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Article by Hanna Alshaikh challenges dominant portrayals of Yahya Sinwar’s leadership of Hamas as a radical break from his predecessors, arguing instead that his rise reflects the Movement’s longstanding principles of accumulation, consultation, and institutional continuity. By examining Sinwar’s career, political experience, and internal dynamics of Hamas, it highlights the limitations of Western narratives that reduce Palestinian leadership to personalities or simplistic binaries.
