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On Hamas And The Use of Force
June 2, 2010 · Mustapha Hamoui
What a great insight from Amos Oz in the New York Times today. This can also apply to Hezbollah:
Hamas is an idea, a desperate and fanatical idea that grew out of the desolation and frustration of many Palestinians. No idea has ever been defeated by force — not by siege, not by bombardment, not by being flattened with tank treads and not by marine commandos. To defeat an idea, you have to offer a better idea, a more attractive and acceptable one.