This article argues that Hamas often functions less as an independent representative of Palestinians and more as a foil that stabilizes Israeli hard-line policy and outside political agendas. In a classic Hegelian dialectic—thesis, antithesis, synthesis—Hamas provides the spectacle and violence (antithesis) that make a preselected outcome (expanded control, permanent “security” structures, and land consolidation—the synthesis) … Continue reading Controlled Opposition: How Hamas Serves the Hegelian Dialectic in Gaza