Fathi Hamad, the Hamas administration’s interior minister, revealed that as many as 700 Hamas military-security operatives were killed during Operation Cast Lead. The number, consistent with Israel’s examination, is significantly higher than the biased numbers given in the past by Hamas… Continue reading
Speaking before the Al-Quds Institute in Damascus, Khaled Mashaal, head of the Hamas political bureau, said that “resistance [i.e., terrorism and violence] is the only way to liberate Jerusalem, return the refugees and establish the Palestinian state.” He also said that… Continue reading
Op dinsdag 2 april 2002 werd de Geboortekerk in Bethlehem bezet door zwaar bewapende Palestijnse terroristen die probeerden te ontsnappen aan een actie van het Israëlische leger, Operation Defensive Shield, die erop gericht was om Palestijnse terroristen te arresteren in de omgeving van… Continue reading
Senior Hamas figure Mahmoud al-Zahar was recently interviewed by several Arab and Western media. He used an opportunity to strongly attack Western values and the West’s lifestyle (particularly tolerance for homosexuality, secularism, gender equality and… Continue reading
Members of the convoy’s Turkish delegation, most of them affiliated with the IHH (organizer of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla which was raided by the Israeli naval forces on May 31), visited terrorists of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and their positions. The PIJ’s website and other websites posted pictures… Continue reading
Only hours ago I wrote about the Turkish regime’s decision, in its official main strategy document, to drop revolutionary Islamism or Iran as threats–because they are now its allies–in the main NSC document. It was only a matter of time, I added, before they declared Israel or… Continue reading
The Viva Palestina convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip and was given festive ceremonies by senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures. They stressed the Hamas themes of the establishment of a Palestinian state instead of the State of Israel and glorified shaheeds of the Palestinian terrorist… Continue reading
On October 21 the Viva Palestina convoy entered the Gaza Strip. The de facto Hamas administration gave extensive media coverage to the convoy’s stay in the Gaza Strip in order to boost its image in Arab and Western public opinion and to defame Israel. Hamas activists headed by… Continue reading
After fifteen years of following the Palestinian Authority (PA) media on a daily basis, I’ve never seen anything that sums up the problem of why there’s no peace better than this cartoon in al-Hayat al-Jadida, the official PA newspaper. If only the Western mass media ran this cartoon the situation would be crystal-clear and… Continue reading
Tussen 30 september en 2 oktober 2010 heeft het Palestijns Centrum voor Beleid en Opinieonderzoek een opiniepeiling uitgevoerd onder Palestijnse Arabieren woonachtig op de Westelijke Jordaanoever en de Gazastrook. Hieruit blijkt dat de meerderheid terroristische aanslagen op kolonisten goedkeuren… Lees verder
The Muslim Brotherhood’s London-based publication calls for jihad and terrorist attacks against Israel, and incites against the United States and moderate Arab regimes. However, when addressing leftist and human rights activists of the anti-Israel coalition, the Muslim Brotherhood emphasizes the rights of the Palestinians and tones down its radical Islamic nature… Continue reading
The Palestinian and Egyptian media reported that on October 18 Egyptian security forces seized a consignment of weapons intended for smuggling from through the tunnels Sinai into the Gaza Strip… Continue reading
President Obama waffles about Iran and is “appalled” at the behavior of the Iran Super Leader toward the brave Iranian protesters as he decides whether strong condemnation may interfere with his plan to charm the Iranian leaders out of developing nuclear weapon, but he has no qualms about bullying Israel… Continue reading
The Viva Palestina aid convoy is still in the Syrian port of Latakia. It has apparently not yet received authorization from Egypt to enter its territory. It is also not clear whether it will be able to rent a ship to take it to the port of El Arish… Continue reading
The Legislative Council in the Gaza Strip authorized a proposed law to establish an independent Palestinian authority to try the crimes of the occupation against the Palestinians… Continue reading
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is urging Arab leaders to consider alternatives if peace talks with Israel fail, including pressing the United States to recognize a unilateral declaration of statehood and, if it were to fail, to take the demand to the United Nations. President Abbas presented his four alternatives, which he described… Continue reading
The Turkish-based IHH group that sent terror activists on a flotilla ship in May to clash with IDF soldiers, hoping to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, now plans to launch a second attempt to coincide with the anniversary of the Cast Lead counter-terrorism war… Continue reading
In a statement issued by the PM’s Office, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on President Abbas and the Palestinian Authority leadership to continue the peace talks in order to reach an historic peace agreement within one year… Continue reading
On thursday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that the relationship between Turkey and Israel might be a permanent problem, because Turkish civilians were killed during Israel’s raid on the Mavi Marmara… Continue reading
We are ready for a fair solution and we are ready to cooperate with the international community. However, we are not ready to compromise our national security or the vital interests of the State of Israel… Continue reading
Conspicuous among the passengers and organizations aboard the Mavi Marmara were Turkish and Arab Islamic extremists led by IHH. They were joined by extremist European left activists and volunteers who answered the call to help the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and were not partners in IHH’s violent plans… Continue reading
The Iranian media publicized an interview with an Iranian expert on Palestine who visited Turkey and met with IHH operatives. He described the circumstances surrounding the establishment of IHH as an Islamist, jihadist organization whose operatives fought in Bosnia, and stressed the influence of… Continue reading
The following article isn’t intended to reject a two-state solution but to point out issues that would inevitably arise if one ever came about. Recently, a once-major American magazine ran a cover story saying Israelis aren’t desperately eager for “peace” without ever mentioning the real reasons… Continue reading
Viva Palestina, an organization headed by George Galloway, announced that a large, mostly overland aid convoy would leave London for the Gaza Strip via Europe on September 18. The convoy’s spokesman is Zaher Birawi, a Hamas activist involved in… Continue reading
Senior Hamas figures and the Hamas-affiliated media continued to attack Israel and the Palestinian Authority over the relaunching of direct negotiations and the PA security forces’ extensive detentions of Hamas operatives… Continue reading
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