Epstein Secrets

ders himself the holder of a diplomatic passport. You have a password that opens all doors." Jonathan Schanzer, author of the 2008 book "Hamas vs. Fatah: The Struggle for Palestine," said Qassam has had four distinct phases. The first was a single-minded focus on suicide bombings, until Yahya Ayyas

l. With the death of Mr. Jabari, a charismatic figure influential with Hamas leaders inside and outside Gaza, "They are off balance for sure," Mr. Schanzer said. "Every time this happens it forces change, it forces adaptation." But Qassam "has long operated in a decentralized structure, so that if its

e Rawabi paradigm: It's also funding two-thirds of the project, to the tune of over $600 million. This is enough money to single-handedly finance the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority -- which is effectively broke, thanks to penalties imposed by the Israeli and U.S. governments after Mahmoud Abbas's

d money into a project that seems to prove the PA's uselessness. "It's like an island inside the traditional infrastructure of the PA," says Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and author of a book on Palestinian internal politics. "It shows everyone wh

e Rawabi paradigm: It's also funding two-thirds of the project, to the tune of over $600 million. This 1s enough money to single-handedly finance the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority - which is effectively broke, thanks to penalties imposed by the Israeli and U.S. governments after Mahmoud Abbas's s

d money into a project that seems to prove the PA's uselessness. "It's like an island inside the traditional infrastructure of the PA," says Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and author of a book on Palestinian internal politics. "It shows everyone wh