The security situation in southern Israel deteriorated rapidly overnight, beginning with a Palestinian terror attempt that was blocked by the IDF. The IAF targeted Gaza-based terrorists Tala’at Halil Muhammad Jarbi and Abdullah Muhammad Hassan Maqawai, both of whom had extensive history and involvement in terror activity and at least one of...

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Analysts are heavily criticizing the Swiss government’s refusal to join European Union sanctions against Iran’s energy and financial sectors, a policy which is particularly complicated in light of Switzerland’s history of trading with Nazi Germany in WWII, its welcome of Hamas leaders, and of rising anti-Israel sentiment throughout the country....

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The United States is sanctioning several Lebanon-based charities that fundraise for Hamas, including Al-Waqfiya and Al-Quds, which according to the Treasury Department “exist to support the families of Hamas fighters.”  Hamas is a designated terror organization and has consistently targeted Israeli civilians with rocket and mortar fire. The organization violently seized...

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Leaders of the Free Gaza Movement, a U.S.-based organization which has led “flotilla” efforts to break Israel’s blockade of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, used the group’s official social media outlets to blame “Zionists” for the Holocaust. The group, whose board of advisors includes human rights activists such as author...

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The post-Arab Spring Middle East is coalescing into new and potentially destabilizing camps, according to analysts commenting on Hamas’s move out of the Syrian-Iranian orbit and into that of Egypt. Syrian state television lashed out at Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, a former ally of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, after Mashaal attended...

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Hamas is struggling to cope with evidence linking its security forces to tortures and summary executions, as reports spread that three Palestinians were recently executed on the basis of “confessions” given under coercion. The Iranian proxy, which controls the Gaza Strip, was criticized over the abuses by Human Rights Watch. Watchdog...

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