counterterrorismblog.org - 3/13/2009
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Last week I spoke at the Quilliam Foundation in London on whether or not the international community should engage Hamas. The following is a summary of my remarks:
The new Obama administration has placed a renewed focus on trying to move forward the Israeli-Palestinian negotiation process. ...
haaretz.com - 3/11/2009
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haaretz.com —
U.S. President Barack Obama will not cut the
billions of dollars in military aid promised to Israel,...
a senior U.S. administration official said Wednesday. The $30 billion in aid promised to Israel over the next decade will not be harmed by the world ...
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U.S. official: Obama won't cut military aid to Israel - ...
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Pitfalls of outreach
Yourish.com —
... formed that somehow accepted the three principles publicly, but still allowed Hamas some measure of deniability, somehow fudging the gap between what the government says and what one of its biggest factions says. The other is if it turns out that we cannot take Clinton’s words at face value — and the administration chooses to recognize Hamas or a Hamas-inclusive coalition, dropping the three principles.
Matthew Levitt points out the pitfalls of dealing with Hamas, including:
Perhaps most disturbing is not Hamas’ acts of violence ...
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