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July 16, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/digging-in-hamas-believes-time-is-on-its-side/

Digging In, Hamas Believes Time Is on Its Side

(Times of Israel) Avi Issacharoff - Hamas' politicians are taking orders from the military wing these days, not the other way around. Hamas is still looking at many more days of conflict. It realizes that international opinion is against it, and that the world regards Hamas as having escalated the conflict, but believes that as reports of Gaza civilian casualties mount, world opinion will turn increasingly against Israel. It also believes that in a week or two, if Israeli soldiers start dying, Israeli public pressure will demand an end to the conflict - on better terms for Hamas.

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