(Toronto Star) - Mitch Potter "They will never say this to your face, but Hamas has quietly arrived at a new strategy on the conflict," says a source close to the organization's Gaza leadership. "It is a return to pragmatic reason. The majority of leaders have come to accept the hopelessness of the situation, that this is a war of liberation with only one actual army. They realize Israel cannot be defeated, now or at any time in the foreseeable future....So, they are prepared to stand aside - to put the dream of destroying Israel on the shelf for future generations." "And in the end, Hamas will still have strength as an Islamic movement, as a political movement, able to hold its head high to Palestinians and say, 'It wasn't us; it was the PA who betrayed you.'"
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