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| July 2, 2014
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Hamas empties its Gaza HQ & bases in anticipation of Israeli reprisals over murder of 3 teens

 

Israel Air Force hits dozens of targets in Gaza.

PA president calls U.S. & European leaders to pressure Israel to show restraint.

By Daniel Siryoti & Lilach Shoval

 

Israel bombed dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, striking at Hamas after finding the bodies of three missing teenagers — Gil-ad Shaer, Eyal Yifrach and Naftali Frenkel — whose abduction and killing it blames on the Palestinian Islamist group.

A ball of fire is seen following an Israel airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza, overnight Monday – Photo: AFP

Israel’s security cabinet, which held an emergency session late on Monday and was due to meet again on Tuesday, was currently split on the scope of any further action in the coastal enclave and Judea and Samaria, officials said.

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| June 30, 2014
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Hamas turning Gaza into cesspool of sewage and garbage

Closed Sinai smuggling tunnels force Hamas to buy imported fuel from Israel, so Hamas shuts-down water treatment facility to cut costs.

By REUTERS

 

GAZA – This summer, access to the cooling waters of the Mediterranean is gradually being closed off to Gaza’s 1.8 million residents, due to pollution stemming from fuel shortages that have halted work at sewage treatment facilities.

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Palestinian children swim where sign warns against swimming on a beach in Gaza – Photo: REUTERS

Baha al-Agha of the Gaza Environment Quality Authority said about 100,000 cubic metres of untreated waste water are being pumped into the Gaza shore daily. Continue Reading »

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| June 27, 2014
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€1Million a year, & 7 years later, the EU still funds Gaza employees that have no work

The EU’s Gaza farce marches on: Although 7 years later, the EUBAM mission is still on ‘standby’, and the euros are still flowing.

 

In the Sir Humphrey-esque world of European Union waste, the EUBAM mission in Gaza might just be the jewel in the crown.

At the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. September 19, 2013.

At the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. September 19, 2013. – Photo: Reuters

Sir Humphrey, you may recall, took great pride in the perfect efficiency of a hospital that operated within budget and had no waiting-lists. Its only problem and the reason for its success: No patients.

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| June 26, 2014
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Hamas tells Israel: Don’t Attack Gaza Again, or We’ll Attack Haifa

On the 3rd day in a row, a Hamas member warns the Israeli gov’t against making a “silly move” on Gaza, threatening to hit Haifa in retaliation.

By Dalit Halevi and Elad Benari

 

If Israel attacks Gaza, Hamas will attack Haifa, a member of the group threatened on Wednesday.

Speaking at a rally in Gaza, the deputy head of the Palestinian Legislative Council Ahmad Bahr warned Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu against making a “silly move” which may result in an escalation in Gaza.

“The resistance will not sit idly by, as it has combat capabilities and missiles that will hit Haifa if the enemy attacks the Gaza Strip,” Bahr declared. Continue Reading »

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| June 24, 2014
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal: ‘The kidnappers must be saluted’

 

Hamas leader Meshaal: ‘We have no knowledge of the kidnapping but we applaud the kidnappers’.

Vice chairman of Hamas political bureau, Haniyeh: ‘The 3rd intifada has already started’

By i24news

 

 
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addressed for the first time Monday the kidnapping of three Israeli teens 11 days ago, saying Hamas has no information regarding the kidnapping. Meshaal also said: “If, indeed, any Palestinian group is behind the kidnapping, those who did it must be saluted.”

Hamas Leader Khaled Meshaal gives a press conference at the Journalist Syndicate building - Photo: AFP/Gianluigi Guercia

Hamas Leader Khaled Meshaal gives a press conference at the Journalist Syndicate building – Photo: AFP/Gianluigi Guercia

In an interview with Al-Jazeera Meshaal, who lives in Qatar, said he “congratulates whomever kidnapped them [the teens] because the Palestinian prisoners should be released.” Continue Reading »

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| June 23, 2014
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Abbas commits to disbanding unity gov’t after given proof of Hamas’ kidnapping teens

 

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki says, “If it turns out that Hamas is behind the kidnapping, there will be grave consequences including disbanding the unity gov’t & putting the reconciliation deal on hold.”

By Daniel Siryoti

 

The Palestinian Authority is waiting for the “smoking gun” that Hamas was behind the kidnapping of the three Israeli teens so that President Mahmoud Abbas could officially announce the reconciliation deal void and disband the government, a senior official in Abbas’ office told Israel Hayom.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas – Photo: EPA

“In reality the reconciliation deal has not been implemented and the unity government does not function,” the official said.

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| June 21, 2014
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Report: Israel FM moves to expel UN envoy for attempts to aid & abet Hamas

If FM Liberman has his way, the UN’s special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Robert Serry, will be declared persona non grata by the Israeli gov’t.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman is intent on expelling the United Nations special envoy to the Middle East, Robert Serry, after authorities learned that he sought to transfer tens of millions of dollars in aid to Hamas, Channel 2 reported on Saturday.

Avigdor Lieberman.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman – Photo: Olivier Fitoussi

If Liberman has his way, Serry, the Dutch diplomat whose official title is United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, will be declared by the Israeli government as persona non grata. Continue Reading »

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| June 21, 2014
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Photo Album of Camouflage & Guns: Hamas’ terrorist summer-camp for teens is open

 

Embedding another year of military indoctrination of Gaza’s teenage population, Hamas’ official terror summer-camp set to host some 100,000 children this summer.

By Ynetnews

 

Hamas in Gaza Strip showcased Thursday their annual summer-camp for Gaza children, inviting journalists to take pictures of the different activities offered to the strip’s youths.

Photo: AP

Photo: AP

However, instead of classrooms and swimming lessons, the camp boasts military training facilities and uniform-clad children and teens.

The terror camp will host roughly 100,000 children aged 12-16 for seven days a week, three hours a day, Al-Monitor reported. The kids don camouflage fatigues and green berets, and are instructed by some forty members of Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Continue Reading »

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| June 21, 2014
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Jerusalem bans Islamic Relief Worldwide charity for funding Hamas

 

 

Israel Minister of Defense Moshe Yaalon declares the Muslim charity, Islamic Relief Worldwide @IRWorldwide as a terror organization

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, “We do not intend to allow it to function and abet terrorist activity against Israel.”

By Lilach Shoval, Shlomo Cesana, Reuters and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon signed an order on Thursday banning Islam Relief Worldwide. The organization is a source of funding for Hamas, and the ban would prohibit IRW from operating in Israel proper and Judea and Samaria.

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon signed the order to ban Islam Relief Worldwide for their role in transferring funds to terrorist group Hamas – Photo: Reuters

“IRW is one of the sources of Hamas’ funding and a means for raising funds from various countries in the world,” Ya’alon said.

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| June 18, 2014
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PA Police Raid Exposes Concealed Hamas Dungeon for Holding Israeli Abductees

 

VIDEO: Security forces revisit hidden underground holding facility, found 9 months earlier by Abbas’ Palestinian Authority police.

By Dave Bender, The Algemeiner

 

Video footage released on Tuesday showed what Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials said was an underground dungeon Hamas had prepared meant to hide abducted Israelis.

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Entry to dungeon – Screenshot: Mako

The underground facility, with electricity, piped-in air, running water and waste disposal, served as a bunker intended to not only hold hostages, but also to serve as a command center to hold negotiations over their release, according to the officials, Israel’s Channel 2 reported.

PA officials said the footage was shot in September, 2013, during a raid conducted in the West Bank village of Tzurif, between Hebron and Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

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| June 17, 2014
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IDF arrests 41 Palestinians in last-night’s West Bank raids

Monday night IDF ground forces arrested 41 Palestinians in Hebron & Jenin area as the search for 3 kidnapped teenagers continued.

In Gaza, Israel Air Force bombed 4 strategic terrorist sites in response to yesterdays rocket attacks.

 

The Israel Defense Forces arrested 41 Palestinians overnight Monday in the West Bank, as the search for three kidnapped teenagers continued. Approximately half of the arrests took place in the Nablus region.

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Israeli Defense Forces raiding Hebron and Jenin – Screenshot: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

The operation involved about 1,000 soldiers from the Nahal infantry brigade, who raided, among other locations, the Balata refugee camp and the nearby town of Awarta. Continue Reading »

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| June 16, 2014
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Following firefight IDF arrests 2 Hamas terrorists in Hebron

 

Loud explosion heard after soldiers instructed the residents to exit building.

Palestinian sources reported casualties among the residents of a home identified belonging to Hamas agents.

By Elior Levy

 

The IDF surrounded a house in the Hebron area on Sunday night apparently in connection to the search for three abducted Israeli teens. The move reportedly led to the arrest of two Hamas activists.

IDF soldiers surround a building in Hebron. (Photo: IDF Spokeperson's Unit)

IDF soldiers surround a building in Hebron. – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Palestinian sources told Ynet that a loud explosion rocked the area, most likely caused by soldiers destroying the door to the structure. The sources also reported casualties among the residents. Continue Reading »

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| June 15, 2014
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Kerry looks at Hamas as kidnappers of 3 Jewish teens in Israel

U.S. secretary of state recommends full cooperation between Palestinian security forces and Israeli to return teens.

Worldwide condemnations made for kidnapping.

 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned Sunday the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank, adding that “many indications point to Hamas’ involvement.”

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Lebanon. June 4th, 2014. – Photo: AP

In a statement to the press, Kerry called for the immediate release of the three victims, who went missing Thursday from the Gush Etzion cluster of settlements, and stated that the United States is still “seeking details on the parties responsible.”

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| June 9, 2014
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Israel seeks dismantling of Hamas military arm forces with PA’s return to Gaza

 

Israel launched diplomatic campaign last week in effort to pressure Abbas to assert PA control over Gaza, following his formation of a Hamas-Fatah unity government .

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Israel launched an international diplomatic campaign last week aimed at putting pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the new Palestinian government to assert its control over the Gaza Strip and take security responsibility for what happens there.

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Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (6th L) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (5th L) with ministers at the unity government’s swearing-in ceremony, Ramallah, West Bank, June 2, 2014.- Photo: Reuters

On Thursday, June 5, the Foreign Ministry issued an order to Israel’s diplomatic missions worldwide, regarding diplomatic activity following the wave of international recognition for the new Palestinian unity government.

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| June 4, 2014
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Turkey, China & India endorse Palestinian gov’t with Hamas

All 3 countries call on int’l community to support Fatah-Hamas gov’t, breaking their ranks with Israel.

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The new Palestinian unity government has received three welcome endorsements from major world powers India, China and Turkey, all within a day of Palestinian President Abbas swearing in a cabinet of 17 technocrats.

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Women from India in Manger Square, outside the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, May 25, 2014. – Photo: Reuters

All three called on the international community to throw its support behind and work with the new government, in contrast to the wishes of the Israeli government, which is seeking to punish the Palestinian Authority for forming a government with Hamas.

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