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volokh.com - 2/13/2009
Gaza War Leads to Drop in Palestinian Support for Hamas:
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There is a commonly held view that taking military action against terrorists has the counterproductive effect of strengthening their popular support. Recent polling data suggest that Israel's recent action in Gaza...
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Clerics urge new jihad over Gaza
news.bbc.co.uk - 2/18/2009
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Clerics urge new jihad over Gaza
— news.bbc.co.uk — At a weekend meeting in Istanbul, 200 religious scholars and clerics met with senior Hamas officials to... plot a new jihad centred on Gaza. The BBC's Bill Law was the only Western journalist at the meeting. In a hall crowded with conservative Sunni ... (more) BBC NEWS | Middle East | Clerics urge new jihad over Gaza

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A Dispatch from the Border with Gaza
michaeltotten.com - 2/9/2009
A Dispatch from the Border with Gaza
— michaeltotten.com — Not since the Second Intifada, when more than a thousand Israelis were murdered by Palestinian suicide bombers,... have Israeli civilians suffered in a way that makes for compelling news copy or TV reports. The southern Israeli city of Sderot ... (more) A Dispatch from the Border with Gaza

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guardian.co.uk - 2/13/2009
Hamas murder campaign in Gaza exposed | World news
— guardian.co.uk — Living in the rubble: a Gaza family left homeless by the war Link to this video New... evidence has emerged revealing the extent of the crackdown by Hamas during and after Israel's war in Gaza last month. Amnesty International said Hamas forces and ... (more) Hamas murder campaign in Gaza exposed | World news

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  Who Won In Gaza?, Ctd.

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Who Won In Gaza?, Ctd.
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Ilya Somin highlights this poll: A new poll by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion found that 51% of Palestinians and 56% of those living in the Gaza Strip now believe that Hamas is leading Gaza in the "wrong" direction. Only 28% of Gaza Palestinians say they support Hamas, down from 52% in a survey conducted in November, before the recent conflict. Those numbers seem to contradict this poll. We need a Nate Silver for the Middle East. ...

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