Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan warned that “Israel must accept the demands of the Palestinian people or face a long war” in advance of the Monday, August 18 midnight deadline (local time) when the latest Egyptian-brokered ceasefire is due to expire. On the Hamas website, Hamdan threatened that “all options...

The Associated Press (AP) reported yesterday on the growing discontent expressed by residents of the Gaza Strip with Hamas rule. Though those interviewed are not at all sympathetic to Israel, that they speak out is remarkable because “[u]nder Hamas rule, it’s rare and dangerous to share even as much as...

Wednesday, The Times of Israel reported on statements broadcast this week on Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency by Salah Zawawi, the PLO representative to Iran. “The US and the western countries have created a fake regime in Palestine to get rid of it and have supplied it with the most advanced...

Despite accepting the five-day extension to the current ceasefire, Hamas released a new video showing that instead of working on a reconstruction plan for Gaza, it is making more of the M-75 rockets it uses for attacking large Israeli cities. Based on technology acquired from Iran, Hamas has already fired...

Terrorists fired eight rockets from Hamas-controlled Gaza at Israeli towns and cities shortly before the end of the 72 hour truce yesterday and after Hamas had already agreed to extend the ceasefire by five days. It was the last in the long list of consecutive ceasefires in the past six weeks...

Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth late on Monday published extensive details of what is reportedly an all-but-complete agreement – stipulating steps to be taken by Israel, Hamas, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority (PA) – aimed at bringing an end to the current round of fighting between Hamas and Jerusalem. “Hamas cannot say that it...