Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are accusing one another of making politically-motivated arrests, with the Gaza-Basked terrorist group alleging on Sunday that four of its members are undergoing “extreme torture” at the hands of the PA in the West Bank. The charge comes days after Fatah, the main political party in the...

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A Hamas-run court in the Gaza Strip has sentenced eight members of Fatah’s security forces to jail terms ranging from seven years to life in prison for “undermining revolutionary unity,” The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. Hamas’s Interior Ministry stated that the men, who have been unemployed since Hamas’s 2007 takeover of...

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The main impediment to peace between Israel and the Palestinians is the lack of unity between Fatah and Hamas, which prevents Israeli diplomats from facing a legitimate interlocutor who represents all Palestinians, Jonathan Schanzer, the vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, wrote in an analysis for Politico on...

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Dozens of Palestinians graduated from Hamas’ military training program in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, “displaying weapons, marching in military formation and burning an Israeli flag in front of crowds of cheering supporters,” The Times of Israel reported. Graduates ranged in age from middle-aged adults to young children, one of...

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The major Palestinian political parties agreed on Tuesday to form a unity government and hold elections after three days of reconciliation meetings in Russia. “We have reached agreement under which, within 48 hours, we will call on [Palestinian Authority President] Mahmoud Abbas to launch consultations on the creation of a...

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Millions of dollars worth of fuel from Qatar arrived in the Gaza Strip on Monday, easing severe power shortages in the Hamas-run territory. Gaza’s Energy Authority said that the Qatari injection of approximately $12 million worth of fuel would power a third generator at Gaza’s power plant, which would provide residents with...

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Israeli security forces arrested 17 terror suspects across the West Bank overnight Sunday, including 13 alleged members of Hamas, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. Five of the suspects are wanted for their involvement in “popular terror” and attacks against both Israeli soldiers and civilians. Popular terror typically refers to rock throwing...

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The Pragmatic Murderer Former Iranian president Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died on Sunday at the age of 82. A New York Times editorial published after his death praised him and called him a “pragmatist.” This is an odd description of someone who has been implicated in planning terror attacks on foreign soil while he...

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Hamas blocked journalists from filming a major protest against power cuts in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, detaining an Associated Press journalist at gunpoint and badly beating an Agence France-Presse photographer who refused to relinquish his camera. The journalists sought to cover a demonstration against chronic electricity shortages in...

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A comedian from the Gaza Strip was arrested by Hamas on Wednesday after he made a viral video lamenting daily power outages in the area, the Associated Press reported. Adel al-Mashwakhi was arrested hours after sharing a one-minute clip about the hardships of living under the Islamist terror group, according to the Palestinian Center for...

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