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| August 29, 2014
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Dershowitz: Does Jimmy Carter’s Support for Hamas Constitute a Felony?

As Jimmy Carter was maliciously accusing Israel of war crimes & encouraging greater int’l support for Hamas, the terrorist group ruling Gaza, a noted civil rights advocate & legal expert claims the ex-president may have committed several criminal offenses by advocating for and providing support to a terrorist organizations.

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Recently retired Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz told J.D. Hayworth at Newsmax TV that Carter’s recent article in London’s Guardian Newspaper, urging international recognition for Hamas, may have constituted recruitment for an organization classified as ‘terrorist’ under US law.

Former President Jimmy Carter - Photo by AP

Former President Jimmy Carter – Photo by AP

Dershowitz accused Jimmy Carter of being “an all-out supporter of Hamas,” warning that if his advocacy turns into material support for the terrorist Hamas, Carter will be committing a felony. Continue Reading »

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| August 23, 2014
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Ranking IDF Officer: 70% of Hamas’ Rockets Decimated

After losing popular support & suffering heavy military blows, Hamas is stepping up its rhetoric & the executions of dissidents, to propel the illusion of victory and control.

By Koby Finkler

 

Most of Hamas’s rocket arsenal has been decimated, a senior IDF officer stated Saturday, after the IAF hit multiple terror targets over the past week.

“Rocket fire in the Gaza periphery is related to Hamas’s desire and ability to put pressure on Israel,” the official told Arutz Sheva on condition of anonymity. “We’re talking about 30% of the rockets left now.”

“In my opinion, Hamas’s rocket production capabilities have decreased,” he added.

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| August 22, 2014
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Hamas executes 18 men for ‘collaborating’ with Israel

Hamas shoots dead 7 Palestinian men suspected of collaborating with Israel in a public execution, after 11 other Gazans were executed by gunmen at an abandoned police station earlier Friday morning.

Deaths linked to Israeli attacks on Hamas’ top military officials.

By Elior Levy

 

The armed wing of Hamas has executed 18 Palestinians Friday for allegedly collaborating with Israel during the Gaza war, Gaza sources said, after a website close to the movement reported three were killed and seven arrested Thursday.

Gaza Children brought to Excecution

Gaza Children (circled) brought to Execution

Friday’s killings came a day after Israel killed three top Hamas military commanders in an airstrike on a house in southern Gaza Strip. Continue Reading »

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| August 22, 2014
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Hamas chief accuses Israel of ‘replicating Hitler’ in committing Holocaust

Hamas’ Qatar-based political chief tells Turkish Andalou News Agency that Israel is carrying out a ‘holocaust’ in the Gaza Strip.

 

Hamas’ political chief Khaled Meshal has vowed to keep fighting Israel until the country meets its terms for a permanent truce, while accusing Israel of carrying out a Holocaust in the Strip and replicating Adolf Hitler.

Khaled Meshal, July 23, 2014.

Islamist Hamas movement chief, Khaled Meshal holds a press conference in the Qatari capital Doha on July 23, 2014. – Photo: AFP

“We are determined to realize the demands of the Palestinian people, especially lifting the siege and securing the release of [Palestinian] detainees,” Meshal, who is based in Qatar, told the Turkish Andalou Agency in an interview on Thursday.

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| August 20, 2014
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Hamas: Israel is ‘Opening the Gates of Hell’

 

Hamas says its rocket fire came in response to an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza home, vowing Israel will have no peace.

By Elad Benari

 

Hamas declared on Tuesday night that Israel had “opened the gates of hell”.

In a statement, the group’s so-called “military wing” said that it had resumed the rocket fire on Israel because the Israeli Air Force had launched an airstrike on a home in Gaza.

The group warned that “the price will be a heavy one”.

Senior Hamas official Ezzat al-Rishq warned, according to AFP, “Israel will not enjoy security so long as the Palestinian people do not, and it started it.” Continue Reading »

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| August 18, 2014
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Allowed for Publication: IDF Foiled Hamas Coup Over Fatah

IDF & Shin Bet arrested 93 Hamas terrorists, who were directed by a Hamas HQ in Turkey to take control over Judea and Samaria.

By Gil Ronen

 

A large scale operation mounted from May to August by the IDF and Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) foiled a Hamas network’s plot to carry out a coup in the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Judea and Samaria.

The news about the operation was under a gag order until today.

The Hamas infrastructure in Judea and Samaria was controlled by a Hamas HQ in Turkey. The plot was to carry out a series of cruel terror attacks against Israel and create a situation of security instability, then take advantage of that situation to take over the PA. Continue Reading »

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| August 15, 2014
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A Dutch recipient of Israel’s ‘Righteous Gentile’ award has returned it over Gaza

The prestigious Yad V’Shem award was returned after honoree’s family were allegedly killed in Gaza.

By Tova Dvorin

 

A Dutch man who received the prestigious Righteous Gentile award from Yad V’Shem has given back his medal, Haaretz reported Friday, in protest of the civilian casualties in Gaza.

Yad Vashem

Yad Vashem – Reuters

Henk Zanoli, 91, hid a Jewish child in his home between 1943 and 1945, saving the child’s life. Zanoli and his mother, Johana Zanoli-Smit, received the medal for their actions in 2011.

But Zanoli returned the accolade earlier this week to the Israeli embassy in the Hague, citing the death of several family members of his great-niece’s husband, who is a Gaza native and whose family members died in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge last month. Continue Reading »

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| August 13, 2014
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Hamas Detonates IDF Missile Negligently Killing 5, Including Italian Reporter

5 dead & several others seriously wounded when Hamas tried to dismantle unexploded IDF missile, only to end up detonating it.

By Ari Yashar

Hamas sources in Gaza report that a dud IDF missile exploded on Wednesday, killing five including an Italian, after Hamas terrorists clumsily tried to dismantle the missile.

Hamas emergency services spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra stated that in addition to the five dead, there are several more who are seriously wounded.

“A number of explosives experts were killed while dismantling a missile in Beit Lahiya. Among them was a foreign journalist,” Hamas Interior Ministry spokesperson Iyad al-Buzam told AFP. Continue Reading »

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| August 9, 2014
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Hamas Fired Rockets From Church Being Used to Shelter Gaza’s Christians

 

Priest based in Gaza acknowledges that Christians must obey Hamas orders with a Palestinian pastor saying those that dare speak out, may be killed.

By Israel Today Staff

Israel has been trying to drive home the point that Hamas fired many of the 3,500 missiles that targeted the Jewish state over the past month from either inside or within the vicinity of mosques, schools, hospitals and other civilian facilities.

 Archbishop Alexios and others share a meal in the courtyard of the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City, as the war between Israel and Hamas rages just beyond its walls.

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| August 9, 2014
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Hamas militant found with pocket guidelines for exploiting civilians

 

A Hamas instruction manual found on body of terrorists, orders fighters to hide behind civilians, proving Hamas exploited the IDF’s attempts to minimize civilian casualties, & even admit as such: ‘IDF limits use of ammunition to avoid harming civilians.’

By Yuval Karni, Benjamin Tobias

 

A notepad found by IDF soldiers during fighting in Gaza details instructions for terrorists to operate from within civilian population centers in Gaza in a bid to force the IDF to harm innocent civilians.

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni presented on Thursday a document in Arabic which explicitly instructs terrorists to deliberately fire at the Israeli army from within places where civilians are present, and thus harm its image. Continue Reading »

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| August 8, 2014
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Hamas Defector: Palestinian Children are Hamas’ Hostages of Terror

Son of Hamas founder says Israel’s ‘Operation Protective Edge’ is for the benefit of all free people.

By Israel Today Staff

 

In a to-the-point interview with CNN, Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of one of the founders of Hamas, said that the terror organization is not only the reason for the current war, but is holding the people of Gaza, and in particular its children, hostage to a violent Islamic ideology.

Yousef, who years ago converted to Christianity after betraying Hamas and aiding Israeli security, was asked why he decided to abandon an organization for whose leadership he was being groomed. Continue Reading »

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| August 8, 2014
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Hamas Threatens: Open Gaza Sea Port or We Renew Firing Friday

Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades spokesman warns that Hamas will resume its rocket-fire when the 72-hr truce ends, if sea blockade isn’t lifted.

By AFP

 

A spokesman for Hamas’s “military wing”, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, warned Thursday of renewed fighting with Israel if talks in Cairo to extend a 72-truce in Gaza collapsed.

“We appeal to the Palestinian delegation to not accept a ceasefire, unless it satisfies the demands of our people,” a spokesman using the nom-de-guerre Abu Obeida said in a televised address, adding that Hamas fighters were “ready to return to battle.”

The three-day truce ending four weeks of bloodshed between Israel and Hamas is due to end at 0500 GMT Friday. Continue Reading »

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| August 5, 2014
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Interview: CNN’s Wolf Blitzer challenges Hamas spokesman on his ‘blood libel’ comments

During interview on CNN news, Blitzer repeatedly confronts Osama Hamdan on his claims made earlier on Al-Quds television that Jews killed Christians for their blood in matzos.

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CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer confronted a Hamas spokesman on Monday, demanding that he address previous claims he made that Jews killed Christians to use their blood in the baking of matzos.

Osama Hamdan, Hamas' rabid antisemitic spokesman

Osama Hamdan, Hamas’ rabid antisemitic spokesman

Osama Hamdan appeared on Blitzer’s “Situation Room” on the cable network on Monday, stating the organization’s positions in regard to Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza.

Several minutes into the interview, Blitzer asked Hamdan to explain some “very disturbing” comments he had made recently to the Al-Quds television station. Continue Reading »

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| August 5, 2014
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Hamas Official Attacked by Angry Palestinians Over Gaza Destruction

Int’l reporters in Gaza are well aware of the incident but are too afraid to report it, because Hamas’s security agency will go after them if they do.

By Dalit Halevy

 

Palestinian Arab sources said Tuesday that Gaza residents attacked Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri Saturday evening, near the Shifa Hospital.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri – Photo: Reuters

Abu Zuhri had arrived at the hospital for an interview with a news outlet.

The residents blamed Hamas for the death of family members and for destruction of their homes. Armed Hamas terrorists from the Izzedine al-Kassam Brigades extricated Abu Zuri and arrested the angry residents. Continue Reading »

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| August 3, 2014
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Hamas executes 20 Gazans for daring to protest rocket attacks on Israel

 

Reports emerged explaining what happened in Gaza when Palestinians protested against Hamas.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Ever wonder why so few Palestinians protest the actions of their leaders and the organizations that hold sway over their society? The answer is simple: fear.

Hamas fighter – Photo source: Israel Today

This was poignantly and horrifically demonstrated on Monday when a group of some 20 Palestinian residents of Gaza held an impromptu demonstration to protest the rocket attacks emanating from their territory that have resulted in a devastating Israeli military response.

It didn’t take long before Gaza’s Hamas overlords became aware of the protest, and it took even less time before gunmen had rounded up and publicly executed the demonstrators for having the gall to exercise free speech. Continue Reading »

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