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Good article in the NYT today that points out - Hamas ended its six-month cease-fire on Dec. 19.

Not Israel.  But the world has a short memory.  The world will forget that Hamas has launched over 10,000 rockets into Israel since 2001. That they are smuggling arms in from Egypt every day preparing for a ground war.  The article points out that Hamas wants the "status as the Palestinians’ principal resistance. Its secular rival, Fatah, sits on the sidelines, marginal to the violence."

News Analysis – For Hamas, Logic Led to Cease-Fire’s End – NYTimes.com

"The key issue is whether Palestinians will blame Israel for raining fire down upon them, as Hamas hopes. Or blame Hamas for provoking it, as Fatah, Israel and its Western allies hope."

"Right now Palestinians are blaming Israel, loudly."