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December 9, 2012

Middle East and North Africa
What Does Hamas Want?

Frequently I have found that when I mention the odious Hamas "Charter" as the best insight into the group’s current goals, the response is that the Charter is nearly 25 years old and doesn’t mean muc…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

November 16, 2011

Middle East and North Africa
Syria’s Conflict Enters a More Dangerous Phase

Syrian soldiers deploy in the Syrian village of Arida, as seen from the northern Lebanese village of Wadi Khaled near the Lebanese-Syrian border, May 20, 2011 (Omar Ibrahim/Courtesy Reuters). Today’…

Syria’s Conflict Enters a More Dangerous Phase
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

November 19, 2012

Middle East and North Africa
Hamas and Egypt

The visit of Egypt’s prime minister to Gaza last week, and a return visit promised for Tuesday, raises the question why President Morsi has not himself gone. Why send the little-known PM when a perso…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

January 27, 2012

Israel
Turkey and Hamas

Is Turkey purchasing Hamas from Iran? One recent report says "a high-ranking Hamas official told the Al-Sharq newspaper on Thursday" that "Turkey has agreed to carry out a project to support Hamas a…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

July 23, 2012

Middle East and North Africa
Egypt Opens To Gaza

From the moment when Hamas took over Gaza in 2007 while the West Bank remained under the control of the Fatah Party and the Palestinian Authority, the question of Gaza’s relationship to Egypt has bee…

Khaled Meshaal and Mohamed Morsi
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points