[Marxism] Hamas: A Silent Partner for Peace?

[Sean Andrews]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:00 PM,  <Dbachmozart at aol.com> wrote:
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>  Gershom Gorenberg | April 10, 2008 |  web  only
>  prospect.org
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>  http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=hamas_a_silent_partner_for_peace
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>  What  would happen if Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal gave an
>  interview and nearly no  one in the West listened? Well then,
>  it would be possible for the Israeli  government and the Bush
>  administration to continue with dead-end policies for  dealing
>  with the Islamic movement that rules Gaza, without anyone
>  asking  questions about failed strategic assumptions.
>

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/10/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Hamas-Carter.php

Evidently, Jimmy Carter was paying attention.  He is scheduled to meet
with Meshaal next week, much to the dismay of Bush, State Dept., and,
most recently in my inbox, David Horowitz.  Evidently this has meant
that Obama, who Carter supports in the primary, has been forced to all
but denounce him.  It looks like there actually might be some logic to
it--both the meeting and the immediate resistance to it--if it could
make headway.


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