huffingtonpost.com - 1/5/2009
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Beyond the headlines, and regardless of who's to blame for what, there's the question of why Hamas chose to continue and intensify its rocket attacks against Israel in recent weeks. It would seem that Hamas's actions were both stupid and irrational from a strategic standpoint. "What the hell ...
thedailybeast.com - 1/6/2009
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thedailybeast.com —
The paper of record refuses to call them
terrorists, extols the group s humanitarian efforts, and whitewashes...
its behavior during the now-broken cease-fire. In the past week, the Fourth Estate s Hamas cheerleaders have stripped away any pretense of ...
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Why Does The New York Times Love Hamas?
pajamasmedia.com - 1/7/2009
timesonline.co.uk - 1/5/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
Fighting intensified on the northern outskirts of Gaza
City yesterday as a Hamas leader warned that the...
Islamists would kill Jewish children anywhere in the world in revenge for Israel s devastating assault. They have legitimised the murder of their ...
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Hamas: Israel has legitimised the killing of its children
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The Political Behavior of Hamas: Domestic Factors
democracyarsenal.org —
... I wrote a piece for the Huffington Post last week on Hamas’s strategic calculations (and miscalculations). In interpreting the behavior of Hamas, Hezbollah, as well as nonviolent Islamist parties or even nonviolent secular parties, there are a variety of factors that should be taken into account. Now, yes, there may be some disagreement on whether assumptions about “rationality” are applicable to violent, ideological organizations, but it is irrelevant, at least for the purposes of this analysis, whether the actor’s goals are “irrational.” They may very well be but as ...
Be Careful What You Wish For
Newshoggers.com —
... . Hamas is no exception. I wrote earlierabout divisions between Hamas “politicians” (the Gaza-based faction led by Ismail Haniyeh) and Hamas “militants” or “hardliners” (the Damascus-based faction led by Khaled Meshal). [...] ...
Be Careful What You Wish For
Obsidian Wings —
... . Hamas is no exception. I wrote earlierabout divisions between Hamas “politicians” (the Gaza-based faction led by Ismail Haniyeh) and Hamas “militants” or “hardliners” (the Damascus-based faction led by Khaled Meshal). [...] ...
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