An English-language press release issued on Tuesday by the Islamist terror organization Hamas to protest the temporary closing of the Temple Mount by Israeli authorities following an attack there on Friday contained an unexpected, and possibly unintended, revelation. The Temple Mount was reopened Monday with additional security measures to prevent further violence, including...

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Electricity supplies in the Gaza Strip have plummeted in recent days, leaving residents without power for more than 24 hours at a time, Times of Israel reported on Thursday. Gaza’s only electrical power plant closed down on Wednesday evening, exacerbating the problem and limiting the electricity supply to two or three...

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A new report by the UN has described Gaza as “unliveable” after 10 years of Hamas rule. The report, published on Tuesday, describes living conditions for the two million people in the Palestinian enclave as deteriorating “further and faster” than the prediction made in 2012 that the enclave would become...

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The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, expressed its support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel in a Twitter post last week. “We salute and support the influential BDS Movement,” the Islamist faction tweeted on its official English-language account. We salute and support...

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The same heat wave that is keeping temperatures high across Israel is also scorching the Gaza Strip, where residents who are struggling with the bleak consequences of the electricity crisis, the result of infighting between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, blame Hamas for their predicament, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday....

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Organizations allied with Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) participated in the “United Nations Forum to Mark Fifty Years of Occupation,” which was held at the U.N. headquarters over the last two days, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. Al Haq and the Al Mezan Center...

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The IDF targeted Hamas military positions in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday morning in response to rocket fire that hit Israel. The rocket fell in an open area at the Shaar HaNegev Regional Council on Monday night, causing no injuries or damage. It was not preceded by a rocket-alert siren,...

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Iran is a major state sponsor of terrorism that gives anti-Israel groups hundreds of millions of dollars each year, the intelligence chief of the Israel Defense Forces said during the IDC Herzliya Conference on Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi detailed how Iran contributes $50 million to Hamas’ annual budget, while...

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The Palestinian Authority denied hundreds of Gazans permission to receive critical medical treatments over the past two months, Haaretz reported Sunday. In addition to reducing Gaza’s power supply, the PA delayed or refused to sign vouchers allowing sick Gazans to receive medical attention in Israel, the West Bank, or Jordan. More than 90% of...

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In June 2007, two years after Israel ended its occupation of the Gaza Strip and dismantled its settlement communities, the terrorist group Hamas took over control of the territory from the Palestinian Authority after months of violence between their rival forces. Since then, Hamas has kept a tight grip on...

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