Commentaries by Mkhaimar Abusada

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  Feb. 5, 2013

  Hamas Rising

  GAZA CITY – Hamas, the militant political movement that has ruled Gaza since 2007, has emerged from the latest round of fighting with Israel…

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  Sep. 27, 2011

  Gaza Shrugs

  GAZA CITY – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has now personally presented Palestine’s bid for full United Nations membership to UN Secret…

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  Oct. 18, 2010

  The Hamas Veto

  GAZA CITY – The resumption of direct peace talks between the Palestinians and Israelis has broken 20 months of stalemate, and marked the ent…

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  Apr. 28, 2010

  Hamas, Fatah, and the Palestinian Dilemma

  GAZA CITY – With dueling authorities running Gaza and the West Bank, the Palestinian people find themselves in the middle of an experiment. …

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  Aug. 24, 2009

  Hamas Takes on the Radicals

  GAZA CITY – The recent shoot-out in a Gaza mosque between Hamas security officers and militants from the radical jihadi group the Warriors o…

• Jul. 25, 2007

  Palestine’s House Divided

  President George W. Bush’s call for a new peace conference for Israel, Palestine, and neighboring states that back a two-state solution is a…

• Nov. 16, 2006

  Hamas and Fatah at the Crossroads

  Palestinian politics is approaching the point of no return. The power struggle between the Islamist Hamas and Palestinian president Mahmoud …

• Jan. 28, 2006

  The Hamas Earthquake

  Hamas’s crushing defeat of Fatah in this week’s elections brings the Palestinian people to a crossroads. An Islamist political party that pr…

• Sep. 7, 2005

  The Hour of Hamas

  Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from all 21 Gaza settlements and four in the West Bank has created a new reality for Palestinians. How the Pa…

• Jul. 18, 2005

  Waiting on Hamas

  Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to postpone indefinitely this month’s scheduled elections for the Legislative Counc…