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Hamas’ new political chief Sinwar has a cunning and brutal past
Nearly six years ago, Yahya Sinwar, who’s just been named Hamas’s political leader, scrawled a note on a document that he knew Egyptian intermediaries would hand to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Take a “‘calculated risk’ on a cease-fire,” …