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Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=8803
War on Hamas Influences Abbas
(Israel Hayom) Dan Margalit - Hamas has been the driving force behind the Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike, which will likely achieve exactly the opposite of its intended result: The Hamas prisoners are going to face much harsher conditions and they will be joined by newcomers, prisoners re-arrested after being released as part of the Shalit deal. Abbas would have not come out against the abduction operation on Wednesday, had it not been for the IDF attacks on Hamas strongholds in Judea and Samaria. On top of that, he realized that the Palestinian street did not view the massive Israeli response as a positive development, and was concerned over the potential unraveling of the delicate relations with Israel.