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| June 11, 2015
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Hamas Accuses PA President of Treachery, Responsible for Gaza’s Recent Bombing Attacks

After allegedly securing confessions, the ruling Islamist group of Gaza reverses its claim that Salafis have been committing bombings, saying orders came from President Abbas’ PA.

By Elior Levy

 

Hamas claimed on Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority is responsible for a series of bombings in recent weeks, after previously accusing local Salafis who support the Islamic State.

Naim Abu Ful in his alleged confession
Naim Abu Ful in his alleged confession

The Interior Ministry of Hamas in Gaza said at a midday press conference that the PA tried to exploit the regional security situation in order to destabilize the Gaza Strip.

Hamas claimed it arrested a number of people involved in the alleged conspiracy, which it said was led by senior political and security officials in Ramallah.

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| June 10, 2015
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Hamas terror government being terrorized by ISIS in Gaza

Gaza-based expert says local population exposed to the views of Salafi groups that embrace a more radical version of Islam, but offer an alternative to Hamas’ corruption.

By Elizabeth Blade

 

Earlier this month Hamas “police” stormed the Gaza home of Yunis Hunnar, believed to be a member of a Salafi group linked to ISIS. A Hamas spokesman later said Hunnar had carried out attacks against the ruling group in May. Nor was it the first time Hamas’ rule had been challenged by Islamists more radical than itself.

In 2006 – in tight cooperation with Hamas’ military wing – a Salafi cell called “Soldiers of Allah” kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Continue Reading »

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| June 9, 2015
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Survey: Most Gazans dissatisfied with Hamas

Half of the Palestinians want to emigrate from Gaza if they could, with 63% wanting a truce with Israel in exchange for lifting the blockade.

By i24news

 

Gaza residents are unhappy with Hamas regime and with its war with Israel last summer, a new Palestinian poll released Tuesday shows.

A Palestinian shepherd rides a donkey as he herds livestock past residential buildings, that witnesses said were heavily damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in Beit Lahiya town in the northern Gaza Strip May 25, 2015. – Photo: REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

According to The Associated Press the poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research shows that 50 percent of Gaza residents want to emigrate, compared to 25 percent in the West Bank. Continue Reading »

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| June 1, 2015
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ISIS Group In Gaza Threaten to Destroy ‘Heretical Hamas’ After Killing Commander

A terror group operating in Gaza called Army of the Islamic State, claim to be associated with ISIS and said that it blew-up a top Hamas commander with a car-bomb.

By Yaakov Levi

 

A group that is operating in Gaza and which says it is associated with ISIS has claimed that it killed a top Hamas commander. According to the group, which calls itself the Army of the Islamic State, Saber Siam was killed when ISIS operatives placed a bomb on his car, blowing it up with him inside.

ISIS terrorist – file photo

Siam was killed, the group said, because he was “a partner in a declared war against religion and against Muslims, working for the heretical government in Gaza.” Continue Reading »

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| May 22, 2015
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World Bank: Unemployment rate in Gaza is among highest in the world

The World Bank’s report said that to rebuild Gaza’s economy, “a unified Palestinian gov’t in both the West Bank & Gaza” was required.

By i24news

 

The Gaza Strip has the world’s highest unemployment and Palestinians, Israelis and donors must take action to avoid a “dangerous fiscal crisis,” the World Bank said Friday.

UNRWA continues to distribute food to 830,000 refugees in Gaza. – Photo: UNRWA

The report, prepared ahead of the bi-annual meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) which coordinates international donor support for the Palestinians, comes nearly a year after the 50-day conflict between Gaza militants and Israel, in which around 2,200 Palestinians were killed. Continue Reading »

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| May 21, 2015
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No Honor Between Terrorists: Iran Stops Sending Cash to Palestinian Islamic Jihad Group

Palestinian paper reports the dispute between Iran & the Palestinian Islamic Jihad erupted after the terror organization refused to issue a statement of support for the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels fighting the Saudis in Yemen.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Iran has stopped funding the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization, which is already facing a severe financial crisis, the Palestinian daily Al-Quds reported on Wednesday.

Islamic Jihad
An Islamic Jihad militant attends an anti-Israel rally in Rafah. – Photo: REUTERS

According to the paper, the organization has not been able to pay salaries to its members for the past four months due to the crisis. Continue Reading »

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| May 14, 2015
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Hamas reports Gaza blast leaves 3 dead and 40 hospitalized

Blast in northern Gaza is believed to have been  Hamas “work accident’ that may have been caused attempting to disassemble unexploded Israeli ordnance.

By i24news

 

At least 40 people were wounded and three killed after an explosion rocked the northern Gaza Strip during the attempted diffusion of an un-exploded Israeli ordnance Thursday night.

Gaza blast, May 14 2015

Eyad Bozum, spokesman for the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza confirmed that the explosion occurred at a Hamas training camp in the al-Atatra neighborhood of Gaza City and that authorities were investigating where it was due to the dismantling of the ordnance or a “work accident.” Continue Reading »

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| May 4, 2015
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Islamic State supporters in Gaza give Hamas 72-hour ultimatum

Because dozens of IS suspects in past few weeks were arrested, supporters of the Islamic State in Beit al-Maqdis issued an ultimatum to Hamas to ‘release their prisoners or face dire consequences.’

By i24news

 

A group calling themselves “Supporters of the Islamic State in Beit al-Maqdis” in the Gaza Strip issued Monday a 72 hour ultimatum to Hamas to release their prisoners or face “dire consequences.”

Adnan Khader Mayat, Gaza strip Sheikh accused of being linked to Islamic State militants by Hamas

“Hamas and its security forces have 72 hours from the release of this statement to free all Salafist (jihadist) prisoners,” said the statement, adding that “all options are available” to free those prisoners and that “our soldiers are ready to act against chosen targets at the end of this ultimatum.”

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| May 3, 2015
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Jimmy Carter: Seeking meeting with Netanyahu is waste of time

WATCH: Carter tells a group of Israelis that Hamas leader Khaled Mashal is not a terrorist, insinuates that Netanyahu is not strong or honest, and Hamas is willing to recognize Israel.

By Tal Shalev

 

 

Speaking in Jerusalem, former US president Jimmy Carter on Saturday urged Israel to work toward a diplomatic resolution to the Palestinian conflict and end its military presence in the Palestinian territories.

Best of pals – Jimmy & Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza in 2009 – AFP

However, he sounded a less-than-optimistic note regarding the Israeli leadership’s commitment to these goals.

“We didn’t ask for any meeting with Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu or his cabinet we have never met in the past and this time we didn’t ask because it would be a waste of time,” said Carter, a member of The Elders, an independent Group of global leaders.

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| May 2, 2015
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IDF Southern Commander Trying to Destroy Hamas Tunnels

IDF Southern Command chief trying to stop aggressive tunnel rebuilding, but being blocked by politics as ‘half of Gaza is rearming & digging new tunnels.’

By Uzi Baruch, Ari Yashar

 

Hamas’s “military wing,” the Al-Qassam Brigades, announced on Saturday morning that a terrorist in the organization was killed in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya.

IDF soldiers expose Gaza terror tunnel (file) – IDF Spokesperson

The announcement revealed that the terrorist died when the tunnel he was working to dig collapsed.

Hamas has been actively rebuilding its terror tunnel infrastructure meant to facilitate attacks from within Israeli territory, with the digging said to be taking place six days a week with three shifts each day on roughly 30 tunnels – around the same number as was destroyed in last summer’s war, but in different routes.

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| April 30, 2015
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No Hugging Hamas on Thursday As Jimmy Carter Cancels Gaza Trip

With no official reason given, Carter cancels trip to Gaza after both Israel’s President Rivlin and PM Netanyahu refused to meet him.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Former US president Jimmy Carter called off his visit to the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources on Wednesday. No reason for the cancellation was given.

Former US President Carter met Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza in 2009

Carter was scheduled to arrive on April 30 in Gaza to meet with Hamas leaders, and then with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to help mediate between the two factions’ stalled national reconciliation. The status of Carter’s visit to the West Bank is still unknown and so far has not been cancelled. Continue Reading »

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| April 24, 2015
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Gaza Ruling Hamas Gov’t is Quick to Deny Responsibility for Rocket Attack on Israel

Israel TV10 Reports: Hamas official signals to Israel that it is not responsible for Thursday night rocket attack on southern Israel. – Israeli security officials not buying it.

By Elad Benari

 

Hamas has signaled to Israel that it is not responsible for Thursday evening’s rocket attack on southern Israel and that it is working to find and arrest the shooters, Channel 10 News reports.

A senior security official said, however, that Israel views Hamas as being responsible for the attack.

“We see Hamas as responsible, and expect it to enforce order in Gaza. Hamas is the ruling power in the region and is must maintain quiet; if not it will be held responsible. Continue Reading »

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| April 12, 2015
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PA official: Hamas negotiating to create Palestinian entity in Gaza

Senior Hamas official denies claims they conduct negotiations with Israel, saying “We negotiate with the occupation only through the rifle.”

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Palestinian officials claimed over the weekend that Hamas was seeking to establish a separate Palestinian entity in the Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian waves a flag near a destroyed section of the border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. – Photo: REUTERS

The officials also claimed that Hamas was negotiating with Israel about its plan to turn the Gaza Strip into a separate Palestinian entity.

Mahmoud Habbash, the chief Palestinian Authority religious judge, who also serves as PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ advisor on religious affairs, said on Saturday that Hamas’ “plan” to create a separate entity in the Gaza Strip was a “dangerous Israeli conspiracy.” Continue Reading »

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| March 30, 2015
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PA Report: Gaza ‘Fat Cats’ Driving Up Cooking-Gas Prices

Normally, Palestinian leaders blame Israel for the horrible poverty in Gaza as they skimmed their personal wealth, but now they point the finger of blame on the local gas companies.

By Dalit Halevi

 

Hamas has generally accused Israel of making life miserable for Gazans, even though it’s been nearly a decade since Israel abandoned the Strip, and Hamas has been in charge since 2007. In general, Hamas has blamed Israel for the high level of poverty in Gaza, as well as the many social problems in Gazan society.

However, one thing, it turns out, is not Israel’s fault: The high price of cooking gas.
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| March 29, 2015
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Abbas Suggests That Arab League Attack Hamas

Abbas urges Arab League exercise ‘same policy’ of Yemen airstrikes, in their calls for ‘iron’ blow on Hamas in ‘Palestine’.

By Ari Yashar

 

Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas used the platform of the Arab League summit in Sharm el-Shekh, Egypt, this Saturday to attack his “unity partner” Hamas, making a subtle call for the Arab states to take military action against the Gaza-based Muslim Brotherhood offshoot.

Mahmoud Abbas – Reuters

Speaking at the 26th summit in the southern Sinai peninsula, Abbas made reference to the campaign of airstrikes launched last Thursday by Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries against Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthi rebels in Yemen – the Houthis have overthrown the government while rapidly expanding their control.
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