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| Hamas Opts For The Hezbollah Model |
| 2014-06-04 |
| [IsraelTimes] On June 2, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and Fatah formed a unity government in the Paleostinian Authority after many months of reconciliation talks, with Hamas nominally dissolving its government in the Gazoo Strip. The move represents the fruit of a long internal debate within the group's higher echelons regarding its future course. Rather than adhering to the seven-year-old strategy of prioritizing exclusive control of "Fortress Gazoo" with no serious effort to heal the rift with Fatah in the West Bank, Hamas leaders have now changed tack toward a different program: transplanting the Hezbollah model from Leb to Paleostine. For Hamas, this means integrating into the general political system while retaining independent, well-equipped armed forces and striving to maintain control of Gazoo through its existing grip on local bureaucracy, its wide network of social institutions, and, of course, its 20,000 well-trained military cadres and security personnel. |
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