A new document outlining the principles of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas “is unlikely to represent any profound change in Hamas’s true position toward Israel,” The New York Times reported Monday, citing unnamed experts. The Times noted that in addition to recently selecting “hardliner” Yahya Sinwar to head the group...
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A Tunisian engineer who worked for Hamas before being assassinated last December was the architect of the terrorist group’s “air force,” a Hamas spokesman said in an al-Jazeera program broadcast on Sunday. Hamas engineer Mohamad Zawari was “one of the leaders of the military wing that oversaw the ‘Ababil’ unmanned drone program,” the...
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The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas on Sunday expressed its appreciation for North Korea’s threat to inflict “merciless” punishment upon Israel. Hamas appreciates North Korea statement in which it supported the Palestinian's struggle and rejected the continuation of occupation — د. سامي أبو زهري (@DSZuhri) April 30, 2017 “Hamas appreciates North Korea...
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Who Cares About History? Three news items this week were rooted in efforts to rewrite history at Israel’s expense. On Monday, the Hamas-linked Palestinian Information Center mocked Israelis participating in “so-called ‘Holocaust remembrance’” and called Tel Aviv a “settlement.” In less than 140 Arabic characters, the tweet denied the past of a city...
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A top Hamas official warned Wednesday that if Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas continues pressuring the Gaza-based terrorist group to submit to the PA, “it’s going to explode in his face and in all directions,” news agencies reported. Responding to Abbas’ threatened funding cuts to Gaza, including a plan to stop subsidizing the enclave’s electricity...
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The popular Arabic-language Twitter feed of a Hamas-linked news agency mocked Israel’s observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday, sharing a photograph of Israelis standing outside their vehicles as memorial sirens blared in Tel Aviv. While the city was established by Zionist Jews in 1909 and was part of Israel before 1967,...
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The Gaza Strip’s only power station has run out of fuel, sparking a fresh energy crisis and likely blackouts in the immediate future. Turkey and Qatar donated three months worth of fuel in January but that supply has now been used up. The fuel shortage has reignited a longstanding disagreement...
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Two sisters from the Gaza Strip were apprehended at the Erez crossing with explosive materials hidden inside tubes designated for cancer medicine, Israeli officials said Wednesday. The sisters had obtained a permit to cross into Israel so one of them could receive cancer treatments at an Israeli hospital, The Times of...
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A militant belonging to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas was killed Sunday night in a tunnel collapse underneath Gaza City, Israeli media reported. Three other militants were also injured in the cave-in. Another member of Hamas died in a tunnel collapse this past February. Hamas, an Islamist terror group openly dedicated...
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Thousands of Gazan high school students recently graduated from a training program run by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, which prepares teenagers to participate in urban warfare. “This program is held in schools throughout Gaza and is supervised by the national security forces,” a Hamas spokesman said in a video translated by the Middle East...
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