* The Washington Post reports that the newly elected Hamas leadership in Beit Hanoun is scoring points for fixing potholes, getting the garbage collected, etc. But the Gaza town’s previous mayor says Hamas is claiming credit for work he did that only now is bearing fruit, thanks to the cease-fire.
* St. Petersburg Times columnist Susan Taylor-Martin describes an encounter with a top Hezbollah official at the group’s “media relations” office in Beirut. See also the full Q+A with Sheik Muhammed Kawtharani, touching on Syria’s withdrawal from Lebanon, Hezbollah’s connections with Palestinian terror groups, and Iran.
* Melanie Phillips responds to the BBC’s questionable coverage of Dahaniya, a Gaza village of Palestinian collaborators protected by the IDF. The fate of the villagers after disengagement is not clear. For a better understanding on the Israeli view of Dahaniya, see this Baltimore Sun report.
