Hamas’s desire to best Hezbollah’s achievements is natural, of course, but, more to the point, it is radicalizing. One of the reasons, among many, that Hamas felt compelled to break its cease-fire with Israel last month was to prove its potency to Muslims impressed with Hezbollah. Full Story »
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Goldberg sets up a dialogue here that is fairly eye-opening. This brought to light aspects of the connection between Hamas and Hezbollah previously unknown to me. But ultimately (and this is on re-read) I think the author is quite disingenuous in his arguments. He jabs at the senselessness of the two groups' violent antisemitism, their radical interpretation of Islam, and their shrewd relationship with Iran. But he excludes from the piece any mention of the equally odd ties between evangelical Christians and radical Jews, the flamboyant Zionism that exists in many levels of Israeli society, and the de facto apartheid Israel has imposed on the Palestinian population. This is a complex conflict: any case made without at least acknowledging these things is an unsuccessful one.
