Israel suspended peace talks with the Palestinians yesterday in the wake of a unity deal between the Palestinian Authority and the Hamas terror organization that currently rules the Gaza Strip. We offer the following reminders as to the nature of the latter group. 1. Hamas Is an Internationally Recognized Terror Organization....

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Efforts to extend the Middle East peace talks under the auspices of American Secretary of State John Kerry were undermined earlier this week when the Fatah faction headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas reached a unity agreement with the terrorist organization Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip. The deal prompted State Department spokeswoman...

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State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki on Wednesday blasted the announcement, made earlier in the day by top Palestinian figures including Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, that the rival Fatah and Hamas factions had settled on an agreement that would among other things lead to the establishment of a new...

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In response to rocket attacks earlier this week, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon warned Gaza’s Hamas rulers against allowing an escalation against Israel just as Hamas was negotiating a unity deal with the Palestinian Authority. Though rocket attacks against Israel’s southern residents saw a reduction after Operation Pillar of Defense in...

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The two leading Palestinian factions – Fatah and Hamas – announced this morning a unity agreement, part of which will include the formation of a cabinet that brings the Fatah-controlled West Bank and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip under the control of a single government. The two territories have been ruled...

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The two leading Palestinian factions – Fatah, headed by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, and the terrorist organization, Hamas – met in Gaza on April 22 in the latest bid to end the schism between them, at the time the United States and Israel were trying to save from collapse peace...

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Civilians in Israel’s south endured renewed rocket fire today as at least 10 missiles launched from the Gaza Strip slammed into the Sederot and Sha’ar Hanegev areas, triggering Israeli air strikes in retaliation. No injuries were reported on Israel’s side. The violence comes amid two significant diplomatic moves that suggest...

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Palestinian media outlet Ma’an conveyed comments earlier this week by Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh declaring that the kidnap of Israeli soldiers was a “top priority” for the Iran-backed terror group: Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Tuesday that capturing Israeli soldiers was the best method for achieving freedom for...

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Gaza-based Palestinian groups on Tuesday celebrated the West Bank terror attack that the day before had killed one Israeli and injured two more, while other Palestinian organizations – including the internationally backed Fatah faction that controls the Palestinian Authority (PA) – generated controversy by pointedly declining to condemn the atrocity....

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Police officers closed Jerusalem’s Temple Mount to Jewish and other visitors on April 13, after Arabs atop the compound began rioting, seemingly in part at the behest of Hamas. Hamas Movement has called for defending al-Aqsa Mosque in light of Israeli settlers’ intention to break into the mosque next Monday…Al-Aqsa...

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