[Washington Times] Zalman Shoval - Adolf Hitler did not gain power in 1933 in Germany as a result of an election victory - in the elections held that year the Nazi Party actually lost 2 million votes. But joining a coalition with other, more moderate parties, Hitler and his henchmen soon subverted the new government and grabbed absolute power. One important lesson is that whenever a coalition is formed between moderates and anti-democratic extremists, it is only a matter of time until the extremists take over. This is what's probably going to happen soon on the Palestinian political scene, where Mahmoud Abbas and the Hamas terrorists have announced the imminent formation of a national unity government. While Abbas will now embark on a flurry of diplomatic activity to convince the world that the new Palestinian unity government isn't the damaged goods it is, by dealing with it, the international community would irresponsibly extend a helping hand to a government headed by Hamas, which has not changed any of its jihadist and annihilative aims against Israel.
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