Middle East script in tatters as Hamas seizes power in Gaza Strip

Belfast Telegraph;  June 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Welcome to the Middle East. Who can we negotiate...should have talked to Hamas months ago. But...much easier the "Middle East" would be to control...Gaza belongs to Hamas, what will our own...ignoring the elected Hamas in Gaza? It's easy...about the whole Middle ...

Peace, Hamas, and the Middle East.(Opinion & Editorial)

Manila Bulletin;  February 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......implications in the Middle East. The Islamic militant group Hamas swept 76 out...Since then, Hamas has always been...perhaps in the Middle East as a whole...agenda in the Middle East and how they...will boycott Hamas in government...

MIDDLE EAST: KEEP HAMAS IN POWER, SAYS FORMER ISRAELI LEADER

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  May 9, 2006 ;     630 words ......collapse of the Hamas government. Ben...role during the Middle East peace summit at...a meeting on the Middle East held in Madrid...too much blame on Hamas. "It is unfair to...and consider the Middle East conflict ended...of two books on Hamas, also warned ...

Middle East democracy, the Hamas factor

The Arab American News;  March 4, 2006 ;     700+ words ......by the Financial Times. Hamas, not knowingly, perhaps...of its last card in a Middle East foreign policy game, which...democracy was - until Hamas' political rise - Washington...military presence in the Middle East. Other pretexts also proved...The majority voted for Hamas, ...

Blair backs gamble on elections by Palestinian leader ; PM seeks to revive...

The Independent on Sunday;  December 17, 2006 ;     624 words ......to break a deadlock with Hamas. The Prime Minister, who is on a peace drive in the Middle East, said in Cairo that it was...President Hosni Mubarak. "Hamas at the present time is not...his own Fatah faction and Hamas. Within hours, gunmen from...Israeli blockade that followed Hamas's ...

US dilemma: dealing with Hamas; Rice is traveling to the Middle East to...

The Christian Science Monitor;  February 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......program for the Middle East. Repercussions from the US response to Hamas's rise to government...complicated because the [Hamas] victory puts everyone...the project on the Middle East peace process at...working to advance the Middle East peace process...statement holding ...

COLUMN: Hamas needs to 'step up' for Middle East peace

University Wire;  January 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ......politics in the Middle East. Hamas (not unlike the...of rivals in the Middle East, both Israel and...refuse to acknowledge Hamas; however, opening...for someone in the Middle East to take the high road, and Hamas ought to consider...

Hamas victory shakes up Middle East

AP Worldstream;  January 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......01-26-2006 Dateline: JERUSALEM Hamas' decisive win in Palestinian...elections has shaken up the Middle East. Here's a look at what the Hamas victory could mean for Israeli-Palestini...Palestinian security forces? A: Hamas has had tense relations...several crackdowns against Hamas in ...

Middle East Quartet urge Hamas to abandon violence, recognize Israel

Xinhua News Agency;  January 31, 2006 ;     276 words ...Middle East Quartet urge Hamas to abandon violence...30 (Xinhua) -- The Middle East Quartet on Monday...Resistance Movement (Hamas) to abandon violence...situation in the Middle East. Annan also told reporters, "If Hamas...transforms itself...

Lavrov, whose Hamas remarks irked Jerusalem, arrives for visit. Quartet...

Jerusalem Post;  June 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Headline: Lavrov, whose Hamas remarks irked Jerusalem...Jerusalem, appoint Blair as Middle East envoy Byline: HERB KEINON...discussion following the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip...for negotiations between Hamas and Fatah to form another...countries have boycotted Hamas, Russia ...

Hamas Controversial in the Middle East and in the United States.

Israel Faxx;  January 31, 2006 ;     520 words ......Islamic terrorist group Hamas is preparing to form the...conflicting views about Hamas -- both in the Middle East, and in the United States. Hamas' landslide victory in parliamentary...said it will not disarm. Hamas and Israel oppose peace...each other, but Dajani said Hamas ...

Letter: Talking to Hamas would have limited success; MIDDLE EAST.(Letters)

The Birmingham Post (England);  August 15, 2007 ;     324 words ......Re your editorial on the Middle East, whilst there are some resemblances...the IRA was a role model for Hamas) the IRA did not advocate killing...standards of living, an example for Middle East and African countries. The...Scotland to England. Talking to Hamas leaders may be tried, ...

With Hamas victory, a changed Middle East Letter from Jerusalem

International Herald Tribune;  March 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......are at risk. The victory of Hamas in the Palestinian legislative elections has altered the Middle East. It feels comparable to the...as in Iran 27 years ago, the Hamas victory was quickly followed...responsibility would soon moderate Hamas, whose victory wasn't so resounding...inedible. But ...

Palestinian Rivals, Fatah and Hamas, Exploring Pivotal Ties; How the...

The Washington Post;  January 16, 1994 ;     700+ words ......because Mohammed is married. Followers of Fatah and Hamas live in the same refugee camps and towns - often as...between Palestinians and Israel. The possibilities for Hamas-Fatah relations are intriguing. Hamas could give up its holy war to become part of the structures...labor, a hidden agenda of ...

Hamas threats to attack U.S. targets in the Middle East

Xinhua News Agency;  November 3, 2006 ;     184 words ...Hamas threats to attack U.S. targets in the Middle East GAZA, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Tuesday urged, for the first time...American targets and interests in the Middle East. The threat came in a statement released...al-Qassam Brigades, a military ...