Jan 15, 2009 -
Getting It
Do ordinary Iranians understand the Israel/Hamas conflict better than the experts?
By Clifford D. May
The essential facts of the Hamas/Israel conflict are not complicated: Hamas is a client of Iran’s ruling mullahs whose rallying cry is, “Death to America!” Hamas’s ideology is indistinguishable from that of al-Qaeda.
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Jun 16, 2009 -
FOX News' Reena Ninan and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Former President Jimmy Carter says he will ask the Obama administration to remove the militant Palestinian group from the U.S.-designated terror list, just as Hamas says it foiled a bomb plot against Carter.
Former President Jimmy Carter will urge the Obama administration to remove Hamas from the terrorist list, FOX News has learned.
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Jun 17, 2009 -
The Obama Administration should remove Hamas from the terrorist list, former President Jimmy Carter told media following his visit to Gaza today. He said he plans on pushing for the change when he meets with U.S. officials on Thursday to discuss his latest trip to the Middle East.
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Jul 17, 2009 -
Four members of a group of ultra-orthodox Jews opposed to the existence of Israel have visited Hamas in Gaza. The men, clad in the traditional ultra-orthodox garb of black hats and coats and with long side-curls in their hair, met Hamas leader Ismail Haniya. The Neturei Karta believe that a Jewish state can only be established by the Messiah and thus denounce Israel as heretic and embrace its enemies.
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Jan 25, 2009 -
By KARIN LAUB, Associated Press Writer
JEBALIYA, Gaza Strip – Surrounded by mountains of rubble that were once their homes, two dozen children sat on a rainbow-colored blanket and drew with crayons.
They quickly filled the pages passed around by trauma counselors with pictures of Israeli tanks, dead bodies and Palestinians firing assault rifles — scenes they saw when Israel's war on Hamas came into their neighborhood.
"We felt we will die soon," 11-year-old Sharif Abed Rabbo told the group, describing his family's escape.
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Jan 24, 2009 -
A different kind point of view on the situation in Gaza, from Der Speigel.
GAZA IN RUINS
'Who Has Won Here?'
By Ulrike Putz in Beit Lahia, Gaza
In the Gaza Strip people are returning home -- or to the rubble that was once their home.
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Aug 31, 2009 -
American Aid Convoy to Gaza Serves Hamas' Objectives
By Steven Emerson
U.S. law prohibits providing material support to Hamas, even when that takes the form of humanitarian aid. Why is nobody taking action against Viva Palestina USA?
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Jul 27, 2009 -
Children in Hamas summer camps reenacted the abduction of IDF soldier Gilad Schalit in the presence of top Hamas officials, according to pictures obtained by The Jerusalem Post.
Palestinian children, dressed as IDF soldiers and holding toy guns, reenact the abduction of Gilad Schalit.
According to Israeli defense officials, more than 120,000 Palestinian children are spending the summer in Hamas-run camps.
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Jan 18, 2009 -
A German court approved Hamas flags at anti-Israel protests this week.
The Jerusalem Post and ROP reported:
A court in the German capital struck down an administrative ban on Hamas flags, clothing and banners on Friday, but left in place the ban on invoking Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar's call to murder Israeli children worldwide.
The decision paved the way for supporters of the Islamist movement to march in anti-Israeli rallies on Saturday with pro-Hamas paraphernalia.
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Jan 09, 2009 -
Dan Diker: A deterrent restored?
Dan Diker is a foreign policy analyst with the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He writes from Jerusalem today with an optimistic assessment of Israel's current offensive:
Israel may have reached a deterrent moment in its war in Gaza against Iranian-backed Hamas.
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