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July 16, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0715/p09s02-coop.html

What Gazans Really Think about Obama

[Christian Science Monitor] Norman H. Olsen - Palestinians in Gaza have little grasp of the realities facing an American president seeking to take up their cause. Two senior officials cite the current postwar cease-fire and the offer of a 10- to 20-year cease-fire with Israel as Hamas concessions. They are both amazed to hear that, to many Americans, the current cease-fire appears more a tactic to avoid obliteration by the Israeli army, and that it looks like a way to remove Israeli pressure while Hamas rearms and trains a new generation of fighters. The writer, a former senior U.S. Foreign Service officer, served at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv from 1991 to 1995 and from 2002 to 2007.

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