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Fast Forward Hamas Opaque Structure Complicates Gaza Peace Talks
Founded by just seven people in Gaza, Hamas now has political and military leaders spread across the Arab world, complicating its ability to send a unified message for negotiating an end to a seven-week war with Israel. In less than 30 years, what was a grassroots Islamic group has expanded well beyond the confines of…
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Opinion 8-Point Guide to Criticizing Israel Productively
Thinkstock As an Israeli who lives in New York, I know that I can sometimes be unfair. On the one hand, I often get defensive when people criticize Israel. On the other, I can also get upset when people seem to blindly support Israel. Criticizing Israel is allowed, and even important for Israel’s wellbeing, but…
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Fast Forward 200 Hollywood Elite Condemn Hamas in Statement
Nearly 200 Hollywood elite from actors to directors to studio heads has signed a statement condemning Hamas, as its conflict with Israel continues. “Hamas cannot be allowed to rain rockets on Israeli cities, nor can it be allowed to hold its own people hostage. Hospitals are for healing, not for hiding weapons. Schools are for…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu: Israel Will Continue ‘War Against Extremist and Violent Islam’
Israel’s operation in Gaza will continue “until its goals are achieved” and could extend into the start of the school year, Benjamin Netanyahu said. The Israeli prime minister also reiterated that Hamas is equal to the jihadist group ISIS Netanyahu on Sunday at the beginning of the weekly Cabinet meeting called on the residents of…
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Fast Forward Israel Says It Found Hamas Training Manual in Gaza
The Israeli army has released what it says is a page from a seized Hamas training manual that would appear to support its case that Palestinian militants deliberately use the cover of residential areas for combat operations. Hamas, which denies it puts civilians at risk by storing and firing weapons from built-up areas, dismissed the…
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Fast Forward Hamas Endorses International Criminal Court War Crimes Push
Hamas leaders said on Saturday they had given their consent for the Palestinians to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move that could open up both Israel and the militant group to war crime probes over the fighting in Gaza. Moussa Abu Marzouk, a Hamas leader based in Cairo, said he had signed a…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Vows ‘Heavy Price’ for 4-Year-Old Israeli Killed by Rocket
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to escalate the fight against Hamas, vowing the group would “pay a heavy price” after a four-year-old Israeli boy was killed by a mortar attack from Gaza, the first Israeli child to die in the six-week conflict. Shortly after his remarks, Palestinian officials said Israel had flattened a house…
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Fast Forward Ashdod Synagogue Hit By Rocket From Gaza, 3 Injured
An Ashdod synagogue was hit by a rocket Friday afternoon, injuring three people lightly. Earlier in the day heavy rocket and mortar fire on southern Israel moderately wounded another Israeli in Beersheva, Haaretz reported. Two men in their 20s and a woman in her 40s were injured by shrapnel from the Ashdod rocket. All three…
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