XIII. Palestinians and Global Jihad with Samar Batrawi

This episode features an interview with Samar Batrawi on Palestinians and the global jihadi movement. Some of the topics Aaron and Samar discussed include:

Tensions, or lack thereof, between Palestinian nationalism and global jihadi ideology Background and history of Palestinian jihadism Palestinians and the Islamic State What the global jihadi movement means for local Palestinian politics

This episode also features a discussion of jihadi primary sources, covering releases from July 28th to August 13th, and a #SocialMedia segment on jihadi social media from August 9th to August 15th.

Links:

Excellent study by Thomas Hegghammer and Joas Wagemakers: “The Palestine Effect: The Role of Palestinians in the Transnational Jihad Movement (PDF) International Crisis Group report on “Radical Islam in Gaza” (PDF) Keep an eye out for Samar’s article on the latest developments in Gaza which will appear in the August edition of the CTC Sentinel Samar Batrawi (@SamarBatrawi) | Twitter

The podcast is produced by Karl Morand. If you have feedback you can email [email protected], or find us on Twitter: @JihadPod.