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Hamas' Charmless PR Offensive
(Boston Globe) Editorial - Hamas recently launched what the AP described as a "charm offensive" in Gaza, which it controls, to celebrate the anniversary of its founding. But all this PR is unlikely to change a fundamental fact about Hamas: It has never been a particularly popular movement among Palestinians. Three and a half years after Hamas won sole control over Gaza, ousting Fatah following the dissolution of the newly elected Hamas-Fatah unity government, the citizens there don't seem particularly thrilled about Hamas' imposition of conservative Islamic stances on social issues, its repression of its political enemies, or the extent to which it has hampered the chances of a peace deal with its militant anti-Israel rhetoric.