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Other Opinions January 30, 2006

Palestinians’ democratic choice must be respected

 Hamas’s triumph in Wednesday’s Palestinian elections is the best news from the Middle East for a long time. The poll was a more impressive display of democracy than any other
Other Views January 30, 2006

’Governing, just that simple’

What’s so hard about it, George W. Bush wonders. Everyone makes governing such a big deal, like it’s complicated or something. They are the ones who make it complicated, with
Other Views January 30, 2006

Arab democracy carries dangers

President Bush’s desire to democratize the Middle East has run into a land mine. But this time the explosion is more of his own making. Democratizing the entire Middle East
Other Views January 30, 2006

WATCHING HAMAS

Shalom Harari is a former Israeli Military Intelligence officer who has been following the rise of Hamas—the Islamic Resistance Movement—for almost a quarter century. An awkward, voluble man of nearly