[Jerusalem Post] Barry Rubin - Why should anyone say that Hamas won some big public relations victory by shutting off Gaza's electricity and blowing up the border wall with Egypt? Hamas' heads are boiling over with pride at having put one over on Israel, as if this were some huge triumph. But this is pure nonsense. Two years after Hamas' election victory and six months after it seized Gaza, international sanctions show no sign of faltering. Other than Syria, no Arab state is helping Hamas. Egypt may be soft on Hamas at times, but it is very angry at the organization. Hamas' radicalism prevents the creation of a Palestinian state and a peace that would benefit Palestinians. Its strategy of the permanent offensive guarantees not only suffering, but also failure. So while Hamas will never give up, it also will never win.
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