/7 just another turn of the dial?
b'In recent days, we have been shocked to read the details in the New York Times investigative piece titled: \\u201cHamas weaponized sexual violence on October 7.\\u201dFor those of us following events on and after October 7 who have bothered to read the reporting coming out of Israel, or talk to Israelis involved (victims, victims\\u2019 families, first responders, Israeli journalists), we were not shocked. We will return to this topic in a future episode. \\n\\nBut today I wanted to focus on something else: should we actually be shocked?\\nI\\u2019ve been struck since October 7 that the barbarism has been covered as though it\\u2019s a rapid and steep descent of Hamas (and other segments of Palestinian society that were complicit) into a radically dark place. As though things have suddenly and dramatically turned in an unimaginable direction.\\n\\nWas October 7 an unimaginable turn, or just another turn of the dial of radicalization?\\n\\nThis is what I wanted to better understand during my weekly check-in with Haviv Rettig Gur of the Times Israel. \\n\\nPieces discussed in this episode:\\n\\nNYT - \\u201c\\u2018Screams Without Words\\u2019: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7\\u201d \\u2014 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/world/middleeast/oct-7-attacks-hamas-israel-sexual-violence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare\\n\\nWSJ - Netanyahu: \\u201cOur Three Prerequisites for Peace\\u201d \\u2014 https://www.wsj.com/articles/benjamin-netanyahu-our-three-prerequisites-for-peace-gaza-israel-bff895bd\\n\\nPLO Charter: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-original-palestine-national-charter-1964\\n\\nTimes of Israel: https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-troops-find-kid-sized-explosive-belts-in-gaza-building-used-to-shelter-civilians/amp/'