Those Self-Defeating Hamas Flacks

By Jeffrey Goldberg
I mean, when you kick Amira Hass out of Gaza -- that would be Amira Hass, Robert Fisk's favorite Israeli journalist -- you really are mismanaging your press relations. Dion Nissenbaum has the details. By the way, the dire state of journalism in Gaza is not only the fault of Hamas; Israel has refused to let foreign journalists into Gaza for nearly a month.

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