From the Hasmoneans, to a famed poet, to the rabbi and imam who coauthored a book.

“When the Jews arrest someone, they contact his family to say they are holding him.”

The steady trickle of rockets and explosives plays against Israel’s strengths.

Hundreds of balloon-borne explosives and a handful of rockets bring results.

A message to Arab parliamentarians.

Even if such a deal might be desirable in due course.

A tax-exempt financial pipeline to Hamas.

The divide-but-don’t-conquer strategy.

The West Bank/Gaza experiment.

And tested Hamas.

The two terrorist groups have a common patron, but different incentives.

One wants quiet, the other to “engage the enemy.”

Behind the missiles.

Is the Arab Spring on its way to Gaza and the West Bank?