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israelmatzav.blogspot.com - 1/17/2009
Why Israel can't make peace with Hamas - or Fatah
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The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg has an op-ed in Wednesday's New York Times in which he explains why Hamas (and Hezbullah) will never make peace with Israel (Hat Tip: Hot Air). Here's the key passage. Periodically, advocates of negotiation suggest that the hostility toward Jews expressed by Hamas ...
'Hamas torturing Fatah members in Gaza' | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com - 1/19/2009
'Hamas torturing Fatah members in Gaza' | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
— 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 ... (more) 'Hamas torturing Fatah members in Gaza' | Middle East | ...

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israelnationalnews.com - 1/16/2009
"Iranian Unit" Destroyed, Hamas was Suprised - Defense/Middle East - Israel News
— israelnationalnews.com — (IsraelNN.com) "Hamas took a gamble. We thought, at worst Israel will come and do something from the air - superficial." The so-called "Iranian Unit" of Hamas has been destroyed, according to Gaza sources cited Thursday by the Haaretz daily. The ... (more) "Iranian Unit" Destroyed, Hamas was Suprised - ...

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Hamas: We will continue to smuggle weapons into Strip | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com - 1/19/2009
Hamas: We will continue to smuggle weapons into Strip | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
— jpost.com — A day after Hamas announced a truce with Israel, a spokesman for Izzadin Kassam, the group's military wing, stressed that Hamas will continue to rearm despite efforts to stop the weapon smuggling into the Gaza Strip. "Do what you like, but the ... (more) Hamas: We will continue to smuggle weapons into Strip | ...

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Weekend Opinionator: The Battle Over the Battle in Gaza
Opinionator — ... Talk about nation-building for democracy and tolerance in a climate and culture hostile to it! Iraq was indeed a ‘cakewalk’ compared to the task of changing a people that has been macerated in the deepest and most irrational of religiously-driven hatreds for many decades.” Similar thoughts from Carl, the American-born orthodox Israeli who writes Israel Matzav: Why does Goldberg think that Fatah will ever let anyone prepare its “people” for “real freedom”? Where else in the Arab world (other than Iraq where the US imposed it militarily) is there any semblance of “real ...

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