On Monday, a spokesman for Hamas called upon members of the terrorist organization to carry out terror attacks in the West Bank. The Times of Israel reported: “We call on the men of resistance in the West Bank, primarily the Al-Qassam Brigades, to fulfill their duty in protecting the prisoners...
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A month after the breakdown of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian leadership after the latter signed a deal with Hamas, a poll was published today suggesting more than 50 percent of Palestinians are against a return to the negotiating table. The Palestinian Center for Public Opinion survey indicated that 56.3% were against...
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The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday that a former senior American government official said that Hamas must not be allowed to participate in the upcoming Palestinian elections. Former National Security Adviser Samuel “Sandy” Berger addressed his remarks to this week’s annual Herzliya Conference sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Center. Hamas should not be allowed...
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A former Hamas official wrote on his Facebook page Sunday that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was “lying” to the Americans. Palestinian Media Watch translated Ihab al-Ghussein’s comments: “You know what Mahmoud Abbas says behind closed doors?? He says: ‘Guys, let me [continue] saying what I say to the media. Those...
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The Times of Israel reported Tuesday that the mother-in-law of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was admitted for treatment in an Israeli hospital. Maj. Guy Inbar, an Israeli spokesman, said the 68-year-old woman was allowed to enter from the Gaza Strip on Monday to receive cancer treatment at a Jerusalem hospital....
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The Palestinians are pulling the wool over the eyes of the international community by describing the new Palestinian Authority government as a cabinet of technocrats, according to Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz. The most important thing is not who are the personalities, or the ministers, but who sent them,...
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The Lebanese-Shiite Hezbollah may have set up a branch in the Gaza Strip, according to the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar. The flag and logo of an organization that was launched a few days ago in the Gaza Strip suggest a Hezbollah now exists in Gaza. The organization is called al-Sabirin (the...
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Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas early this morning announced the formation of a Palestinian government agreed to by the rival Fatah and Hamas factions. The new cabinet is made up of 17 cabinet ministers who were sworn in despite what local Reuters bureau chief Crispian Balmer described as a...
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Just hours before the Palestinian Authority’s unity government was sworn in Monday, United States Secretary of State John Kerry spoke by phone with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to express Washington’s concern over the inclusion of the Hamas terror organization in the new Palestinian government, according to Israel Radio (Hebrew audio...
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At the end of March, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas hastened the end of the American-sponsored peace talks with Israel by pursuing membership in fifteen of international treaties (of which the PA was already in violation of at least 11). This week, the PA was accepted into the United Nation’s anti-corruption treaty....
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