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CIAO DATE: 05/06
A Wind in Hamas's Sails: Palestinian Militants Gather Post-Disengagement Momentum
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
By Michael Herzog
Peace Watch #516
September 13, 2005
Abstract
On September 12, the last departing Israeli forces closed the gates of Gaza behind them, followed by a salvo of Palestinian rockets aimed at southern Israel. In the unsettled aftermath of the Israeli disengagement from Gaza and parts of the northern West Bank, only one camp seems clearly to know where it is heading—the militant Palestinian Islamist groups, led by Hamas. These groups now profess their intention to continue their violent campaign in and from the West Bank. Their strategy, using armed and political capabilities, poses a serious challenge to both Palestinian and Israeli leaderships and may undermine prospects of improved Israeli-Palestinian relations.
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