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Israel Online · Oct 7, 2026

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For Hamas, October 7 Was an Investment That Produced Political Returns Sagiv Steinberg, CEO of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, says remarks by senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad reveal the terrorist organization’s strategic calculation following October 7. Despite the devastating price paid by Gaza, Hamas views Israel’s growing international isolation and the return of the Palestinian issue to the center of the global agenda as “strategic achievements,” Steinberg writes. He warns that international actions rewarding those outcomes risk becoming what he calls a “dividend of the massacre.”

*For Hamas, October 7 Was an Investment That Produced Political Returns* Sagiv Steinberg, CEO of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, says remarks by senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad reveal the terrorist organization’s strategic calculation following October 7. Despite the devastating price paid by Gaza, Hamas views Israel’s growing international isolation and the return of the Palestinian issue to the center of the global agenda as “strategic achievements,” Steinberg writes. He warns that international actions rewarding those outcomes risk becoming what he calls a “dividend of the massacre.”

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