Middle East Focus: A Slick Piece by Hamas, Aiming for an Oscar? Releasing Shalit…………..

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A Slick Piece by Hamas, Aiming for an Oscar? Releasing Shalit…………..

“Hamas has produced an unusually sophisticated animated film apparently pressing for a deal that would bring about the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured near Gaza nearly four years ago. The Israeli government reacted angrily to the film, describing it as "deplorable" and blamed Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement, for the failure to agree a deal for the release of Shalit, who was captured in June 2006. He is alive and believed to be held somewhere in Gaza……”
The cartoon ends with “There is still hope…….”

A slick emotional piece, very well-produced, very un-Hamas like, un-fundamentalist. I guess produced by someone else for Hamas. It shifted the usual Hamas message and focused on “the Israeli” side. None of the usual talk about “Zionist occupiers”, etc.
Maybe Hamas is changing, maybe. More likely Hamas is becoming more savvy about the ways of the real world, the media and, more importantly, about Israelis.
Hamas really wants a deal on this one. If Hamas wants a public relations coup, their best bet is to simply release Gilad Shalit.
Cheers
mhg

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