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Events at the border are connected both to Hamas’ effort to bolster its stature in the internal Palestinian arena and its financial demands of Qatar and Israel

Amos Harel

Amos Harel

Intensive talks have taken place recently among Israel, Hamas, the United Nations, Egypt and Qatar in an attempt to calm the escalation along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip. For two weeks, Palestinians have held violent protests at the border fence every evening, facing off with Israeli soldiers. The Hamas government is pulling the strings, but it has so far avoided publicly taking ownership of the demonstrations.

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