If Obama can get Israel to agree to stop building new settlements, there may be a new opportunity for peace
By Erich Follath and Christoph Schult Aug 31, 2009
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A Hamas public relations problem: No transparency and a failure to regulate. Sound familiar?
By Andrew Leonard
October 7, 2009
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"We are looking for more than just mere words," the leader of the terrorist group says
June 4, 2009
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The president can't afford to continue the Bush administration's policies toward Israel.
By Tony Karon
January 26, 2009
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The recent Israeli offensive has put the final nail in the coffin of the Bush administration's Middle East fantasy.
By Juan Cole
January 8, 2009
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Israel's post-traumatic war is not just about stopping Hamas rockets, but about repairing reputations -- and erasing the stain of failure.
By Aluf Benn
January 5, 2009
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Israel Defense Forces official says troops now on the ground in Hamas-ruled territory.
January 3, 2009
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Israel has promised a "war to the bitter end." Yet history shows that battling an organization like Hamas is almost futile.
By Yassin Musharbash
December 31, 2008
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An alarmist John McCain is using Iran as a political weapon against Barack Obama -- even as he misjudges our Middle East adversary.
By Hooman Majd
June 19, 2008
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The group reacted negatively to his speech at AIPAC, and now there's talk of Hamas' "unendorsing" Obama, but the whole discussion rests on a faulty premise.
By Alex Koppelman
June 6, 2008
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Gabriel Schoenfeld suggests terrorists may try to help Barack Obama's electoral prospects this fall, but history doesn't support his take.
By Alex Koppelman
May 12, 2008
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John McCain justifies his statement that Hamas wants Barack Obama to be president by saying he's only discussing what's of interest to voters.
By Vincent Rossmeier
May 9, 2008
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John McCain seizes on positive comments about Barack Obama made by a Hamas advisor, but it was Bush's policies that boosted the group.
By Alex Koppelman
April 25, 2008
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Palestinians have flooded into Egypt en masse since militants blew open a border wall. Is it a blessing in disguise for Israel?
By Pierre Heumann
January 28, 2008
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By selling weapons to "moderate" states, Bush would again be playing puppet master and jerking around the Middle East with disastrous consequences.
By Gary Kamiya
August 14, 2007
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In an interview with Salon, Bill Richardson talks about his "evolving" positions, what he owes Bill Clinton, and exactly what "no residual troops in Iraq" means.
By Walter Shapiro
July 20, 2007
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Despite the Gaza disaster and poll numbers that make George Bush look beloved by comparison, the shrewd prime minister has renewed his grip on power.
By Gregory Levey
July 3, 2007
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Bush and Olmert scramble to prop up Abbas, but the Hamas takeover boosts Iran and leaves hopes for a Palestinian state in tatters.
By Aluf Benn
June 20, 2007
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Hamas' violent takeover in Gaza leaves the Palestinian territories divided, and U.S. and Israeli strategy under a cloud.
By Christoph Schult
June 19, 2007
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Why neocons are so apoplectic about the speaker's visit to Syria.
By Joe Conason
April 6, 2007
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What the death and burial of 16-year-old Nahid al-Shanbari says about Hamas.
By Mitchell Prothero
April 5, 2007
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While Bush and Olmert cling to their hard line, hope for an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is slipping away forever.
By Gary Kamiya
April 3, 2007
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Is sexual innuendo in traditional folk tales too much for Hamas to handle?
By Catherine Price
March 6, 2007
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Fatah leader Abdallah Frangi talks about the violent power struggle raging between his party and Hamas -- "the worst we've experienced in Palestinian history."
By Yassin Musharbash
January 31, 2007
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A Christian-Palestinian microbrewery is defying the hardships of occupation -- and perhaps Hamas' vision for an alcohol-free Islamic state.
By Rachel Shabi
September 27, 2006
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