Hamas rockets block the birth of a Palestinian state

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Author(s)	Malcolm Rifkind
Source	The Daily Telegraph
Date	January 3, 2009
URL	http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4092665/Hamas-blocks-the-birth-of-a-Palestinian-state.html
Quote	"If that election results in Tzipi Livni as prime minister with Ehud Barak, the Labour leader and former prime minister, as her deputy, the peace process has a serious prospect of getting somewhere. The attacks on Hamas are already helping Livni and Barak in the opinion polls. The international community might not approve, but if we wish to see a Palestinian state in the foreseeable future this is likely to be the best route."

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This item argues for the position Israel was right to attack Gaza on the topic Gaza War.