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PLO official calls on Hamas to reassess position post-Morsy

Posted by seumasach on July 8, 2013

Egypt Independent

7th July, 2013

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official Yasser Abd Rabboh called on Hamas to reevaluate its regional position Sunday, now that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy, its main Islamic ally, has been toppled. “The victory of the revolution in Egypt and the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood warrants [such] reflection,” he told Palestinian state radio.

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Not black-and-white: The chess game behind the recent Gaza-Israel war

Posted by seumasach on November 30, 2012

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

RT

30th November, 2012

The recent hostilities between the Gaza Strip and Israel have to be viewed in context of a broader geopolitical chessboard. The events in Gaza are tied to Syria and the US’s regional maneuvers against Iran and its regional alliance system.

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Erdogan urges world to recognize Hamas

Posted by seumasach on February 1, 2009

 

 

PressTV

1st February, 2009

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for recognition of Hamas which won a landslide victory in Palestinian elections. 

In an interview with The Washington Post published Saturday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said isolating Hamas is the reason for the ongoing tensions in the region. 

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Hamas: We will win war in Gaza

Posted by seumasach on January 8, 2009

 

Al-Jazeera

8th January, 2009

 

 
 

Abu Marzouq insists Hamas will win the war against Israel [Reuters]

 

Israel’s war on Gaza has left more than 700 Palestinians dead – nearly a third of them women and children – and more than 3,000 injured.

But at the organisation’s headquarters in Damascus, 100km miles from the territory, Musa Abu Marzouq, the deputy head of Hamas’ political bureau, told Al Jazeera why he believes his organisation is on the verge of victory against Israel.

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Why Hamas (and Hizbullah) Will be Difficult to Defeat

Posted by seumasach on January 6, 2009

Rami G. Khouri

Middle East Online

6th January, 2009

BEIRUT — Many analogies are being made between the ongoing Israeli attack against Hamas in Gaza and the 2006 war between Israel and Hizbullah in Lebanon. Here are the most important ones, in my view.
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