http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/01/22/does-israel-want-hamas-to-win-elections/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:01:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/01/22/does-israel-want-hamas-to-win-elections/#comment-2090 Colin Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:54:29 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/01/22/does-israel-want-hamas-to-win-elections/#comment-2090 Israeli news is actually reporting today that Israel has let two major Arab TV Channels interview Marwan Barghouti from prison. Commentators are saying that this is a clear sign that Israel is trying to aid Fatah, as it does not want Hamas to win. It is thought that Barghouti's intervention has helped Fatah in the polls. There is a brief mention of this at the end of <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=673322">this Haaretz article</a>. Israeli news is actually reporting today that Israel has let two major Arab TV Channels interview Marwan Barghouti from prison. Commentators are saying that this is a clear sign that Israel is trying to aid Fatah, as it does not want Hamas to win. It is thought that Barghouti’s intervention has helped Fatah in the polls. There is a brief mention of this at the end of this Haaretz article.

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