Katar und die Hamas

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-reckons-with-unraveling-gaza-policy/2012/10/30/668ccf5c-21f4-11e2-ac85-e669876c6a24_story.html
Die widerspruechlichen Reaktionen aus dem israelischen Aussenministerium ueber das Treffen zwischen dem Emir von Katar und dem palaestinensischen Premier Ismail Haniyeh von der Hamas interpretiert Joel Greenberg als Zeichen der gescheiterten Politik der Isolation der Palaestinensergebiete:
“The Israeli government adopted measures to isolate Gaza, sharply restricting supply shipments at border points, tightening bans on movement out of the territory, and promoting an international diplomatic boycott of the Hamas government. (...)
But the policy essentially backfired. Hamas rallied popular support in Gaza through a shared sense of siege, and it consolidated economic control by taxing goods smuggled through tunnels from Egypt.”
(Washington Post vom 30.10.2012)