Hamas and Palestinian Civilians
poligazette.com 12/31/2008 — I’ve had numerous discussions with people, mostly fellow Muslims, in recent days about the Israeli attacks on Gaza and the civilian victims of these bombings. As these people point out to me, purposefully killing innocent people - especially ...

Fatah cracks down on Hamas in W. Bank | Confronting Hamas | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com 1/15/2009 — The war against Hamas is taking place not only in the Gaza Strip, but in the West Bank as well, Palestinians said on Thursday. Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority security forces, they noted, had stepped up their crackdown on Hamas supporters and ...

Hamas is Responsible
michaeltotten.com 1/12/2009 — Steven Erlanger wrote "a revealing article":http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/world/middleeast/11hamas.html?ref=world in the New York Times about the methods of urban warfare used by the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas in Gaza. He shows that Hamas is ...

The Political Behavior of Hamas: Domestic Factors
democracyarsenal.org 1/7/2009 — 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 ...

Hamas and the Palestinians
hudsonny.org 1/4/2009 — It is true that Hamas came to power in January 2006 largely thanks to the corruption and incompetence of the Palestinian Authority. But it is also true that many of the Palestinians who voted for Hamas were well aware of the movement’s radical ...

Article or Op-Ed
washingtoninstitute.org 1/2/2009 — Home ' height=25> By Matthew Levitt Forward , January 2, 2009 Operation Cast Lead, initiated in response to resumed Hamas rocket attacks on communities in southern Israel, represents Israel's most furious attack on Hamas since the terrorist group ...

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washingtoninstitute.org 1/6/2009 — Home ' height=25> PolicyWatch #1450 By Matthew Levitt January 6, 2009 Despite its myopic focus on promoting violent conflict rather than peaceful negotiations with Israel, Hamas is by no means a monolithic movement. Divisions within the Hamas ...

Getting back to business, Hamas style
israelmatzav.blogspot.com 1/20/2009 — Hamas is getting back to business in Gaza, and the first order of business is rounding up and torturing Fatah 'activists.' Hamas militiamen have rounded up hundreds of Fatah activists on suspicion of "collaboration" with Israel during Operation Cast ...

Latest News
memri.org 12/30/2008 — Following are excerpts from Hamas leader Khaled Mash'al's, declaration of December 14, 2008, in which he stated that Hamas is ending the "Tahdiah" on December 19, 2008 . The statement was aired on Al-Quds TV on December 14, 2008: Khaled Mash'al : "The ...

The Beatdown Continues: 'Hamas Has Nothing Left But Rockets'
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 1/7/2009 — These chicken-shit terrorists are still hiding behind children and killing members of Fatah. They can't hold up against the IDF and except for the rockets, all they have left is a sympathetic media. Thankfully the Israelis are largely ignoring the ...

An inside story of how the US magnified Palestinian suffering — Christian Science Monitor | Commentary 1/11/2009
The covert push to empower Fatah failed. And isolating Hamas just made things worse. But it's not too late to change course.

Bush renews call for 'two-state' Mideast solution (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/12/2009
AP - President George W. Bush is repeating his long-standing call for creation of a Palestinian state and says Hamas must back off from its attacks on Israel.

HAPPENING NOW: Bush holds last press conference — CNN Political Ticker 1/12/2009
President Bush is holding his last press conference. WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Bush said Monday that a "sustainable cease-fire" in Gaza could only be accomplished when "Hamas stops firing rockets into Israel." Bush said that the "choice ...

State Dept: US to evacuate 150 from Gaza (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/12/2009
AP - The State Department says it is planning to evacuate about 150 Americans and non-American family members from Gaza, where Israel is continuing major military operations against Hamas militants.

Bush backs Israel, says Iran dangerous (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/12/2009
AP - President George W. Bush on Monday renewed his support for Israel's military operations in Gaza, saying it has the right to defend its citizens from Hamas rocket attacks. But he also called for a lasting cease-fire that includes the disarming ...