Plus ca change...

Submitted by Alana Ronald (Canada), Jun 16, 2009 at 19:11

However venomous relations between Fatah and Hamas may be, with each killing the other's operatives, they will in the end always join forces against Israel.

Similarly, whatever the reasons for the turmoil following the questionable Iranian elections, there is always comment from the crowd that "Israel and the U.S." are behind it.

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