Hamas won't go away

摘要

At first it looked possible that the break-out by tens of thousands of Palestinians bottled up in the Gaza Strip would be a joyful but brief blip. Once Egypt had resealed the border, the inmates' misery would resume, along with the bloody stalemate that has prevailed since the Islamists of Hamas took control last June. But that has not happened. Instead, the balance of power has shifted-in Hamas's favour.