nytimes.com - 1/22/2009
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The new administration has to choose between isolating Hamas or supporting a Palestinian unity government. >
jpost.com - 1/19/2009
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jpost.com —
Hamas militiamen have rounded up hundreds of Fatah
activists on suspicion of "collaboration" with Israel during Operation...
Cast Lead, Fatah members in the Gaza Strip told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. They said the Hamas crackdown on Fatah intensified ...
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'Hamas torturing Fatah members in Gaza' | Middle East | ...
jpost.com - 1/19/2009
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jpost.com —
In a speech broadcast on Hamas television on
Sunday night, Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh said the...
Palestinians had achieved a historical and strategic victory over Israel, and claimed that Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip had ...
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Haniyeh: We have achieved victory | Middle East | ...
commentarymagazine.com - 1/23/2009
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commentarymagazine.com —
A fragile quiet prevails in Gaza and Israel
today, its duration unknown. It would be satisfying to...
say that Israel won, but clearly it did not. The political leadership did not allow the IDF to continue advancing until Hamas’s leadership, ensconced in ...
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Cairo Talks on Cease-Fire in Gaza
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... following Israel's three-week offensive.
Plus: NYT on how the Obama administration "has to choose between isolating Hamas or supporting a Palestinian unity government." ...
Gaza - those "Hamas militants" were everywhere
Left I on the News —
... You probably won't be surprised that while Al Jazeera is reporting this concrete news, the New York Times main article (judging from the website) takes a different ("it's all about us") tack: "On Palestinian Question, Tough Choices for Obama." The ...
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Christian Science Monitor | Commentary 1/21/2009
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