Israel’s internal the security agency, the Shin Bet, announced the arrests of seven men in a Hamas terror cell for planning attacks within Israel. The arrests, which were made in recent months, were announced this week. The cell was based in the Palestinian city of Qalqilya, which borders the Israeli...

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Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth on Wednesday reported on what the outlet described as a “massive show of force” by Hamas in the Ramallah stronghold of the rival Palestinian Fatah faction, a development likely to deepen emerging analyst concerns that a recently announced unity agreement between the two organizations may end...

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In a recent analysis for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Ambassador Dore Gold writes that often when the profile of Hamas rises, “there is an effort undertaken to repackage Hamas as a moderate organization.” However, Gold argues, that Hamas’s record – in word and deed – shatters those efforts time and...

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Reuters on Tuesday conveyed remarks made by Mahmoud Al-Zahar – a former Hamas foreign minister who the outlet described as one of the terror group’s “most influential voices” – emphasizing that Hamas would maintain its commitment to the eradication of Israel in the aftermath of a recently revealed unity agreement...

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President Barack Obama on Friday told reporters in Seoul that Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas and his Fatah faction had been “unhelpful” in moving earlier in the week to pursue an agreement with the rival Hamas faction that would among other things see the formation of a unity government filled...

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As part of its ongoing clampdown on smuggling tunnels into the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian army uncovered six tunnels over the weekend that started inside a mosque (Arabic link) on the Egyptian side of the border. A military spokesman said in a statement, on the official page of the Armed...

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Hamas wasted little time in shooting down reports that as part of its reconciliation package with the Palestinian Authority it might keep the door open to recognizinng Israel. Interviewed on the Hamas website, Senior Hamas official Hassan Yousef categorically denied (Arabic) the report, saying “the issue of recognition is non-negotiable.” Taher...

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Palestinian fighters on Thursday detonated a bomb along the northern border of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and launched a mortar shell at an IDF unit operating along the southern border of the territory, developments that the Jerusalem Post contextualized alongside new figures that show that there has been an uptick...

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A meeting of top Israeli political leaders on Thursday, called in order to chart Jerusalem’s response to a Wednesday announcement by Palestinian leaders that the rival Fatah and Hamas factions had agreed to a deal that would see the formation of a unity government with members from both groups, concluded...

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The latest announcement of a reconciliation deal between Fatah and Hamas is raising serious questions about the future of the peace process. Indeed, Hamas leaders close to the negotiations reiterated Hamas’ rejectionist, pro-terror stance just before the deal was announced. The Hamas website interviewed the terror organization’s co-founder and senior leader Mahmoud al-Zahar,...

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