jpost.com - 12/28/2008
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jpost.com —
Hamas could have prevented the "massacre" in the
Gaza Strip, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday...
in Cairo. "We spoke to them and told them 'Please, we ask you not to end the cease-fire. Let it continue,'" Abbas said during a ...
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'Hamas could have prevented massacre' | Middle East | ...
israellycool.com - 12/27/2008
lennybendavid.com - 12/28/2008
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lennybendavid.com —
The humanitarian assistance also served to lull Hamas
into believing that Israel was going soft. The attack...
on the Jewish Sabbath was also unexpected by Hamas. Israeli intelligence was tracking, following, and marking the Hamas leadership, terrorist ...
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I*Consult: Israel Attacks Hamas -- Here Comes the Hamas ...
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Hamas is fighting the last war, redux
Yourish.com —
... While Israel has stated publicly that they’re not trying to topple Hamas with this operation, it’s entirely possible that could be a result. People are noticing that a large portion of the blame for this attack is being laid at the feet of Hamas. ...
The Future of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
PoliGazette —
... I suppose I still believe a lot of that. But then I read an article by Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey that indicates Hamas may be in hot water over this whole situation, and that gave me a little hope. ...
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