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November 28, 2012

Old 'Iron Wall' Strategy Is Failing Israel

Tony Karon, The National

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Israel's firepower not only failed to cow Hamas, but revealed itself once again as a strategy of diminishing returns in a region renewing itself after a long period of authoritarian decline.

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TAGGED: Gaza, Hamas, Palestinians, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Palestine, Israel

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