In March 2024, the board of Just World Educational concluded that the broad, dishonest, and often virulent campaign of demonization that Israel and Western powers had long maintained against Hamas constituted a serious obstacle in the path of the attainment of a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the ending-- after 57 years-- of Israel's belligerent military occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. The board therefore decided as a matter of urgency to launch a broad campaign to educate the global Anglophone public about the history, political development, and goals of the Hamas movement.

In the first phase of this project, in May 2024 Just World Ed's president Helena Cobban and board member Rami G. Khouri presented a series of five weekly online briefings, in which they explored and evaluated the history, record, and goals of the movement with a carefully chosen group of experts.

Scroll down on this Online Learning Hub to find the multimedia records of these conversations.

In a second phase of the project, we prepared a book based on the (very lightly edited) transcripts of our online conversations and also containing some valuable documentation on the history of Hamas.

This book is now available via all major book retailers worldwide! Or, you can order it-- in paperback or e-book format-- at this page on the website of OR Books, which can ship them anywhere in the world. Its ISBNs are 9781682196342 (paperback) and 9781682196359 (ebook.)

We have a number of public events already confirmed to mark the launch of this book-- and more are in the planning stage. Find a list of confirmed upcoming events here.

Of course, all such projects will require both time and money! If you would like to provide financial support for this project, you can  find out how to do so by mail or securely online, by clicking here. If you'd like to support the project by volunteering some help in text-editing, video editing, or outreach efforts, please let us know!

Thank you.

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