for context about hamas thinking in general [0] (quote from article) "for the past two years the Hamas leadership had been talking about implementing "the last

for context about hamas thinking in general [0] (quote from article) "for the past two years the Hamas leadership had been talking about implementing "the last promise" (alwaed al'akhir) – a divine promise regarding the end of days, when all human beings will accept Islam. Sinwar and his circle ascribed an extreme and literal meaning to the notion of "the promise, " a belief that pervaded all their messages: in speeches, sermons, lectures in schools and universities. The cardinal theme was the implementation of the last promise, which included the forced conversion of all heretics to Islam, or their killing" , and good chunks of population specifically [1] [0] https://judaic.arizona.edu/sites/judaic.arizona.edu/files/2024-04/Hamas%20Actually%20Believed%20It%20Would%20Conquer%20Israel.%20In%20Preparation,%20It%20Divided%20the%20Country%20Into%20Cantons%20-%20Israel%20News%20-%20Haaretz.com_.pdf https://judaic.arizona.edu/sites/judaic.arizona.edu/files/20... [1] https://xcancel.com/thehonestlypod/status/1973045630428655972 https://xcancel.com/thehonestlypod/status/197304563042865597...