Posts Tagged ‘Khaled Mesha’al’

How Israel Lost

Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »


In this week’s column at Souciant, I do a rundown of the winners and losers in the so-called “Operation Pillar of Defense.” I examine a number of different actors, not just Israel and Hamas, as well as some of the regional implications. Hope you find it interesting.

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Netanyahu’s New Friends

Posted in Bibi Netanyahu, Fatah, Hamas, Palestine, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »


In my latest piece for Souciant, I look at Benjamin Netanyahu’s ineffectual “threat” to cut off the negotiations to nowhere with the Palestinian Authority if they reunify with Hamas.

Bibi clearly wants a situation where the US will back an Israeli refusal to continue negotiations, and Hamas joining a unity government gives him that. But in the longer run, that strategy might well backfire and, ironically, offer the best hope we have left for a peaceful resolution that both sides can live with.

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