Hamas attacks aimed as diversion from internal issues

20.03.2011                      14.Adar ll, 5771                       Purim

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Hamas attacks aimed as diversion from internal issues

Analysis: Mortar attacks are aimed at dragging Israel into a military offensive that is needed by Hamas to rally the Palestinian public behind it.

The mortar attacks on Israel over the weekend were designed to divert attention from Hamas’s growing problems inside the Gaza Strip. The Hamas leadership has been under heavy pressure as a result of mass demonstrations in the Gaza Strip demanding an end to the Hamas-Fatah dispute.
After failing to prevent the protests, Hamas authorities began cracking down on the organizers, political foes and journalists….