Hamas and the Future of Gaza (with Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib)

Welcome to Econ Talk, Conversations for the Curious, part of the Library of Economics and Liberty. I'm your host, Russ Roberts of Shalem College in Jerusalem, and Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Go to econ.org where you can subscribe, comment on this episode, and find links and other information related to today's conversation. You'll also find our archives with every episode we've done going back to 2006. Our email address is mail at econalk.org. We'd love to hear from you. Today is August fifth, twenty twenty six, and my guest is Ahmed Fwad Al Katib. Senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, where he leads the real line. For Palestine project.

Has been was last year in March of twenty twenty four. Talking about Gaza and Israel. Our topic for today is his recent book. Hamas and its two million hostages. Ahmed, welcome back to Econ Talk. Good to be with you, brother. Thanks for talking to me.

This is a very short Fascinating book. It's a mixture of memoir and political analysis of Hamas's role in Gaza Historically and in this moment Why'd you write it?

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