Both the Palestinian Authority and the terrorist organization Hamas are intimating journalists in order to stifle negative coverage ahead of local and municipal elections, veteran Palestinian affairs correspondent Khaled Abu Toameh reported on Tuesday. Both groups have placed journalists at the top of their “hit-lists” in an effort “to silence critics in the West...

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A leading parliamentarian from Germany’s opposition party said that Hamas’ theft of millions of dollars from a Christian charity operating in the Gaza Strip has eroded the trust necessary for foreign donors to finance aid projects in the Palestinian territory, Benjamin Weinthal reported in The National Interest on Tuesday. “World Vision massively damages...

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A rocket fired by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip landed between two houses in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on Sunday, prompting the IDF to carry out airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gaza. The rocket, which was claimed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, fell in a residential area beside...

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A co-founder of Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, has denounced the Islamist terrorist organization for causing “destruction and devastation” and apologized to the Palestinian people, The Times of Israel reported on Thursday. Muhammad Nazami Nasser wrote a Facebook post apologizing to nearly every Palestinian faction for stirring up disunity within Palestinian society. He...

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The commander of the West Bank wing of Hamas expressed concern that Iran’s growing financial and military support of the Palestinian terrorist group will turn it into “an Iranian executive tool,” the London-based newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported on Wednesday. Saleh al-Arouri, who lives in Turkey, said in a closed session that the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force,...

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas asked Arab members of the Israeli Knesset to help advance a reconciliation deal between his Fatah party and the Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas, Israel Radio reported on Sunday. Abbas made the suggestion at a meeting with leaders from Israel’s Arab sector, including parliamentarians, in Ramallah on Saturday. Fatah and Hamas...

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The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas announced that one of its operatives was electrocuted to death while working on a tunnel in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Israel Army Radio reported. The news comes as residents of Gaza who seek to rebuild their homes face difficulty in securing the necessary electricity and other resources, which...

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The announcement last week by Israeli authorities that the top Gaza official of the Christian charity World Vision was being charged with funneling aid money to the terrorist group Hamas has highlighted the need for NGOs operating in terror-controlled areas to have “transparency, accountability and detailed guidelines,” Gerald Steinberg argued in a Wall Street...

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Eight Palestinians were injured in the collapse of a terror tunnel, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. This is the fourth reported tunnel collapse this month. Palestinian media reported that the tunnel collapsed in the Shuja’yya neighborhood of Gaza City, which borders Israel. None of the eight were seriously injured, a Health Ministry spokesman said. It is...

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A Palestinian engineer employed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has been charged with using his position to help the terrorist group Hamas, Israeli officials announced Tuesday. Waheed Borsh, a resident of Jabaliya in the Gaza Strip, was arrested on July 16 by the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security...

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