Epstein Secrets

of Hamas' miscalculations was expecting Egypt to be supportive of its actions, which, when combined with Israel's fear of alienating the regime in Cairo, would allow Hamas to escalate the conflict without it spinning out of control. The hope was not off base. In August, Egyptian President Mohamed E

irs. "Almost by any definition they have become more institutionalized," said Nathan Thrall, an analyst who covers the Palestinian territories for the International Crisis Group. "They more or less have been keeping a calm in Gaza. A very imperfect calm, and one that has escalations every three or four or five months, but

ast Policy. Hamas, he said, ho=es the message to Israel will be: "You don't want to mess with us in G=za because you'll hurt your relationship with Cairo." President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt has so far rallied to Hamas's side: he n=t only recalled his ambassador from Israel but is sending his prime min

shows how much the region has changed since the Arab uprisi=gs began," said Nathan Thrall, who researches Israel and the Palestinian=territories for the International Crisis Group, which works to prevent con=lict. "Now when Gaza is under fire, the loudest voices come not from the=so-called Axis of Resistance — Iran, Syria and

an Spectator Elections on the Nile George H. Wittman 5.18.12 -- The Egyptian military and organized Islamic political groups came out of the 2011 Cairo Spring as the real power brokers of the country. Gone are the student and youth crowds that dominated Tahrir Square, along with the women of all a

C's success, on any given day, resided in these hard-won personal relationships. Still, the mission was not without its critics. In a 2010 report, the International Crisis Group noted EFTA_R1_02205148 EFTA02721228 erroneously, "With the improvement of Palestinian capacity ... the security reform project has gone on auto