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of us, knows how weak the Palestinians are. Abbas also knows that the Gaza-West Bank split is much more than a "brotherly" misunderstanding between Fatah and Hamas. The world has been preoccupied away from Palestinian concerns, and now, the Arabs themselves are preoccupied away from Palestine with th
self-obsessed Omar Bongo, who had spent the previous 41 years running oil-rich Gabon as his personal estate. In the last year, North Korean enigma Kim Jong Il and Ethiopian strongman Meles Zenawi both died unexpectedly. The two had 38 years of leadership experience between them. More Refugees, Fewer Migr
mer than ever, and the looser tunnel patrols in Egypt mean greater access to weapons as well. But opinion surveys show that its more secular rival, Fatah, is more popular. That may explain why an attempt at political unity with Fatah is moving slowly: the Hamas leaders here are likely to lose their
lways preferable to hard ones, even if the process takes some time. A moral argument can be made that monsters like Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya and Kim Jong-il in North Korea should be overthrown any way they can, as fast as we can, regardless of the risk of short-term chaos. But that reasoning quickly lo
irmer than ever, and the looser tunnel patrols in Egypt mean greater access to weapons as well. But opinion surveys show that its more secular rival, Fatah, is more popular. That may explain why an attempt at political unity with Fatah is moving slowly: the Hamas leaders here are likely to lose their job
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032175 →always preferable to hard ones, even if the process takes some time. A moral argument can be made that monsters like Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya and Kim Jong-il in North Korea should be overthrown any way they can, as fast as we can, regardless of the risk of short-term chaos. But that reasoning quickly loses
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032195 →Entities connected to both Fatah and Kim Jong-il

Jerusalem
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Mahmoud Abbas
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Barack Obama
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Lebanon
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Bashar al-Assad
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George W. Bush
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Tehran
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Cairo
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United States
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Hosni Mubarak
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Tunisia
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Middle East
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Saddam Hussein
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Bill Clinton
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Yemen
LOCATIONSinai
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Marc Rich
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Morocco
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Hillary Clinton
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