The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has issued a list of rules that journalists must abide by on penalty of death, Business Insider reported yesterday. The list of 11 rules are as follows: 1. Correspondents must swear allegiance to the Caliph [Abu Bakr] al-Baghdadi … they are subjects of the...

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In How Hamas Destroys Its People, as Seen Through the Eyes of IDF Soldiers, published in the September 2014 issue of The Tower Magazine, Yardena Schwartz contends that “coming from politicians like Benjamin Netanyahu or Naftali Bennett, the words ‘human shield’ sound more like an Israeli public relations slogan than a tragic...

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An article published Monday in The New Republic by Lori Plotkin Boghardt of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy examines Qatar’s troubling ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and other radical Islamist movements, including Hamas and ISIS. Boghardt explains that Qatar, a small emirate on the Persian Gulf caught between its more...

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Mike Kelly, a reporter at The Bergen Record, wrote yesterday an extended report about the consequences of the deaths of Sarah Duker and Matthew Eisenfield in a 1996 terror attack. The families of the couple pursued lawsuits against Iran as a “last resort” to achieve some measure of justice for their...

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Hamas is re-equipping itself following Israel’s Operation Protective Edge and looking to acquire or construct longer-range rockets, according to Israel Radio. Palestinian Affairs Correspondent Gal Berger quoted (in Hebrew) Hamas leaders saying they want to strengthen their military capabilities, despite agreeing to a truce with Israel after the 50-day war...

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Omri Ceren writes in the lead article of the October 2014 issue of Commentary Magazine that, contrary to the claims of Hamas and several critics of Israel, the IDF defeated Hamas in this past summer’s Operation Protective Edge. Ceren is the managing director for press and strategy at The Israel Project, publisher of...

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A poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research was published yesterday, revealing a marked decline in support for Hamas, particularly in the West Bank. Ha’aretz reports: Some 39 percent of those surveyed said they would vote for Hamas if parliamentary elections were held today, compared to 46 percent one month...

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The Times of Israel on Wednesday cited a range of developments indicating that Hamas was at risk of a downward popularity spiral after having failed to secure any substantial gains from this summer’s war with Israel. Veteran journalist Arab affairs journalist Avi Issacharoff assessed that the terror group had emerged from Operation Protective...

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The growing friction between Fatah and Hamas over reconstruction funds in Gaza led to Hamas officers robbing a bank, it was reported Saturday. The journalist Khaled Abu Toameh recounted the incident on the website of the Gatestone Institute. Both Hamas and Fatah are desperate for cash and are ready to do everything to enrich...

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Amer Abu Aysha and Marwan Kawasme, the suspects in the kidnapping and killing of Israeli teens Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar, and Naftali Fraenkel, were killed early this morning in a firefight with Israeli security forces in Hebron. The Times of Israel reports: The operation was carried out by the Shin...

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