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| December 7, 2012
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Israel threatens to break ceasefire if Iranian terror leaders enter Gaza

Two members of Islamic Jihad, the Iranian-backed group had planned to visit Friday, along with the leader-in-exile of Hamas Khaled Meshal.

 

 

Members of Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad say Israel has warned the militant group’s two top leaders against trying to enter the Gaza Strip this week.

The pair had planned to visit Friday, along with Khaled Meshal the leader-in-exile of Hamas, Islamic Jihad’s sister group.

A rocket launched from Gaza

A rocket is launched from the northern Gaza Strip toward Israel on Nov. 17, 2012.- Photo by Reuters

Israel and Gaza’s ruling Hamas have been holding indirect talks, through Egypt, following an Israeli offensive on militant targets in Gaza last month. Continue Reading »

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| December 7, 2012
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Rights NGO: Israeli strike on Daloo home in Gaza was unlawful

 

Human Rights Watch says IDF’s bombing of  family home during Gaza operation violated laws of war due to large number of civilians that were killed

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A leading human rights group on Friday accused Israel of violating the laws of war when it killed 12 civilians in an airstrike during its recent conflict with Palestinian terrorists in Gaza.

Funeral of Daloo family members (Photo: Reuters)


Funeral of Daloo family members – Photo: Reuters

Israel’s army countered that Palestinian terrorists were to blame for hiding in civilian buildings.

Israel launched its air assault on Gaza last month to try to stop frequent rocket barrages at southern Israel. Continue Reading »

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| December 7, 2012
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshal arrives in Gaza for first time

After 45-year exile, Meshal welcomed by Hamas PM Haniyeh & Fatah representatives on his 1st-ever visit to Gaza

Meshal: I ask God to give me martyrdom 1 day on this land.

By Reuters, , DPA and

 

Hamas leader Khaled Meshal arrived in the Gaza Strip on Friday, witnesses said, ending 45 years of exile from the Palestinian Territories with a visit that underscored the Islamist group’s growing confidence.

Hamas chief Khaled Meshal (L) and senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (R) wave to the crowd.

Hamas chief Khaled Meshal (L) and senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (R) wave to the crowd upon Meshaal’s arrival in the southern Gaza Strip December 7, 2012. – Photo by Reuters

Meshal prayed with his head to the ground after entering Gaza through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. Continue Reading »

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| December 5, 2012
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BBC beats IDF

Op-ed: Israel gov’t mistakenly fails to respond to repeated violations of journalistic norms by ‘impartial’ BBC

By Trevor Asserson

 

The only force in the Middle East that can beat the Israeli army is a bunch of ragged reporters. Had it not been for the fear of world opinion the Army would have rooted out Hamas and its rockets. That job remains on the “to do” list.

BBC coverage of TA bus bombing

World opinion matters because Israel’s natural friends are democracies. Politicians in democracies will follow public opinion. If the voters hate Israel, their businessmen will not purchase Israeli products, their politicians will cease to support Israel and anti-Israeli legislation will be passed. Continue Reading »

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| December 1, 2012
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Hospital report: Palestinian instigator killed by IDF fire on Gaza border

IDF soldiers fired at legs when warnings failed to deter Palestinian inciters attempting to vandalize and possibly breach border fence.

Palestinian succumbs to wound & dies Saturday

By Reuters

One of six Palestinians shot and wounded by Israeli troops on Friday while protesting at the Gaza Strip boundary fence died on Saturday, hospital officials said.

A Hamas police officer prevents Palestinians to approach near the Israeli Gaza border fence.

A Hamas police officer prevents Palestinians to approach near the Israeli Gaza border fence in east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. – Photo by AP

 

The fortified fence and a 300-metre-deep zone on the Palestinian side – on which Israel has fired with the declared aim of keeping gunmen and infiltrators away from the border – have been a testing ground for the November 21 truce that ended the eight days of escalated fighting between the sides. Continue Reading »

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| November 30, 2012
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Abbas to visit Gaza to end Hamas-Fatah rift

PA President Abbas’ visit is to be the 1st of its kind since Hamas seized control of Gaza in bloody coup d’état in 2007, PLO says move aimed at ending Hamas-Fatah rift.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is planning to visit the Gaza Strip after the UN General Assembly vote in favor of upgrading the status of the Palestinians to non-member observer state, a senior PLO official announced Thursday.

Mahmoud Abbas - Photo: Marc Israël Sellem

Mahmoud Abbas – Photo: Marc Israël Sellem

The announcement came shortly before Abbas was asked the GA in New York to vote in favor of the statehood bid.

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| November 29, 2012
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IDF opens fire on Gazans rioting near border fence

Medics tell Ma’an news agency 7 Palestinians hurt, 1 seriously

IDF: Groups gathered by Israel-Gaza border, wanting to damage border fence.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN, JPOST. COM STAFF

 

IDF soldiers on Wednesday shot at Palestinians rioting near the Israel-Gaza border fence, injuring seven, according to Palestinian medical officials cited by Ma’an news agency.

IDF vehicle patrols along Gaza border fence [file] - Photo: REUTERS

IDF vehicle patrols along Gaza border fence [file] – Photo: REUTERS

Groups of Palestinians gathered on the Gaza side of the fence on Wednesday afternoon and spent several hours attempting to damage the barrier, the IDF said.

The rioting occurred on the border with both central and southern Gaza.

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| November 28, 2012
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Israel detains Gaza fishermen for venturing too far out to sea – 1 vessel sunk

Although, Israel has doubled to 6  miles (10 km) the distance it permits Gaza fishermen to operate off the coast, they ‘test the waters’ to see how far they can go before being apprehended.

By Reuters

 

The Israel Navy on Wednesday detained a group of fisherman from the Gaza Strip, saying they had gone beyond a recently expanded fishing zone off the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian enclave.

Fisherman in Gaza.

Gazans collecting their catch off the coast. – Photo by AP

Fishermen on two boats were detained and taken to Israel’s Mediterranean port of Ashdod for questioning, an Israel Defense Forces spokeswoman said. The Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza said nine men had been seized and at least one vessel sunk. Continue Reading »

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| November 28, 2012
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Hamas leader Mashaal plans to visit Gaza with Turkey’s Erdogan next week

Turkish PM says Hamas leader invited him to visit Gaza visit after previously planned trips were cancelled.

Egypt also gives preliminary approval for Iranian Foreign Minister to visit Gaza.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that he plans to visit Gaza next week, Turkish paper Today’s Zaman reported.

Erdogan said he was invited to join Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal’s visit to Gaza on December 5, Today’s Zaman reported.

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan - Photo: REUTERS

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan – Photo: REUTERS

The Turkish prime minister has expressed willingness to visit Gaza several times in the past. Earlier this month, Erdogan told reporters he plans to visit Gaza soon, and that Turkish officials are conducting talks with officials in the Strip in order to make the trip happen, according to Today’s Zaman.

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| November 28, 2012
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FIFA pledges help to rebuild Gaza stadium (with or without rocket-launchers?)

Soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, is to pay for rebuilding Palestine Stadium partially destroyed from IDF airstrikes during Operation Pillar of Defense.

Gaza stadium was used to fire rockets at Israeli civilians.

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FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke has pledged that soccer’s world governing body will help rebuild the Palestine Stadium in Gaza City, after it was partially destroyed in Israeli air strikes.

Gaza Stadium – Photo: AFP

“We see it our mandate to rebuild football infrastructure which has been destroyed,” Valcke was quoted as saying on fifa.com. “We will also rebuild the stadium in Gaza, which has been destroyed.

“Soccer brings people together and we will support any re-construction necessary when football infrastructure is destroyed through disasters,” added Valcke, who is in Brazil for the draw of the Confederations Cup. Continue Reading »

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| November 28, 2012
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World Bank Rewards Hamas with $6.4 Million Prize after Missile War

Hamas is to receive world aid once again, this time $6.4 million, after escalating missile attacks on Israel.

Additionally, the Islamic Development Bank is contributing $11.1 million to Hamas as well.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

The World Bank has come to the rescue of Hamas, giving it $6.4 million to improve water and sewage services after the latest escalation in attacks on Israel that drew Israel into the eight-day Pillar of Defense counterterrorist campaign.

Rocket launch from cvilian area in Gaza

Rocket launch from civilian area in Gaza – Reuters

The Islamic Development Bank is contributing an additional $11.1 million, but there has been no report of safeguard measures to ensure that some of the money will not be used for more weapons for future attacks on Israel. Continue Reading »

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| November 27, 2012
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Egyptian Security seizes arms shipment en route to Hamas via northern Sinai

Palestinian, Ma’an news agency cites Egyptian security official saying that captured truck held Katyusha rockets and high-grade explosives.

 

Egyptian forces seized a truck carrying arms en route to the northern Sinai, a report by Palestinian news agency Ma’an said on Tuesday, adding that the vehicle carried Grad-type katyusha rockets as well as high-grade weapons.

Egyptian soldiers standing guard - Reuters - August 10, 2012.

Egyptian soldiers standing guard on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border, to from the Sinai peninsula over to Gaza, August 10, 2012. Photo by Reuters

Speaking to Ma’an, an Egyptian police commander in the northern Sinai said that three suspects were arrested in the incident, and that they were interrogated over the shipment. Continue Reading »

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| November 27, 2012
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Hamas’ motorcycle lynch mob actually killed a renegade ‘super-terrorist’

Badawi was a member of the Islamist group Jaljalat – Thunder – which takes its inspiration from Al Qaeda and is more hardline than Hamas’

The family has received many people to express their condolences. If Ribhi was a traitor, they would have stayed away.

 

By Ian Gallagher

 

Tearful and scared, a three-year-old girl knows little of what lies behind the tension and turmoil gripping her homeland.  She merely holds tight a picture of her father the way she will want to remember him.

Badawi a member of the Islamist group Jaljalat, takes its inspiration from Al Qaeda & is more hardline than Hamas.

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| November 27, 2012
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UK News Reports: Britain could support Palestinian bid at UN as support for PA

Financial Times says Britain wants to bolster Abbas’ PA as Hamas became strengthened following Israel’s military offensive in Gaza

London’s support comes conditional on peace talks without preconditions & no cases being brought against Israeli officials at (ICC) The Hague.

 

 

Britain is considering a change in in its position on the Palestinian bid at the United Nations in an attempt to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ stance, U.K. newspaper Financial Times reported late Monday.  London’s support is conditioned on continued peace talks with Israel and the  PA refraining from bringing cases against Israeli officials to the International Criminal Court, the newspaper said. Continue Reading »

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| November 26, 2012
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Negotiations in Egypt begin hammering out cease-fire details with Israel & Hamas

US links end to munitions smuggling to easing security restrictions on Gaza

Washington’s unequivocal support of Israel’s right to self defense is key element in making cease-fire possible.

By HERB KEINON

 

 

Washington understands well that Israel’s restrictions on the Gaza Strip are related to arms smuggling, and that a total relaxation of the restrictions would necessitate assurances that arms stop pouring into the enclave, a senior US official said Monday.

IDF vehicle patrols along Gaza border fence - Photo: REUTERS

IDF vehicle patrols along Gaza border fence – Photo: REUTERS

 

The official’s comments came as Egyptian mediators began separate talks Monday with Hamas and Israel to flesh out details of last Wednesday’s cease-fire.

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