INTIFADA: Hamas in the US
by Lara Burns
Latest episode
Episode 25 — The Bottom Line: Inside Hamas’ U.S. Network
Episode 25 — The Bottom Line: Inside Hamas’ U.S. Network
About this podcast
INTIFADA: HAMAS in the US, Then and Now is a documentary about the creation and evolution of the HAMAS terrorist organization in the MIddle East and the concurrent development and growth of the HAMAS infrastructure in the United States. On October 7, 2023, HAMAS committed the brutally raped, torture, and murder of 1200 people and kidnapped more than 200 others. In the wake of these atrocities, individuals and groups took to the streets in the US to vow support for HAMAS, espousing false narratives about the terrorist organization and the events of October 7. These false narratives and terrorist rhetoric are echoes of a strategy put in place more than three decades ago, and this podcast seeks to explain the truth about HAMAS and how it has used the United States to serve its purposes for decades.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 27 episodes
- Episode 25 — The Bottom Line: Inside Hamas’ U.S. Network · 29 min · Episode 25Episode 25 summarizes a multi-episode investigation tracing the origins and evolution of Hamas and its links to the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States. The episode outlines…
- Episode 24: We Are The Future · 34 min · Episode 24In Episode 24, We Are the Future, we turn our focus to what happened after October 7 - how Hamas’ violence was reframed, justified, and normalized inside the United States. After…
- Episode 23: Unfathomable Hate · 46 min · Episode 23Head of Terrorism Research Lara Burns spoke with Dr. Cochav Elkayem-Levy who heads a Civil Commission that investigates and documents the sexual torture and atrocities committed…
- Episode 22: The Unfolding of Tragedy · 58 min · Episode 22In Episode 22, The Unfolding of Tragedy, we speak with a teenage boy whose mother was murdered on top of him on the morning of October 7, 2023. We then speak with Maya Roman, a…
- Episode 21: The Unimaginable · 47 min · Episode 21Episode 21 focuses on attacks that took place at some of the Israeli Kibbutsim on October 7, 2023 and we hear from members of the Kfar Aza community, a community that suffered…
- Episode 20: We Came To Dance · 54 min · Episode 20In this podcast, Head of Terrorism Research Lara Burns has taken you through the history and evolution of Hamas in the US and abroad, all of which led up to the devastation and…
- Episode 19: We Can't Say That to the Americans · 31 min · Episode 19Hamas published an amendment to its original charter in 2017, where it attempted to portray itself as moderate and open to peaceful solutions. Hear from two experts who explain…
- Episode 18: A Common Enemy · 34 min · Episode 18Episode 18, A Common Enemy, has been released in our podcast Intifada: Hamas in the US. Burns and Baker delve into the uncommon alliance between Islamist groups like Hamas and…
- Episode 17: The Mother Movement—Riding Democracy Like a Street Car · 35 min · Episode 17Hear from Dr. Lorenzo Vidino about the history and evolution of Hamas' parent organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, and how its covert agenda involves the destruction of Western…
- Episode 16: An Inappropriate Partner · 25 min · Episode 16In the wake of the HLF trial and convictions, news reporting indicated the FBI attempted to disengage from CAIR in any official capacity, with open source documents revealing…
- Episode 15: Guilty as Charged · 23 min · Episode 15While Hamas took leaps forward in its progress in Gaza in the late 2000s, the group here suffered setbacks. The HLF and five of its senior officers were convicted of providing…
- Episode 14: The Coffin was Draped with an American Flag · 28 min · Episode 14The Second Intifada brought so much death in Israel with a number of American citizens dying as a result of senseless acts of terror. You will hear from two retired FBI Special…
- Episode 13: The Archives · 40 min · Episode 13In 2004, the FBI executed a search warrant on the home of Ismail Elbarasse. There, agents located the US Muslim Brotherhood's archives. Hear from an FBI Senior Executive who led…
- Episode 12: Mike's Place · 29 min · Episode 12In the early 2000s, the US Government continued its efforts to disrupt the US-based Hamas infrastructure. Infocom and the Elashi brothers were indicted for various terrorism…
- Episode 11: The Fatwa · 28 min · Episode 11Search warrants executed on the HLF offices in 2001 revealed a large amount of evidence. One of the documents seized was labeled "HLF Fatwa" and served as a religious decree…
- Episode 10: The War on Terror · 30 min · Episode 10On September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked by Al Qaeda when terrorists hijacked and flew commercial airliners full of innocent civilians into the World Trade Center…
- Episode 9: The Big Surprise · 40 min · Episode 9In 2000, with the eruption of the Second Intifada, HAMAS and Palestinian Islamic Jihad's violence became unhinged. Still, there were also developments with the US-based Hamas…
- Episode 8: Exiled · 29 min · Episode 8Assassination Attempts, Prisoner Releases, and Expulsions: This Episode reveals that the late 1990s were a busy time for Hamas leadership abroad and also provides insight into…
- Episode 7: Murder at the Bus Stop · 30 min · Episode 7Hamas terrorists shot and killed an American teenager at a bus stop in 1996 in a brutal, senseless act of murder. As Israel and the Palestinian Authority struggled to maintain…
- Episode 6: The Engineer · 29 min · Episode 6In 1994 and 1995, HAMAS's famous bomb-maker, Yahya Ayyash, known as The Engineer constructed powerful bombs that were used to wreak havoc and kill innocent civilians on buses and…
