Hamas, Like the PLO, Is a Failure
Time is on Israel’s side.
May 16, 2017
Time is on Israel’s side.
Since its creation in 1987, Hamas has had “resistance”—i.e., the destruction of Israel by violent means—as its goal. It’s proved no more successful at it than did the PLO, which pursued the same goal from its founding in 1964 until the signing of the Oslo Accords and again during the second intifada. Nor, writes Hillel Frisch, has Hamas been any more successful at governing the Gaza Strip:
Time is on Israel’s side.
It’s rooted in the prosperity gospel.
A microcosm of the Palestinian Authority’s strategy.
Including a romance about the biblical Joseph.
Bullet casings and mortar shells.
Since its creation in 1987, Hamas has had “resistance”—i.e., the destruction of Israel by violent means—as its goal. It’s proved no more successful at it than did the PLO, which pursued the same goal from its founding in 1964 until the signing of the Oslo Accords and again during the second intifada. Nor, writes Hillel Frisch, has Hamas been any more successful at governing the Gaza Strip:
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