Word: rantisi
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...case, the outside world will not take Hamas for anything but an implacable terrorist outfit bent on the elimination of Israel. And publicly, its leaders stick to the group's hard-core aims. With the elevation of Rantisi, the last word among Hamas' decision makers belongs to the most uncompromising firebrand in the leadership...
...peace, Hamas is going to be successful." And at the moment, Hamas' power is unchallenged. Both Americans and Israelis believe that Arafat's downtrodden Palestinian Authority has the means to dismantle Hamas but not the will, whereas Palestinians believe it has neither. "No one can finish Hamas," says Rantisi. Al-Zahar put it in starker terms: if Arafat tries to crack down again, "we are going to defend ourselves with all means available, including guns." Hamas leaders tell TIME emphatically that they will not allow a fraternal war to engulf Gaza. Said Rantisi: "Hamas has forbidden that from happening...
...cardiac arrest or an Apache [helicopter], I prefer to be killed by an Apache." ABDEL AZIZ RANTISI, interim Hamas leader in Gaza, responding to Israel's new hard-line policy...
...Yassin’s death could well bring a new generation of recruits into Hamas’ ranks and motivate its fanatics for years to come. And in the end, what has this man’s death gained Israel? Already Hamas has appointed a new leader, Abdel Aziz Rantisi, who may actually be more aggressive than Yassin...
...collective comprising operational military and political leaders who have escaped previous Israeli attempts. But these men will know that in Israeli eyes, they too are dead men walking - after all, Israel's "decapitation" strategy only makes sense if the assassinations are repeated for each successive replacement leadership. (Rantisi has already escaped one attempt on his life.) For Hamas, that means adapting the leadership structures to make them less dependent on the survival of specific individuals. Under those circumstances, efforts by the PA, Egypt and others interested parties to broker some form of truce may become that much more difficult...