Hard Lesson for Israel

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Author(s) Jackson Diehl
Source The Washington Post
Date January 9, 2009
URL http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/08/AR2009010803203.html
Quote
Quotes-start.png "Unlike al-Qaeda, Hamas is not merely a terrorist organization but a social and political movement with considerable support. Its ideology, however repugnant to Israel and the West, is shared by a considerable slice of the population in every Arab country from Morocco to Iraq. Because it is extremist, it thrives on war, the suffering it inflicts on Palestinians, and the anger generated by the endless, graphic and one-sided coverage of the Middle East's satellite television channels. Every day this war continues, Hamas grows politically stronger, as do its allies in other countries and its sponsor, Iran." Quotes-end.png


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