Al-Qaeda? If Hamas Is Pushed into a Corner

(Ha'aretz) Danny Rubinstein - Is there a danger that Hamas and al-Qaeda could be linked? Warnings to such an effect could be heard last week, after the release of an Osama bin Laden tape expressing support for Hamas, which, he said, was defending itself against the "Zionist-Crusader offensive." Even C. David Welch, the U.S. assistant secretary for Near Eastern affairs, discussed such a danger.