Archive for June 15th, 2007

Friday, June 15th, 2007

The Price of Power

A resident of Gaza describes the mood following the decisive Hamas victory:
A resident of a Hamas-dominated neighborhood, identifying himself only as Yousef for fear of reprisal by his neighbors, said Gazans would always back the winner, regardless of ideology.
“Today everybody is with Hamas because Hamas won the battle. If Fatah had won the battle they’d [...]

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Friday, June 15th, 2007

Yep.

Glenn Kessler reports:
Five years ago this month, President Bush stood in the Rose Garden and laid out a vision for the Middle East that included Israel and a state called Palestine living together in peace. “I call on the Palestinian people to elect new leaders, leaders not compromised by terror,” the president declared.
The takeover this [...]

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