
The claim that Israel created or supported Hamas functions as a political instrument to delegitimize Palestinian agency and resistance. Historical analysis reveals that the Islamic movement in Gaza emerged from autonomous institution-building, such as the development of mosques and the Islamic University of Gaza in the 1970s, rather than Israeli patronage. The narrative of "collaboration" was historically weaponized by PLO and Fatah factions during internal power struggles and the Oslo peace process to discredit political rivals. Furthermore, contemporary collaborator militias in Gaza, often linked to Madkhali-Jihadi ideologies, actively oppose Hamas and coordinate with the occupation, contradicting the myth of Israeli-Hamas collusion. Guest Mujamma Haraket, an academic researcher specializing in political Islam and non-state actors, provides this forensic history to dismantle the propaganda surrounding the origins and political trajectory of the Islamic Resistance.
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