Jerusalem Report

Hamas Losing Grip in Strip

Hamas, the Palestinian branch of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, is losing support from its patrons Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah.

Islamic Jihad militants launch rocket in Gaza
Photo by: Reuters / Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
FOR SOME TIME, THE Hamas leadership and rank and file in the Gaza Strip have been behaving quite strangely.

Ever since its establishment, the Palestinian Authority (PA), under the leadership of Fatah and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), has urged the various Palestinian factions to act moderately and curb terrorist attacks against Israel. Hamas, in contrast, has consistently taken the opposite position and demanded that the attacks against Israel be increased.

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