NEW BLOG ON THE BLOCK: MITCHELL BARD. Mitchell Bard may be best known for Myths and Facts: A Guide to the Arab-Israel Conflict, Second Edition and the email updates he sends out. He recently started a blog--the most recent post: What the Gaza War Means:

...Meanwhile, Fatah is going to try to settle its score with whatever Hamasniks are in the West Bank and try to consolidate its power. In theory, Israel might now negotiate with Abbas solely over the territory in the West Bank. This would require him, however, to forego the idea of Palestinian unity for the moment and leave Hamastan to fend for itself. It’s hard to believe he or any other Palestinian would do that, though they could certainly argue it is justfied by the way Hamas took over.

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