... that their participation in the negotiations had just afforded more time for the Occupation to continue. So the Palestinian Authority turned to Hamas and concluded a peace agreement that sought to reincorporate Hamas into the government of Palestine. Those of us who want peace welcomed this move, because a peace agreement...

... c r it ic s o f t h e I sr a eli attack o n Gaza have g en era lly prefaced their criticism by saying, in essence, “of course Israel has eveiy right to defend itself against Hamas rocket...

..., counterproductive, and unethical view has little to do with just war theory, and much in common with those who just want to wage war on Israel. Slater begins with the question, “Did Israel have a moral right to go to war against Hamas in order to end its rocket attacks...

... friend. “Don’t they understand that the Palestinian Authority might collapse, or that the Palestinian Parliament might eventually be taken over by Hamas as more and more Palestinians despair of any two state solution?” But that, it appears, is perfect from the standpoint of the extreme rightists who...

...Rabbi Michael Lerner Netanyahu wasn’t the first Israeli leader to look to Hamas for indirect help: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon developed this strategy to counter Palestinian legitimacy and to undermine the previous support for a peace agreement—support that was building after...

... devil’s advocate” in this interview. Here goes: “What do you mean, more people? Didn’t they just vote Hamas into power, and Hamas says that the armed Sami Awad struggle is the way to go forward...

... that would have supported Israeli accusations in this regard. Anne Barnard and Jodi Rudoren wrote in The New York Times (July 24, 2014), “Nothing is ever so clear in the complex and often brutal calculus of urban warfare. There is no evidence that Hamas and other militants force civilians to stay in areas...

... Francisco, CA HAMAS HAS PROVEN ITSELF A HINDRANCE TO PEACE It has barely been a month since the Western world expressed its support for the formation of a Palestinian unity government. Since then there have been kidnappings, murders, hundreds of rockets fired at civilian towns, and huge levels...

...-nationalism. When one of the founders of Hamas, Ahmed Yassin, was imprisoned in Israel for terrorism in the 1990s, it was Froman who visited, debated theology, and negotiated his release after Yassin had a stroke. Froman, foolishly or wisely, believed he had a potential partner for peace with Hamas. He...

... of Israel’s massive slaughter ofcivilians, they also criticized Hamas. In our ad in the New York Times, we purposefully stayed awayfrom criticism ofei­ ther side,focusing instead on what the terms ofa solution might be. For afull presentation of A DISGRACE the Tikkun perspective...

... are pres­ ent. Yet Hamas, like other guerilla movements, deliberately blurs the military-civilian boundary. It stores weapons in mosques, fires from residential buildings, and hides out ceasefire in gaza in tunnels beneath civilian infrastructure. If a Hamas fighter has been allowed...

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... of a history of mistreatment and painful emotion. One narrative says Israel is being besieged: Hamas is primarily a terrorist organization, and there is no choice now but to engage in a long protracted war in Gaza until Hamas is totally defeated. Another narrative says Hamas is primarily a liberation...

..., and systematically use the panoply of mechanisms available under international law to prosecute the Israeli state and its agents. A complementary “P alestinianization ” strategy will depend largely on the recent efforts between Fatah and Hamas toward national unity—brokered by the new Egyptian government...

... and Nazi war criminals who had emigrated and transferred victim January 2009 criticized human rights violations assets (Nazi gold) to Argentina. Goldstone was chairman of by Hamas in its shelling of Israeli population cen­ the International Independent Inquiry on Kosovo from August...

... strategic eye on how to win and the ac­ tual meaning of victory. The second lesson involves the concept of fighting Hamas. The flotilla raid lost Israelfurther support around the world, sparking Hamas is an idea...

... more moderate forces like Member of Knesset Tzipi Livni. Netanyahu can easily head that off by saying he refuses to make any deal with a Palestinian government that includes Hamas. In that case, Hamas’ leaving the proposed unity government of Palestine would actually force Netanyahu’s hand slightly...

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