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...writing this letter in reference to the Feb. 6 op-ed entitled “Now Playing: Hamas,” which I found both disappointing and misleading in its comparison of Hamas?? electoral victory to that of the Israeli Likud party...
Furthermore, Likud’s position on relations with the Arabs is diametrically opposed to Hamas?? position on relations with the Jews. Despite the article’s characterization of Likud as a party of bloodstained terrorists, within two years of taking office Likud had made peace with Egypt, Israel’s oldest and most powerful enemy, by ceding to them the Sinai Peninsula, which included both thousands of Israeli citizens and numerous oil fields. Twenty-two years later it was another Likud government—that of Ariel Sharon—that ceded yet more territory...
...tale of surprises and enigmatic suspense.Hamas won a significant victory in last week’s Palestinian elections, to many observers’ surprise. What happened? The entire universe of reason and common sense seems to be falling apart—who is to blame? The responsibility for Hamas??s electoral victory lies across the board. Fatah’s decades of corruption and incompetence, and Israel’s fixation on improvising unilateral plans of action to resolve a persisting crisis, has diverted precious resources that could have helped thwart the fledgling Islamists. Nevertheless, this...
...clamoring for competent government. Fatah’s primary opposition, Hamas, had demonstrated its effectiveness with internal social programs, but this domestic competency was accompanied by a disturbingly extremist attitude toward Israel. Faced with this choice, Palestinian voters opted for Hamas. Although it is doubtful that all voters support Hamas?? terrorism—rather, many were probably looking for an alternative to the stagnation and alleged corruption of Fatah—the so-called “Quartet” of the U.S., U.N., E.U., and Russia should make its future financial support of the Palestinian authority contingent...
...power. With similarly poetic rhetoric, the second-largest owner of oil fields in the globe tries to convince the international community that it only plans to “diversify” its energy interests. The “widening” Atlantic Ocean, Sharon’s health, Hamas?? victory, and other destabilizing international episodes bring manifold benefits to Ayatollah Khamenei. But most importantly, Iran’s administration receives 50% of its revenues from oil exports, and astronomical prices have dramatically boosted net income...