jpost.com - 12/28/2008
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Palestinian Authority officials in Ramallah said Saturday that they were prepared to assume control over the Gaza Strip if Israel succeeds in overthrowing the Hamas government. "Yes, we are fully prepared to return to the Gaza Strip," a top PA official told The Jerusalem Post . "We believe the ...
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 | ...
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 ...
jpost.com - 12/29/2008
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jpost.com —
Defense Minister and Labor chairman Ehud Barak on
Monday said that Israel would expand its military operation...
in the Gaza Strip until all the goals were achieved. He spoke at a special Knesset session attended, among others, by Foreign Minister Tzipi ...
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Barak: This is 'all out war' on Hamas | Israel | ...
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Abu Mazen licks his chops
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Abu Mazen licks his chops [image] Guess who wants to take charge of Gaza again . "Yes, we are fully prepared to return to the Gaza Strip," a top PA official told The Jerusalem Post. "We believe the people there are fed up with Hamas and want to see a new government." Another PA official said Fatah had instructed all its members in the Gaza Strip to be prepared for the possibility of returning to power. "We have enough men in the Gaza Strip who are ready to fill the vacuum," he said. "But of course all this depends on whether Israel manages to get rid of the Hamas regime." The two officials voiced hope that the current IDF operation would end Hamas rule in Gaza. They ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/28/2008
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... PA ‘Ready’ to Take Gaza if Hamas Ousted Palestinian Authority officials in Ramallah said Saturday that they were prepared to assume control over the Gaza Strip if Israel succeeds in overthrowing the Hamas government. “Yes, we are fully prepared to return to the Gaza Strip,” a top PA official told The Jerusalem Post. “We believe the people there are fed up with Hamas and want to see a new government.” Another PA official said Fatah had instructed all its members in the Gaza Strip to be prepared for ...
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