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There is nothing like a tour of Gaza City to show the clash of styles between the old Palestinian guard and Hamas, the Islamic militant group that swept January's legislative elections. First stop: the gabled, stone mansion of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, high walled and with enough guards to...
The world may be anxious to see how Israel and Hamas deal with each other. But Palestinians are more worried about another showdown: between Hamas and Fatah, the organization founded by Yasser Arafat, whose members do not want to relinquish control of the Palestinian government to the upstarts. Both Palestinian...
Hamas won't officially take over the Palestinian government for several weeks. But already Fatah is causing trouble. The Israeli Defense Forces concede that Hamas militants have stuck to their yearlong cease-fire, but since the election Fatah has intensified its attacks on Israeli targets. Fatah appears to be aiming...
Whereas his predecessors Paul Bremer and John Negroponte often seemed remote to Iraqi politicians, Khalilzad, a secular Muslim who speaks Farsi and some Arabic, is informal and chatty. In meetings with Iraqi leaders, he sips sweetened black tea and indulges their speechifying without asking for translation. Iraqi leaders say they...
The Harvard University Art Museums (HUAM) recently announced a multi-year plan to overhaul its museums and to stake a claim in the University’s new campus across the Charles River in Allston. Cabot Museums Director Thomas W. Lentz oversaw the project and sought to incorporate feedback from...