Palestinian Affairs

Rocket fire from Gaza continued to chase Israelis into bomb shelters Tuesday as diplomatic efforts to end the barrage centered on two key avenues: an Egyptian-brokered open-ended ceasefire, and an American-led initiative for a UN Security Council resolution. Chico Menashe of Israel Radio reported that the ongoing conflict was generating internal pressure in...

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Ynet reported yesterday on an Al Jazeera interview with Cairo-based Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouk, in which he defended the terror group’s widely criticized mass executions late last week. (The interview is embedded below.) During the interview, Abu Marzouk was asked whether “the information regarding the 18 informers (was) based...

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The mass public executions by Hamas in the past week have caused even Palestinian officials in the West Bank to compare the Iran-backed terror group in Gaza to the brutal ISIS terrorists. Tayyib Abd al-Rahim, Secretary-General of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office, said  the public executions without trial of the...

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A second consecutive night of Israeli air strikes against top Gaza Strip terrorists eliminated what the Jerusalem Post described as “three of Hamas’s most important military commanders.” The assassination of three of Hamas’s most important military commanders in an Israeli air strike is the worst and most painful blow dealt to...

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Gaza-based Palestinian fighters set a new record on Wednesday by launching at least 168 rockets at Israeli civilians over the course of the day – the previous mark had been 154 rockets in a single 24 hour period – amid extensive speculation that Israel had targeted and perhaps eliminated Hamas military...

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Suspected jihadist terrorists cut the heads off of four men in the Sheikh Zuwaid area of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, only a few minute’s drive from the Israeli border. The murders occurred around the same time ISIS released its video of the beheading of American journalist James Foley  that has shaken...

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