When the dust settles, politically,
Hamas will win
Posted By: Magnante, 5/16/2021 5:35:33 AM
The biggest loser from the ongoing Hamas rocket barrage is not Israel. It’s Mahmoud Abbas. He was already losing before Hamas opened fire. He is now down and out. A totally irrelevant figure in the recent unrest. What was the spark that lit both the violence on the Arab street and the Hamas rockets? It was the decision of Mahmoud Abbas to, once again, call for a Palestinian election. What else is new? He has been doing it regularly ever since he lost the initial Palestinian election in 2006.
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The biggest loser from the ongoing Hamas rocket barrage is not Israel. It’s Mahmoud Abbas.
He was already losing before Hamas opened fire. He is now down and out. A totally irrelevant figure in the recent unrest.
What was the spark that lit both the violence on the Arab street and the Hamas rockets? It was the decision of Mahmoud Abbas to, once again, call for a Palestinian election. What else is new? He has been doing it regularly ever since he lost the initial Palestinian election in 2006.
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after teasing ‘end’ of his show
in duplicitous publicity stunt 28 replies
after teasing ‘end’ of his show
in duplicitous publicity stunt 28 replies
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