Analysis: By exploiting legal loopholes and fielding proxy slates in the scheduled November elections, Hamas aims to establish a legitimate political foothold across the West Bank without moderating its core rejectionist ideology

October 7 is not the only date from which Israel – and the world – needs to learn. January 25, 2006, is another.

Hamas says it will contest the Palestinian Legislative Council election set for November 28, seeking the broadest possible national coalition for what would be the first…