World plays waiting game with Hamas
Ron Kampeas, JTA
September 28, 2006
The call for a Palestinian national unity government has unified just about everyone except the Palestinians.
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Israeli Strategy Under Fire
Leslie Susser
July 6, 2006
Beyond the immediate escalation, the recent Palestinian attack on an Israeli army outpost near the Gaza border raises serious questions about Israel\’s security and foreign policies.
A Palestinian Verdict: Terror Worked
Khaled Abu Toameh
August 25, 2005
The question on the Palestinian street now is who will successfully claim credit for expelling Israel from Gaza and northern Samaria – Hamas, an organization that carries out terrorist attacks, or Fatah, the official Palestinian ruling party?
Whatever the answer turns out to be, one thing is certain. Both factions are presenting Israel\’s withdrawal of settlers and troops from Gaza and the northern West Bank as a Palestinian military victory.
Two Families’ Dreams Were Not Demolished
Howard Blume
June 23, 2005
It\’ll be a heart-wrenching summer in the Gaza Strip, when Israeli forces order Jewish settlers to leave as part of the government\’s historic disengagement plan.
Hamas and the Triple Standard
Edwin Black
July 3, 2003
When it comes to Israel\’s fight against Hamas, a triple standard seems at work.
A Confident Failure
Larry Derfner
August 15, 2002
Talk about cognitive dissonance. The mood in Israel may never have been so hopeless, the indices of quality of life may never have pointed so sharply downward, and yet the calmest, most content person in the country appears to be Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Mistrust in the Mideast
Leslie Susser
August 15, 2002
The wheels are spinning beneath the battered chassis of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, but the brakes are being applied by that perennial opponent of Mideast progress: mistrust.
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