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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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Amb. Michael Oren: Why Fall for Hamas’s media manipulation

If Hamas cannot win the war, it wants to win the story of the war.

By Michael Oren,

Michael Oren is Israel’s ambassador to the United States.

 

What makes better headlines? Is it numbing figures such as the 8,000 Palestinian rockets fired at Israel since it unilaterally withdrew from Gaza in 2005, and the 42.5 percent of Israeli children living near the Gaza border who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder? Or is it high-resolution images of bombed-out buildings in Gaza and emotional stories of bereaved Palestinians? The last, obviously, as demonstrated by much of the media coverage of Israel’s recent operation against Hamas.

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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.

AFP

 

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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Americans in Israel Sue Clinton for American Funding of Palestinian Terror

2 dozen Americans in Israel are suing Hillary Clinton for negligence, relying on the basis that they are among those that Congress sought to protect through the safeguards & regulations that the White House, State Department and USAID are disregarding.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Two dozen Americans in Israel are suing U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for negligence in allowing the United States to fund the Palestinian Authority, which used money for terror.

The suit was filed in a federal U.S. court in Washington by the Israel Law Center (Shurat HaDin), which has revolutionized the war against terror through “lawfare,” winning colossal lawsuits against terrorist organizations and banks that handle their funds. 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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| November 26, 2012
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Did Hamas’ Mashaal & Haniyeh’s Feud Enable IDF to Eliminate Jaabari?

Top Hamas terrorist Ahmed Jaabari may have been a victim of Hamas infighting because he ‘searched the wrong home’ according to a report in a Gulf newspaper.

By David Lev

 

Top Hamas terrorist Ahmed Jaabari may have been a victim of Hamas infighting, Israeli sources said, based on a report in a Kuwaiti newspaper Monday. According to a report in Al-Jarida, distributed throughout the Gulf countries, Israel was able to eliminate Jaabari after zeroing in on his location via his cell-phone – even though the target was supposed to be top Hamas terrorist Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Hamas government in Gaza. Continue Reading »

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| November 25, 2012
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Israel eases Gaza security restrictions after cease-fire

State officials confirm Israel started to ease security restrictions on Gazans

Farmers allowed to visit land near security fence.

Sailing limit for fishermen extended.

Hamas’ Marzook says group won’t stop smuggling weapons into Gaza

By Attila Somfalvi, AP

 

Israeli state officials on Saturday confirmed that Israel has started easing restrictions on civilians in Gaza in accordance with the ceasefire understandings.

Mousa Abu Marzook Photo: Reuters

Mousa Abu Marzook – Photo: Reuters

Meanwhile, Hamas‘ Deputy Politburo chief Mousa Abu Marzook said Hamas won’t stop making weapons in Gaza or smuggling them to the territory

A cease-fire has held so far, and Abu Marzook told AP that more indirect talks between Israel and Hamas are set for Monday. Continue Reading »

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| November 25, 2012
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Mashaal says he’s Prepared for peace without blood and weapons

Hamas politburo chief says in CNN interview that he is willing to accept Palestinian state along 1967 borders, conditioning such a deal on end of ‘occupation,’ return of refugees & the dismantling of the security wall

Elior Levy

 

Hamas Politburo Chief Khaled Mashaal said his Islamist movement Hamas is willing to accept a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders or 22% of “historical Palestine.”

Mashaal: ‘I want my state’ – Photo: EPA

According to Mashaal, this has been Hamas’ mission and what it has been fighting for since its inception. In an interview aired this weekend on CNN, Mashaal said: “I accept a Palestinian state according to the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as the capital, with the right to return.” Continue Reading »

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| November 25, 2012
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Palestinian Imam in Gaza Issues Fatwa: Sin to Violate Truce with Israel

“Honoring the hudna (temporary ceasefire) which was arranged & sponsored by our Egyptian brethren is the duty of each & every one of us,” ruled the cleric. “Violating the agreement shall constitute a sin.”

By Chana Ya’ar

 

An Islamic cleric in Gaza has issued a religious edict declaring it a sin to violate the truce arranged last week between Israel and Hamas. The fatwa – a religious edict – was ruled by Imam Suleiman al-Daya late Saturday.

IAF targets Hamas weapons factory in Gaza

IAF targets Hamas weapons factory in Gaza
Israel news photo: IDF/Archive

“Honoring the hudna (temporary ceasefire) which was arranged and sponsored by our Egyptian brethren is the duty of each and every one of us,” ruled the cleric. Continue Reading »

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| November 25, 2012
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More Missiles for Hamas are on their way as Iran Loads Ship

Iran is dispatching a ship loaded up with more missiles for Hamas in Gaza.

Israel says they will destroy any attempt to smuggle weapons into Gaza.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Iran has loaded a ship with new missiles to replace those destroyed by Israel in Operation Pillar of Defense, the London Sunday Times reported.

IAF photo of Fajr site

IAF photo of Fajr site
IDF Spokesman’s Unit

The missile-laden ship was reportedly spotted by Israeli satellites. The report comes one day after de facto Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh claimed that the ceasefire agreement hammered out last week does not prohibit Hamas from manufacturing new weapons and the smuggling of others, which he said Hamas needs for “defense.” Continue Reading »

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| November 24, 2012
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Nasrallah to Israel: You lost with Hamas, so who can you defeat?

Nasrallah says Israel’s goal of ‘destroying Hamas’ leadership’ during IDF’s Operation Pillar of Defense was not achieved, and compares conflict to 2nd Lebanon War

By Ynet

 

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah congratulated the Palestinians in Gaza on their “first victory” over Israel’s armed forces.

In a televised address on Friday, the ninth day of the Shiite Muslim festival of Ashura, Nasrallah said, “The first victory of the resistance was that it prevented the enemy from achieving his goals, the greater victory was that it did not let the enemy impose his conditions, and the greatest victory was that it imposed its own conditions. Continue Reading »

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| November 24, 2012
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CAROLINE B. GLICK: The trap that Arik built

By leaving Gaza, Israel was saying – as it had in Lebanon – that it had no right to be there. And if it had no right to be there, it had no right to return.

By CAROLINE B. GLICK

The cease-fire agreement that Israel accepted Wednesday night to end the current round of Palestinian rocket and missile attacks is not a good deal for Israel by any stretch of the imagination.

At best, Israel and Hamas are placed on the same moral plane. The cease-fire erases the distinction between Israel, a peace-seeking liberal democracy that wants simply to defend its citizens, and Hamas, a genocidal jihadist terrorist outfit that seeks the eradication of the Jewish people and the destruction of Israel. Continue Reading »

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| November 24, 2012
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Hamas polices border after IDF kills man in ‘no-go’ zone

In unusual move, Hamas enforce fragile 2-day-old truce by evacuating Gazans from IDF’s’no-go’ border zone.

Relative of man killed says he was ‘trying to put a Hamas flag on the fence’

By Reuters

 

Hamas Islamists enforced a fragile two-day-old truce on Friday by evacuating Palestinians from a “no-go” border zone after Israel shot dead a Gaza resident there in the first fatality since the ceasefire.

Gaza border (archives) – Photo: B’Tselem

The rare move by the group in control of the Gaza Strip followed intervention by Egyptian mediators who urged both sides to take steps to preserve the truce that ended eight days of fierce Israeli-Palestinian fighting on Wednesday. Continue Reading »

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| November 23, 2012
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IDF gunfire kills Palestinian near Gaza border fence

IDF reports: group of Palestinians tried to breach border fence prompting warning shots in air, and then at legs when warnings weren’t heeded.

Hamas accuses Israel of violating truce, vows to complain to Cairo

By YAAKOV LAPPIN, REUTERS

IDF gunfire across the Gaza border killed one Palestinian on Friday and wounded several others, Palestinians medics said, two days after a ceasefire between the territory’s Islamist rulers Hamas and Israel took hold.

The IDF stated that a group of about 300 Palestinians approached the border fence in the southern Gaza Strip and held a violent disturbance along the border.

Dozens of Gazans hurl rocks on Gaza side of border fence (IDF Spokesman)

Dozens of Gazans hurl rocks on Gaza side of border fence (IDF Spokesman)

A number of the Palestinians attempted to break through the border fence into Israel.

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