strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil - 1/14/2009
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Authored by Dr. Sherifa D. Zuhur . Brief Synopsis Efforts to separate HAMAS from its popular support and network of social and charitable organizations have not been effective in destroying the organization, nor in eradicating the will to resist among a fairly large segment of the Palestinian ...
israelnationalnews.com - 1/16/2009
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(IsraelNN.com) "Hamas took a gamble. We thought, at
worst Israel will come and do something from the...
air - superficial." The so-called "Iranian Unit" of Hamas has been destroyed, according to Gaza sources cited Thursday by the Haaretz daily. The ...
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"Iranian Unit" Destroyed, Hamas was Suprised - ...
ynetnews.com - 1/15/2009
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ynetnews.com —
Palestinian sources tell Ynet fighting in Gaza to
cease within 72 hours for period of two weeks,...
during which sides will discuss supervision of crossings, IDF withdrawal from Strip and removal of blockade
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Report: Israel, Hamas agree on 2-week truce
rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 1/16/2009
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In the wake of the barrage from Larison
, Massie and McArdle on the subject of the...
U.S. relationship to the IRA, I will concede that in spite of its official anti-terror posture, Washington treated the Irish Republican cause in ways that one cannot ...
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Hamas, the IRA, and America
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Strategic Collapse at the Army War College
Pajamas Media —
... on a new publication by Army War College research professor Sherifa Zuhur on Hamas and Israel that informs readers that Hamas has been misunderstood due to the misreporting by “Israeli and Western sources that villainize the group.” Zuhur concludes that Hamas isn’t so bad after all, so we all just need to get along and embrace the terrorist group through negotiations — a view apparently endorsed by the Army War College when it published her defense of Hamas. A second post last week, “ ...
And WTF Is This? : Strategic Collapse At The Army War College
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... on a new publication by Army War College research professor Sherifa Zuhur on Hamas and Israel that informs readers that Hamas has been misunderstood due to the misreporting by “Israeli and Western sources that villainize the group.” Zuhur concludes that Hamas isn’t so bad after all, so we all just need to get along and embrace the terrorist group through negotiations — a view apparently endorsed by the Army War College when it published her defense of Hamas. ...
Hamas Supporter’s Grievance Theater at the Army War College
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... , who authored a monograph published in December by the War College advocating for dialogue with the terrorist group Hamas. That Pajamas Media article prompted considerable discussion in the military community and a heated defense of Zuhur by her USAWC colleague Steven Metz in the ...
Pro-Hamas Prof Protests Suspension From Army War College
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... at Pajamas Media on U.S. Army War College (USAWC) professor Sherifa Zuhur’s paean to the terrorist group Hamas, “ Hamas and Israel: Conflicting Strategies of Group-Based Politics ,” published by USAWC’s Strategic Studies Institute (SSI). In her monograph she claims that Hamas had “evolved” beyond their 1988 covenant calling for the destruction of Israel and the eventual murder of all Jews by Muslims, and that that Hamas has been misunderstood due to the misreporting by “Israeli and Western sources that villainize the group.” I followed up that article last month with a ...
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strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil 1/7/2009 — Authored by Dr. Sherifa D. Zuhur . view full icon View the Full Study | pring icon Print | email icon Email | bookmark icon Bookmark/Share Close A Summary This is an excerpt of the summary without endnotes. The original summary with endnotes can be ...
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[Defense Minister Ehud] Barak gave ...
HAMAS SUICIDE OPERATIONS
drsanity.blogspot.com 1/8/2009 — More Cartoons by Glenn Foden Or, as Siggy (who has an excellent essay up today on the collision of ideology, theology and Islam ) commented recently, "Israel is only waiting for Hamas to declare 'victory' before it agrees to a ceasefire." You see, ...
The strike on Hamas
pajamasmedia.com 12/28/2008 — The Times Online reports that Israel carried out attacks on multiple Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. It says that several schoolchildren were also hurt in the attack.
One perfectly aimed missile demolished the Hamas-control-led Rafah police station. ...
The Unserious Left
weeklystandard.com 1/9/2009 — The ground invasion of Gaza has begun. According to the IDF spokesman , Israel's aims are limited to "deal[ing] a heavy blow to the Hamas terror organization, to strengthen Israel’s deterrence, and to create a better security situation for those ...
Ground war heats up in Gaza
longwarjournal.org 1/5/2009 —
Map of Gaza. Click map to view. Created by Bill Raymond for The Long War Journal .
Israeli ground forces pushed into the Gaza Strip early Sunday morning after eight days of airstrikes on Hamas' military and political ...