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Fast Forward Court Tosses Guilty Verdict Against Arab Bank For Financing Hamas Terrorism
(JTA) — A federal appeals court has thrown out a verdict that found the Jordan-based Arab Bank guilty of helping finance the terrorist activity of Hamas, but the plaintiffs in the case will still receive compensation. On Friday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York determined that the federal jury that arrived at the…
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Fast Forward US Adds Hamas Political Chief To Terrorist List
(JTA) — The State Department has added the leader of Hamas’ political wing to its list of designated terrorists. Ismail Haniyeh, who lives in Qatar, is the head of Hamas’ political bureau and a former Palestinian Authority prime minister. He was placed on the list because the State Department determined that he has either committed…
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Fast Forward Hamas Co-Founder Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself In The Head
One of the founders of the Palestinian terror group Hamas died on Tuesday, three weeks after he was shot in the head in what officials said was an accident. Imad al-Alami, 62, was inspecting his weapon at home when it accidentally discharged, a Hamas spokesman said earlier this month. He was transferred to Shifa Hospital…
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Fast Forward Hamas Co-Founder Accidentally Shoots Himself In The Head
One of the founders of the Palestinian terror group Hamas has been hospitalized after being shot in the head while inspecting his gun. Senior leader Imad al-Alami is in serious condition in a Gaza hospital after his weapon accidentally discharged, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said on Facebook. Alami was a longtime Hamas liaison in Iran…
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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Hamas Military Compound In Response To Gaza Rocket Fire
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli airstrike hit a Hamas military compound in southern Gaza in response to a rocket fired hours earlier at southern Israel. The attack early on Tuesday morning reportedly caused damage to the facility. The attack came hours after a rocket launched from Gaza landed in an open field in southern Israel….
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Fast Forward Hamas Hanukkah Plot To Kidnap Israelis Thwarted
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli security services thwarted a Hamas kidnapping plot set to take place during Hanukkah. A Hamas cell from a Palestinian village near Nablus in the West Bank planned to abduct an Israeli soldier or a settler from a bus stop near Nablus, the Israel Security Agency, or Shin Bet, said in a…
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Israel News Israelis Praise Trump For Jerusalem Move, Hamas Says It ‘Opens Gates Of Hell’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli leaders praised President Donald Trump for his decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. “There is no more fitting or beautiful gift, as we approach 70 years of the State of Israel’s independence,” Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said in a statement Wednesday issued after Trump made his announcement from the…
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Fast Forward Israeli Retaliatory Strikes Hit Hamas Posts In Gaza
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli tanks and planes fired on four Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for mortar shells fired on soldiers working in southern Israel, the Israeli army said. Following the mortar attacks early Thursday afternoon, trains running between the southern Israeli cities of Ashkelon and Sderot were stopped. Buses were sent…
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