democracyarsenal.org - 1/7/2009
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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 ...
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?
commentarymagazine.com - 1/7/2009
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commentarymagazine.com —
Allow me to propose a metric for evaluating
whether a journalist is behaving responsibly or not: If
he reports that Israel bombed a UN school and killed 30 civilians, he is irresponsible. If he reports that Hamas used a UN school as a weapons cache ...
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Hamas’ Extracurricular Activities
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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Newshoggers.com —
... position of leadership. “They are traitors,” Abu Mustafa says of Hamas. “Compared to us, they are Islamism lite.” […]
The group’s greatest sin, says Abu Mustafa… is its effort to bring Islam and democracy together. “Hamas represents an American style of Islam. They have tried to curry favor.” Which is not such a bad thing for Abu Mustafa and his Salafis. “Hamas is like a block of ice in the sun,” he says. “Every minute they get smaller — and we get larger.”
Shadi Hamid provides further background:
A political ...
Be Careful What You Wish For
Obsidian Wings —
... position of leadership. “They are traitors,” Abu Mustafa says of Hamas. “Compared to us, they are Islamism lite.” […]
The group’s greatest sin, says Abu Mustafa… is its effort to bring Islam and democracy together. “Hamas represents an American style of Islam. They have tried to curry favor.” Which is not such a bad thing for Abu Mustafa and his Salafis. “Hamas is like a block of ice in the sun,” he says. “Every minute they get smaller — and we get larger.” Shadi Hamid provides further background: A political ...
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