A farewell to arms? Hamas considers its options

《告别武器?哈马斯权衡选择》

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2025-08-15

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Opinions of Hamas are shifting—among its international backers, in Gaza, even within its affiliates’ ranks. If it opts to disarm, what would happen next? A new analysis suggests using a sense of risk to explain markets’ movements might be focusing on the wrong emotion. And our final “Archive 1945” instalment relives VJ day through The Economist’s coverage at the time. Get a world of insights by subscribing to Economist Podcasts+. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • The Economist Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

  • I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

  • Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

  • It's easy to imagine that the markets are driven largely by one feeling, greed.

  • But some new research suggests that considering the effects of a different emotion is pretty instructive.

  • And it's the final installment of our Archive 1945 project,

  • which relives the end of the Second World War through The Economist's coverage at the time.

  • Eighty years ago, precisely, we wrote about V-J Day,

  • the end of a war, but the beginning of a nuclear age.

  • First up, though.

  • This is the voice of Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif in Gaza last month,

  • reporting on the ongoing suffering of Palestinians.

  • People are falling to the ground from the severity of hunger, he says.

  • In one of his reports, he broke down and couldn't go on.

  • A bystander says to him, keep going, Anas.

  • You are our voice.

  • He did keep going, despite the many threats.

  • Intimidating phone calls from Israeli agents that would begin with, shut up, Anas.

  • On Sunday, he was targeted in an airstrike.

  • He and four members of his team were killed.