Lost amid the hand-wringing over Israel's botched flotilla raid last month and speculation about the diplomatic fallout for the Jewish state has been perhaps the most significant development, namely the resurgence of Hamas.
On political and financial life support not even a month ago, Hamas has become the face of the Muslim world's newest cause celebre: ending the "humanitarian crisis" in Gaza. This newfound determination cannot end a "humanitarian crisis" that didn't exist in the first place, but it just might end the political and economic crises that had been besetting Hamas over the past year.
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