By Elliot Chodoff and Nir Boms FrontPageMagazine.com | March 3, 2006 Hamas’ ascent to power in the Palestinian Authority has thrown Western policy into a quandary. Having touted the great advantages of democracy and the having spent millions on democratization, Western leaders are faced with Islamist victories at the polls. The recent “elections” in Iran, for instance, brought [...]
Hamas’ Weakness: Its Wallet
May 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Middle East, Palestinian Authority
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Mixed Signals
May 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Middle East, Palestinian Authority
April 06, 2004, 8:54 a.m. A good guy gets turned away. By Nir Boms & Erick Stakelbeck On April 1, following a lengthy probe, the European Union concluded that funds it provided to the Palestinian Authority between 2000 and 2002 had not been used to finance terrorist attacks against Israel. The ruling was immediately criticized [...]