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Religious Radicals

The recent editorial on Palestine (July 14) correctly identified the problems for Palestinian national progress posed by Israeli and US agendas. However, there is a danger in over-celebrating Hamas as a nationbuilding force if we wish to support secular nationhood. Landslide popular victories in India by religious radicals have been roundly critiqued – why not everywhere else, including Palestine?

Carla Petievich

New Jersey, USA

The recent editorial on Palestine (July 14) correctly identified the problems for Palestinian national progress posed by Israeli and US agendas. However, there is a danger in over-celebrating Hamas as a nationbuilding force if we wish to support secular nationhood. Landslide popular victories in India by religious radicals have been roundly critiqued – why not everywhere else, including Palestine?

Carla Petievich

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