Hamas Version Of Million Man March Is A Flop (Updated)

At least this time, possibly due to the rain.

Israel Matzav compares Gaza with the West Bank on why such a protest is less likely in the latter.

UPDATE: At Contentions, David Hazony chimes in that the rally ended not in a wimper but a crash:

We have no idea exactly what went wrong. But we are left with two possibilities, and two alone: (1) Gazans don’t really care so much about the blockade, or (2) Israel outmaneuvered Hamas in its diplomatic and military preparations, and Haniyeh understood he had little to gain–in which case, we should never again believe that Gaza protests are spontaneous displays of genuine outrage, but rather programmed rallies dictated from above, as we always thought.

Looks like it’s lose-lose for Hamas.

I'd like to believe that, but when was the last time Israel actually outmaneuvered Hamas diplomatically?

Also, Little Green Footballs notes that Reuters dubs the event peaceful--even while mentioning the rockets fired from Gaza during the protest, and the rock-throwing that followed it. AP, for it's part, claims the protest passed peacefully, but declined to mention the rockets and rock-throwing at all.

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