Tag Archives: Hamas

Israeli Strategy: Gaza

Posted on August 2, 2014 by William Holland

The Israeli effort to defeat a terrorist (Hamas) enclave in Gaza is a piece of an arch that until now has been out of Israeli reach.  Destroying Hamas’ underground infrastructure, isolating it diplomatically while hunting down numerous Iranian proxies that … Continue reading →

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Hamas & the Kerry Debacle

Posted on August 1, 2014 by William Holland

Why did Hamas launch rockets? Because it sought to end its isolation. Geographically, Egypt’s al-Sisi closed down its east/west corridor to Gaza, leaving only the Gulf of Arden as a the sole viable transport for any Shia, Iranian proxy in … Continue reading →

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The Carnage of Peace: Hamas vs. Israel

Posted on July 2, 2014 by William Holland

The kidnapping and torture of three Israeli teens in Hebron by Hamas and its regional allies ushers in a much needed strategic, moral contrast between an uber-utopian U.S. policy and the Machiavellian realists of Iran and its proxies.  The sad … Continue reading →

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Hamas, Preemption & Israeli Will

Posted on November 28, 2012 by William Holland

John Bolton got it right when he revealed that last weeks surprise attack on Israel by Iranian proxies was an attempt by Iran to read Israeli political willpower. We should know by now that all actors within the Near East … Continue reading →

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An Emerging Israeli Ascendancy with Saudi Shield: Hitting the Persian Mullah’s

Posted on November 21, 2012 by William Holland

The violent prism of realism remains the best instrument from which to discern the political movement of the major actors in the Middle East conflict.  Daniel Pipes of the Philadelphia based Middle East Forum was correct in his analysis of … Continue reading →

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The Palestinian Spring

Posted on October 20, 2012 by William Holland

You’d think that the single most anticipated group of Arabs throughout the Near East expecting liberation are the Palestinians, especially given how they’re portrayed as victims of capricious Zionists.  Well according to Amir Taheri the French Persian expert, there is … Continue reading →

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The Mideast Peace Process: Harbinger Of Cynicism

Posted on September 23, 2010 by William Holland

Very few authors truly grasp the political and social significance of what has been termed the ‘Peace Process’, Shmuel Katz and Dennis Ross remain the most fair minded and realist writers on a most difficult topic.  Recently, Bret Stevens from … Continue reading →

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