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Opinion You Know Who Wants Netanyahu To Win? Hamas.
On Tuesday, the Jerusalem Post revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted Hamas’s use to him. He defended allowing Qatari funds to be transferred into Gaza as a crucial part of a broader strategy to keep Hamas and the Palestinian Authority apart, according to a source in Monday’s Likud faction meeting. Netanyahu also said…
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Opinion Israelis And Palestinians: Say No To Politicians Who Want Us To Be Enemies
Once again, Israel and Gaza seemed on the brink of war. And once again, a delicate ceasefire has been reached. And yet, while it’s a relief not to be at war, there is a sense of the return of the awful same. Leaders on both sides are desperately trying to impress their constituents by exploiting…
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Fast Forward 1 Israeli Killed As Gaza Violence Flares And Palestinians Fire Rockets
Palestinian militants on Monday carried out their most intensive shelling of Israel since the 2014 Gaza war in retaliation for a botched cross-border commando raid, killing an Israeli civilian and drawing Israeli air strikes against Hamas’ television station and other targets. The flare-up, in which three Palestinian gunmen and a civilian in Israel were killed,…
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Opinion We Palestinians Are Caught Between A Government That Tortures Us – And Israel
My first time visiting a Hamas operated police station prison was unforgettable. A rusty blue-colored gate led to a narrow corridor that bifurcated into two depressing, colorless rooms. Inside, tens of people were sitting in the corners of each room on a cold floor or a few rotting mattresses. It was the middle of winter,…
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Fast Forward Rights Group Accuses Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Of Systematic Torture
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Security forces of the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority and Gaza’s rival Hamas group routinely arrest and torture critics and opponents to try to stifle dissent, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. Officials of the PA and Hamas denied the allegations of systematic abuse, made by the New York-based rights group,…
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Fast Forward Israel Closes Roads Near Gaza Border After Veiled Threat To Hamas
(JTA) — Israeli security forces closed off roads near the Gaza Strip in an unusual move that comes hours after the country’s defense minister tacitly threatened military action against Hamas. Ahead of the four road closures Friday, Avigdor Liberman on Thursday noted in a Twitter message that the Israel Defense Forces have “exacted a heavy…
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Opinion 25 Years After Oslo, Palestinians Don’t Trust Hamas — Or The PA
Earlier this month, senior Hamas leader and member of Parliament Atef Odwan posted a poll on Facebook that consisted of a single yes-or-no question: “Would you re-elect [PA President Mahmoud Abbas]?” The results were more or less predetermined, since Odwan’s page is frequented mainly by Hamas supporters, and because Abbas is perhaps the most frowned…
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Opinion How Trump Is Killing The Two State Solution – And Giving Hamas Power
The Israelis and Palestinians are reaching an inflection point. The Oslo Accords, which charted a path forward to a two-state solution, effectively collapsed at the end of John Kerry’s intensive negotiations during the Obama Administration. President Trump has made a series of significant decisions, starting with the move of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and…
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