Veteran Palestinian journalist Ruba Husari interviews Bir Zeit university lecturer Abdal Jawad Omar on armed and non-armed resistance across one century of the Palestinian national movement to Oct.7, 2023. He analyses where Hamas and its military wing emanate from, the conflation of resistance and terrorism, why resistance against Israeli occupation is hope for Palestinians, what has the aftermath of Oct 7 achieved so far and whether it was worth it. Follow Abdal Jawad Omar on X: @HHamayel2 Read more from Abdal Jawad Omar: - The Question of Hamas and the Left - Gaza is Showing the Rest of Palestine the Truth of Struggle - Jenin: The Fight over the Capacity to Resist Nelson Mandela in his memoir ”Long Walk To Freedoom” :  “If peaceful protest is met with violence, its efficacy is at an end. For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon.“