Hamas and the Origins of Islamic Antisemitism

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During and after World War II and the Holocaust, the collaboration of leading Palestinian nationalists with the Nazi regime was a major issue in the press and politics. Historians have examined the details and nature of this collaboration and the ideas of Islamists that led them to support Hitler. In this conversation, historians Matthias Küntzel and Jeffrey Herf will discuss the origins of Hamas, the history of Islamic antisemitism, and its causal significance in the war of 1947-1948.