'Both sides are responsible for Gaza crisis'
Published: 30 December, 2008, 17:34
Israel failed to gather support from the moderate Fatah party and must face the possibility that people will still support Hamas as Israel destroys its infrastucture, says Vitaly Naumkin.
Naumkin is an expert with the Moscow-based Arabic studies centre.
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