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March 2, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/26/AR2010022604257.html

Once Seemingly Impregnable, Hamas Shows Signs of Vulnerability

(Washington Post) Janine Zacharia - Struggling to maintain its strength in the West Bank amid a crackdown by Israel and Palestinian police, Hamas has been reeling from the assassination of one of its leaders, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. Hamas sustained another blow with news that Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of one of its founders, had been spying on it for Israel. The Israel Security Agency's high-level penetration of Hamas is a "catastrophe for Hamas," said Mkhaimar Abusada, a political science professor at Al Azhar University in Gaza. Retired Brig.-Gen. Shalom Harari, a former army intelligence officer and adviser on Palestinian affairs in Israel's Defense Ministry, said Yousef's spying and Mabhouh's killing make Hamas appear vulnerable.

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