Prof. Boaz Ganor was quoted in Jewish News Service about how Islamic State-affiliated armed organizations are challenging the Hamas terror group’s rule in the Gaza Strip and are seeking to topple the Islamist regime. Prof. Ganor pointed out that Hamas’s challenges in dealing with the Salafi jihadists are similar to the issues Fatah and the Palestinian Authority had — and continue to have — with Hamas itself. In addition, Prof. Ganor stated that Hamas could crush the Salafi jihadists in Gaza — putting an end to their presence — “without difficulties”, but they don’t want to do this since “it is comfortable for them to have a more extreme element than them in the Palestinian arena. This portrays Hamas as a rational and stabilizing force in the arena”