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| March 26, 2015
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Switzerland, Not EU Member, Bankrolls Hamas to Retain Control in Gaza

Even as the EU continues to sanction Hamas, the influx of Swiss financial support now bolsters the terrorist regime that was on its last legs.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Switzerland has put together a generous financial package to prop up the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip after billions in promised foreign donations following last summer’s Gaza war failed to materialize.

That according to Palestinian officials who spoke to Israel’s NRG news portal, which reported that as part of the deal, the Swiss government would pay the salaries of thousands of Hamas members – many of whom are known terrorists – thereby propping up Hamas rule.

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| March 22, 2015
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Israel Arrests 6 Hamas Terrorists in Nablus with Explosives

Six members of a new Hamas terror cell was busted while assembling explosives in Shechem (Nablus) by joint Shin Bet, IDF, & police operation.

By Cynthia Blank

 

The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), in cooperation with the IDF and the Israel Police, arrested six members of a Hamas terror cell in Qalqilya – it was cleared for publication on Sunday.

Bags of explosive materials confiscated by the Shin Bet from a suspected Hamas cell in Qalqilya – Photo courtesy: Shin Bet security agency

The six are accused of planning to carry out terror attacks inside Israel. It is suspected that the cell, controlled by Hamas officials in Gaza, was set up to inflame violence in Judea and Samaria during Operation Protective Edge. Continue Reading »

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| March 22, 2015
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Hamas Pledges to ‘Liberate’ PA From Fatah ‘Traitors’

Gaza leader promises war on Judea & Samaria, for takeover of Jerusalem in their effort to ‘liberate Palestine.’

By Dalit Halevi & Tova Dvorin

 

Hamas has pledged a takeover of Judea-Samaria Saturday, after one of its leaders declared “the liberation of all Palestine” – including the Palestinian Authority (PA) – a  strategic area of ​​utmost importance in implementing long-term objectives of the terror group.

Mahmoud Al-Zahar – Reuters

Speaking from an event  to mark the release of terrorist Ismail al-Zahar from Israeli prison after a 12-year sentence, Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar stated that there are “a thousand courses of action” to break the Israeli travel and import restrictions on Gaza, and he vowed to force Israel to release more terrorists, similar to the way prisoners were released as part of the Shalit deal.(i.e.

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| March 3, 2015
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Hamas: Int’l Siege of Gaza Won’t Deter Production of Rockets to Attack Israel Again

Completely ignoring the rehabilitation of the strip and the suffering of the Gazans, Hamas has focused on rebuilding missile arsenal and it’s tunnels construction despite the int’l siege.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

A senior Hamas terrorist said Monday his Islamist group which controls Gaza is rebuilding its heavily depleted rocket arsenal to prepare for a new terror war against Israel.

“Any regional or international attempt to lay siege to Hamas or its armed wing is bound to fail,” said Marwan Eissa, a commander of Hamas’s “military branch,” the Al-Qassam Brigades, reports AFP.

Hamas is “not looking for confrontation” with Israel, he said, as quoted by Hamas-run news agency Al-Ray. 

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| March 2, 2015
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Gag order lifted: 3 Israelis arrested for smuggling materials into Gaza for Hamas

Cleared for publication: Three Israelis indicted for smuggling materials into Gaza, in return for huge financial gains, thereby assisting Hamas rehabilitate and rebuild tunnels & destroyed infrastructure.

By Ilana Curiel & Yoav Zitun

 

Three Israelis were charged Monday with smuggling goods into the Gaza Strip, including materials used by Hamas to rehabilitate its tunnel operation in the wake of Operation Protective Edge last summer. During questioning, the three claimed that they had been trying to make a living.

The materials transferred by the three, one a resident of the Gaza border area, included iron, electronic equipment and other prohibited items. Continue Reading »

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| February 28, 2015
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Egyptian Court Rules: Hamas Blacklisted As Terrorist Organization

The court’s updated ruling to list Hamas as terror org comes a month after an Egyptian judge listed the political party’s ‘armed wing’ as a terrorist group.
• A source from Hamas says the group will no longer allow Egypt broker between it and Israel.

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An Egyptian court listed the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organization, judicial and security sources said on Saturday, one month after a judge listed the group’s armed wing as a terrorist group.

Hamas training camp in Gaza.

Hamas training camp in Gaza.

Hamas is an offshoot of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood which the authorities have also declared a terrorist group and have repressed systematically since the army ousted one of its leaders, Mohamed Mursi, from the presidency in 2013. Continue Reading »

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| February 26, 2015
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Fatah spokesman: 90% of Gazans want to emigrate because of Hamas

Fatah spokesman Qawassmeh, asks Hamas leaders: “Do you feel any national responsibility toward the Palestinians and their cause?”

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

More than 90 percent of Gaza Strip residents want to leave because of Hamas, Fatah spokesman Osama Qawassmeh said on Wednesday.

Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad (L) and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh – Photo: REUTERS

Addressing Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, the Fatah spokesman asked: “Do you know that more than 90 percent of our people in the Gaza Strip want to emigrate, if given the chance, so they could escape from your regime? Do you feel any national responsibility toward the Palestinians and their cause?” Continue Reading »

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| February 23, 2015
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Arab League: ‘Hamas-Fatah belligerency hinders efforts to rebuild Gaza’

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elarabi said on Sunday that the mistrust and animosity  between Fatah & Hamas was dampening efforts at rehabilitating Gaza.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elarabi said on Sunday that the dispute between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority was hindering efforts to reconstruct the Gaza Strip.

Members of a Palestinian family warm themselves by a fire at the remains of their house that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling. – Photo: REUTERS

Elarabi told the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper that the Arab League was holding consultations with donor countries to find a way to help the residents of the Gaza Strip in light of the ongoing power struggle between the two Palestinian parties. Continue Reading »

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| February 22, 2015
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Egypt Accuses Gaza Leadership of Conspiring to Oust President al-Sisi

Egyptian state-run paper reported Saturday that Palestinian group was plotting coup together with Muslim Brotherhood to overthrow al-Sissi.

By i24news

 

Egypt’s official al-Ahram newspaper on Saturday accused Hamas of conspiring, together with its sponsor the Muslim Brotherhood, of plotting to oust the regime of President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi.

Policemen stand in the middle of al-Haram street in Cairo during clashes with Muslim Brotherhood supporters following a rally marking the first anniversary of a brutal crackdown on August 14, 2014 – Photo: Mohamed El-Shahed /AFP

According to the report, the two Islamic groups hoped to achieve their ends by sowing discontent amid Egypt’s military ranks. Continue Reading »

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| February 19, 2015
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MK Shaked Turns to Facebook for Suggestions in Peri’s ISIS Negotiations

After MK Yaakov Peri (Yesh Atid party) suggested negotiating with ISIS, Jewish Home’s MK Ayelet Shaked asks, ‘Will a building freeze in Jerusalem stop the beheadings?… or a withdraw from Maale Adumim halt the raping of Yazdi women in Iraq?’

By Moshe Cohen

 

What would ISIS want in a negotiation with Israel? What would satisfy the Islamists who have pledged to convert the citizens of every country to Islam – or kill them? MK Ayelet Shaked wants Israelis who have an idea on that issue to contact Yesh Atid MK Yaakov Peri and let him know, because, she said, he apparently believes that such negotiations are the way to deal with Islamists. Continue Reading »

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| February 13, 2015
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Revealed: Many ‘Journalists’ Killed During Gaza War Were Actually Terrorists

Charges of alleged ‘war crimes’ by the PA and Hamas have abounded, but ongoing research reveals that many of the ‘journalists’ the IDF supposedly targeted were in fact just Palestinian terrorists.

By Shimon Cohen & Ari Yashar

 

New research by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center reveals that the list of journalists Hamas claimed were killed by the IDF during Operation Protective Edge last summer is simply manipulative, misrepresenting facts to attack Israel on the global stage.

The research center notes that a week after the end of the counter-terrorism operation, the Palestinian Journalist Union published a list of 17 dead who it claimed were journalists killed during the operation.

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| February 8, 2015
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ISIS Suspected of Blowing Up a Hamas Official’s Car in Gaza

In this latest car-bombing, one in a series of explosions directed at Hamas & the PA, comes after a Hamas official reportedly criticized ISIS

By Ari Yashar

 

Islamic State (ISIS) has steadily been gaining hold in Gaza since taking part in last summer’s terror war on Israel, but an attack Friday indicates the terror group may have turned its sights on Hamas to vie for leadership of the coastal enclave.

Car explosion (illustration) – Thinkstock

The car of a Hamas official was detonated on Friday night, according to Al-Akhbar and other Arabic reports.

“Police have opened an investigation after a makeshift bomb blew up the car of Sheikh Sami Hams in Nuseirat refugee camp,” south of Gaza City, a security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.While

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| February 6, 2015
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Norway, Egypt ask donors to pay $5.4b pledged for rebuilding Hamas homes destroyed by IDF

Organizers of Egyptian held reconstruction conference say reconstruction of Hamas’ homes  target by IDF for use as field centers, storing/firing missiles, is slow as majority of pledged funds yet to be received.

By Reuters

 

Egypt and Norway urged donors on Thursday, including Gulf states squeezed by low oil prices, to keep promises of providing $5.4 billion in aid for the Palestinians after the devastating war in Gaza last year.

Gaza high-rise destroyed in IDF shelling – Photo: AFP

The two nations, who led a donors’ conference in Cairo in October when the cash was pledged, wrote an open letter to donors and said people in Gaza were suffering with a slower-than-expected pace of reconstruction.

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| February 5, 2015
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Hamas Leader Rallies Palestinians in Lebanon, Syria, to Attack Israel

Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar seeks to rally Palestinian terrorists in Syria and Lebanon to ‘help liberate Palestine’ with calls to attack Israel.

By Tova Dvorin

 

A senior Hamas leader called Wednesday for the formation of Palestinian terrorist groups loyal to his Gaza-based Islamist movement in Lebanon and Syria for attacks on Israel.

Mahmud Zahar told reporters in the Gaza Strip that Lebanese and Syrian branches of the Al Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, should launch attacks on Israel “to help us liberate Palestine”.

He also denied “any interference” by Hamas in Egypt, which last month declared the Brigades a terrorist group and accused it of aiding a spate of militant attacks on security personnel in the restive Sinai Peninsula. Continue Reading »

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| January 21, 2015
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Hamas said of Arab who stabbed 10 unarmed civilian Jews: “a brave and heroic act”

 

Hamas called the Palestinian terrorist attack a “natural response to Israeli terrorism”

Watch tape of screaming ‘brave’ terrorist.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Hamas condoned on Wednesday a stabbing attack on a Tel Aviv bus which left nine people injured, calling it an act of heroism.

A 23-year-old man from the West Bank city of Tulkarm, illegally residing in Israel, stabbed nine Israelis on the 40 bus line near Maariv junction. Two of the victims were seriously wounded and several others suffered moderate injuries.

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Izzat al-Risheq, a senior Hamas official, said the stabbing attack “against Zionists in Tel Aviv is a brave and heroic act.” Continue Reading »

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