Articles by Andrew Higgins

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How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas
Andrew Higgins – The Wall Street Journal, 28 Jul 2014

“Hamas, to my great regret, is Israel’s creation,” says Mr. Cohen, a Tunisian-born Jew who worked in Gaza for more than two decades. “When I look back at the chain of events I think we made a mistake,” says David Hacham, who worked in Gaza in the late 1980s and early ’90s as an Arab-affairs expert in the Israeli military. “But at the time nobody thought about the possible results.”

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Steeped in Its Bloody History, Again Embracing Resistance
Andrew Higgins – International New York Times, 10 Mar 2014

An excellent historical perspective on the depth of Russia’s ties in the Crimea. Required reading.

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