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Fast Forward Hamas Arrests Man For Commander’s Assassination
(JTA) — Hamas arrested a suspect in the March killing of one of its top commanders, whose death was blamed on Israel. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said in a press conference on Thursday in Gaza that his group has a suspect in custody in connection with the shooting of Mazan Fukha, adding that the alleged…
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Fast Forward Hamas Leader: No Change In Our Stance Toward Israel
One of Hamas’s most senior officials said on Wednesday that a document published by the Islamist Palestinian group last week was not a substitute for its founding charter, which advocates Israel’s destruction. Speaking in Gaza City, Mahmoud al-Zahar said the political policy document announced on May 1 did not contradict its founding covenant, published in…
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Fast Forward IDF Using Virtual Reality Headsets To Prepare For Next Gaza War
The Israeli Defense Forces are using virtual reality headsets in order to train soldiers how to navigate and fight in Hamas’ network of underground tunnels. The IDF began utilizing technology made by the Facebook-owned Oculus and the Taiwanese program HTC Vive in April, Bloomberg News reported Monday. Despite costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, the…
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Fast Forward Israel Warns Hamas Is Trying To ‘Fool World’ With Gentler Message
Israel said Hamas was trying to delude the world by issuing a new policy document on Monday that purportedly softens the Palestinian Islamist group’s policy towards Israel. “Hamas is attempting to fool the world but it will not succeed,” said David Keyes, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “They build terror tunnels and have…
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Fast Forward Hamas Nixes Call For Destruction Of Israel — Or Does It?
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas will remove a call for Israel’s destruction and drop its association with the Muslim Brotherhood in a new policy document to be issued on Monday, Gulf Arab sources said. Hamas’s move appears aimed at improving relations with Gulf Arab states and Egypt, which label the Brotherhood as a terrorist organization,…
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Fast Forward Abbas Cuts Off Power Payments For Gaza In Bid To Pressure Hamas
With the prospect looming of a Middle East peace initiative by a new U.S. administration more sympathetic to Israel, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has decided to turn the screw on the Hamas group that has kept Gaza out of his control for a decade. Abbas’s Western-backed Palestinian Authority (PA) on Thursday told Israel it would…
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Breaking News Iran And Hamas Sanction US, Israel For Alleged Misbehavior
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel’s archenemies apparently couldn’t wait until April Fool’s Day. On Sunday, geopolitics got all “hafouch” as they say in this country. Iran reportedly imposed penalties on U.S. firms for working with Israel, and Hamas closed its border with the Jewish state. Typically, of course, it’s the other way around, with the United States…
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Fast Forward Why Is Hamas Recognizing Palestine On The 67 Borders?
In what could signal a major change, Hamas appears to be prepared to accept a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, but will still refuse to recognize Israel. Previously, Hamas rejected Israel’s presence in historic Palestine, saying in its 1988 charter that there would be “no end” to conflict with Israel. According to a report…
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