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Everyone with a stake in the Middle East professes to be aware of the mortal threats posed by Israel's bloody war on the Gaza Strip, but none of those most imperiled seems to recognize that the issues are much larger than the current crisis. Hamas is the purported target of the Israeli offensive.

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