wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 1/4/2009
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A number of writers have noted the possibility of Hamas being politically strengthened by Israel’s bombing of Gaza , just as Hezbollah were strengthened by Israel’s 2006 bombing of Lebanon. This would obviously be a bad outcome, but it’s important to understand that it would ...
jpost.com - 1/3/2009
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jpost.com —
The Hamas government has placed dozens of Fatah
members under house arrest out of fear that they
might exploit the current IDF operation to regain control of the Gaza Strip. The move came amid reports that the Fatah leadership in the West Bank has ...
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Hamas moves on Fatah 'collaborators' | Middle East | ...
timesonline.co.uk - 1/4/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
Flares streamed into the sky and exploded like
fireworks, lighting up the overcrowded territory. Residents in Gaza
City reported heavy bombing which appeared to have cut electricity supplies. Tzipi Livni, the Israeli Foreign Minister and candidate ...
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Israel splits Gaza in three as soldiers battle Hamas
pajamasmedia.com - 1/5/2009
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pajamasmedia.com —
I find the current situation deeply sorrowful, harrowing.
There is one aspect of it that I think
needs clarification, a clarification that will help thinking about the situation as a whole, and that is the analogies between Hitler, the Nazis and ...
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Some Differences Between Hamas and the Nazi Party
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The Risk of Catastrophic Success In Gaza
Matthew Yglesias —
... . The high level of power that Hamas had achieved as of last week was, after all, precisely the result of a deliberate Israeli campaign to weaken Fatah. The hope was that this would bring some more accommodationist Palestinians to the fore, but instead the reverse happened. And now that Israel is going about trying the same thing with Hamas, one needs to worry that Hamas will be displaced by Salafist groups who think Hamas is too weak-kneed. Matt Duss goes into detail on this but suffice it to say that the years of fighting in Iraq have seeded the Middle East with Salfists ...
Be Careful What You Wish For
Newshoggers.com —
... Not only will the Hamas organization - left in a weakened state by the recent Israeli military actions - be less able to ward off challengers, but Hamas could feel pressure to outflank its rivals by assuming more radical positions than it would have been inclined to take were it not feeling such pressures. Put simply, as Matt Duss does, the recent violence in Gaza could redound to the benefit of Hamas' rivals and push Hamas itself in the wrong direction. ...
Aiding Al Qaeda
Hit & Run —
... twenty years ago, is no friend of the United States or Israel but is nevertheless one of al-Qaeda's fiercest rivals....Al-Qaeda has long been desperate for a foothold in Palestine, but has been largely kept out because Hamas has the place locked. Jihadist forums bear a deep grudge over Hamas's crackdown on various jihadist groups which have tried to set up shop there (Jaysh al-Islam, et al).... Even if Hamas emerges weakened, as Israeli strategists hope, all the better (from al-Qaeda's point of view, that is). In general, where the MB is ...
Be Careful What You Wish For
Obsidian Wings —
... Not only will the Hamas organization - left in a weakened state by the recent Israeli military actions - be less able to ward off challengers, but Hamas could feel pressure to outflank its rivals by assuming more radical positions than it would have been inclined to take were it not feeling such pressures. Put simply, as Matt Duss does, the recent violence in Gaza could redound to the benefit of Hamas' rivals and push Hamas itself in the wrong direction. ...
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lefarkins.blogspot.com 12/28/2008 — Some depressing holiday news : Waves of Israeli aircraft swooped over the Gaza Strip on Saturday, firing missiles at Hamas’s security headquarters and killing more than 200 people, bringing the highest death toll in Gaza in years in a crushing ...
The Unserious Left
weeklystandard.com 1/9/2009 — The ground invasion of Gaza has begun. According to the IDF spokesman , Israel's aims are limited to "deal[ing] a heavy blow to the Hamas terror organization, to strengthen Israel’s deterrence, and to create a better security situation for those ...
The strike on Hamas
pajamasmedia.com 12/28/2008 — The Times Online reports that Israel carried out attacks on multiple Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. It says that several schoolchildren were also hurt in the attack.
One perfectly aimed missile demolished the Hamas-control-led Rafah police station. ...
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 ...
Calling Hamas, part 2
powerlineblog.com 12/28/2008 — Haaretz carries an informative account of the planning that went into Israel's current offensive (Operation Cast Lead) in Gaza. Haaretz's account emphasizes the intelligence-gathering underlying the operation:
[Defense Minister Ehud] Barak gave ...
Be Careful What You Wish For
obsidianwings.blogs.com 1/12/2009 — by Eric Martin
Marc Lynch, writing at his fancy new digs , passes along this disturbing account of a lecture he attended given by Israel's Ambassador to the United States Sallai Meridor: It was a profoundly dismaying experience. Because if ...
The Risk of Catastrophic Success In Gaza
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 1/5/2009 — It seems that Hamas was hoping to bait Israel into launching a ground operation in Gaza, operating on the belief that they’d be able to fight a successful insurgent campaign against the Israelis along the lines of what Hezbollah’s been ...
HAMAS SUICIDE OPERATIONS
drsanity.blogspot.com 1/8/2009 — More Cartoons by Glenn Foden Or, as Siggy (who has an excellent essay up today on the collision of ideology, theology and Islam ) commented recently, "Israel is only waiting for Hamas to declare 'victory' before it agrees to a ceasefire." You see, ...
Be Careful What You Wish For
newshoggers.com 1/10/2009 — by Eric Martin
Marc Lynch, writing at his fancy new digs , passes along this disturbing account of a lecture he attended given by Israel's Ambassador to the United States Sallai Meridor:
It was a profoundly dismaying experience. Because if ...
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