No one lit celebratory cigars. Here was a plan that didn't come together. Even Hamas itself, which had expected to become a powerful opposition, winced at the outcome.
By TOM KENISTom Kenis(photo credit: Courtesy)The rise of Hamas
2006 began quite like 2005
And by 'quite like' I mean 'not even remotely comparable'. There were parallels, mind you. Both January's I served as election observer, presidential and parliamentary respectively. Which entailed a lot of barreling up and down the West Bank, piling in and out of vans. An A-team of suffrage, if you will. "If no one else can help you, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire ballot monitors."
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