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The United States and several Arab states are pressing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to remain in office until new PA elections are called, in order to prevent a power vacuum that could result in the West Bank falling to Hamas. Full Article at Haaretz
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Richard Goldstone, the South African jurist and author of a controversial UN report which accused Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes during the Israel Defense Forces' military offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter, will receive the... Full Article at Haaretz
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The Washington Post reports on the seizure of weapons on the ANL Australia (pictured) by the United Arab Emirates back in July. Full Article at Israel Matsav
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A senior Hamas official said Thursday that progress has been made in secret negotiations to reach a prisoner exchange agreement with Israel for the release of captive soldier Gilad Schalit. Full Article at Jerusalem Post
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(IsraelNN.com) Israel and Hamas have come to an "almost final" agreement on the names of a thousand security prisoners, almost half of them serving long terms, who will be released for abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, according to a Gaza source... Full Article at Arutz Sheva
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Speaking of Bill Clinton, here he is with a novel argument on the prospects for peace in the Middle East: I still think there is some chance the Israelis and the Hamas government and the Palestinian government could make a deal. Full Article at Ezra Klein
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A senior Hamas official confirmed on the group's official website on Thursday reports that a Hamas delegation had consulted with Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on the issue of a possible prisoner exchange deal with Israel, Israel Radio reported. Full Article at Haaretz
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In the wake of Hamas' conduct this past week, for the first time in long months we can now express certain concern about Gilad Shalit's imminent release. Full Article at Ynetnews
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Jerusalem - Yossi Zur's son was on his way back from school on a March day in 2003. But Asaf, then 16, never made it home. The Haifa city bus he was on was blown up by a Hamas suicide bomber, in an attack that killed 17 people and wounded 53. Full Article at CSMonitor.com Daily Update
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TEL AVIV (JTA) -- In promos for an upcoming Israeli television special on Gilad Shalit’s family, the captive soldier’s parents are seen viewing the Hamas-made video of their son for the first time. Full Article at JTA
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The London School of Economics Students' Union recently passed a motion to twin (meaning anything from symbolic solidarity to sharing resources) with the Islamic University of Gaza, a school with links to Hamas. Full Article at Phi Beta Cons
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Like many liberation and resistant movement ‘Manifestos’ ‘Charters’ or ‘Declarations’ issued to the public early in its founding -- the African National Congress, Palestine Liberation Organization , Hamas, Algerian FLN, and various “Sons of Liberty”... Full Article at Counterpunch
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Because the Obama administration is keen to re-start negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered a 10-month freeze on West Bank settlements. Full Article at Town Hall
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Iran provides Hamas with financial support, and Israel contends Iran is also supplying it with weapons, which Iran denies. It's not unusual for visiting Iranian officials to meet with Hamas' exiled leadership in Syria. Full Article at Ynetnews
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NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida sympathizers within U.S. borders are a threat domestically and abroad, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said. Full Article at United Press International
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"He single-handedly does the best job of knocking down Israel haters online that I've ever seen" - Israelplug "The father of Israeli blogging" - Carl in Jerusalem "..expertly analyzes international media reactions to the news in Israel" - Maya Norton,... Full Article at Israellycool :: Main Page
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The nature of the Iranian cargo seized in July, a Bahamas-flagged cargo vessel called the ANL Australia, has raised fears that Iran is ramping up efforts to arm itself and anti-Israel militias in the Middle East the Washington Post reported Thursday. Full Article at Jerusalem Post
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Once upon a time a mad Caliph demanded of an old servant of his that he teach a donkey to talk for his amusement. If he refused, he would be put to death. If he failed he would be put to death as well. Full Article at Canada Free Press
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Every few months, Israelis undergo an emotionally wrenching experience, with one family in particular experiencing it on a level no other could comprehend. With cruel regularity, the local and international media announce the imminent release of Cpl. Full Article at World Politics Review
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Lebanon's al-Manar television reports that Hezbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah met with three representatives of Hamas on Wednesday. Full Article at Israel Matsav
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Hamas (حماس Ḥamās, an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamat al-Islāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni paramilitary organization and political party which holds a majority of seats in the elected legislative council of the Palestinian National Authority. Full Article
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniya (R) gives a speech on October 4, 2009 during a reception at his office in Gaza City for Roudah Habib (L), the final Palestinian woman prisoner set free by Israel as part of a breakthrough swap with the Hamas movement for a video of its soldier held in Gaza for...
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniya offers flowers to Roudah Habib (C), the final Palestinian woman prisoner set free by Israel as part of a breakthrough swap with the Hamas movement for a video of its soldier held in Gaza for more than three years, as he welcomes her at his office in Gaza city...
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Had the ADL issued a report a few years ago that began by accusing Democrats of creating resentment against Bush and then linked opposition to the GOP to extremists who supported Hamas or rationalized or even denied al-Qaeda’s role in 9/11, Democrats would have cried foul and been right to do so. That n...
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The delay is not caused by the Israeli government but rather by the other side - there are internal disagreements within Hamas
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Israel will not give in to extortion by the Palestinian Authority and the Hamas government, led by murderous terrorist organizations. We will not conduct negotiations on the release of prisoners.
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If Hamas returns to its original demands, which are already very high, we will see Gilad Shalit return home.
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Hamas leader said that Israel must change its flag. 'Israel must remove the two blue stripes from its national flag. The stripes on the flag are symbols of occupation. They signify Israel's borders stretching from the River Euphrates to the River Nile,'
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It will look very bad for Fatah and the Palestinian Authority if Hamas manages to release Marwan [Barghouti] ... We hope that the Israeli government won't make such a mistake, because it would strengthen Hamas.
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There are a number of prisoners that will be expelled to other countries. This subject hasn't been closed yet between Israel and Hamas
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The German mediator who runs the indirect talks between Israel and Hamas is still exerting efforts to overcome the remaining differences ... the deal is imminent unless Israel puts new obstacles.
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Both Israel and Hamas are offering unprecedented flexibility in their positions to finalize the deal and implement it as soon as possible
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The talks are now focusing only on six or seven names in the list of the prisoners that Hamas movement is demanding Israel to release as part of the deal
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which encourages and engages in ‘encounters with political Islam - with both non-violent and armed resistance groups,’ including Hamas and Hizbullah.
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The Iranians not only worry us because of their nuclear program, they worry us because of their support for terrorism, their support for the military wing of Hezbollah, their support for Hamas, their interference in the internal affairs of their neighbors, trying to destabilize gulf countries and other ...
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I know Hamas leaders very well ... I understand the significance of a decision to free terrorists. I have no doubt that a deal like this will be a tremendous victory for Hamas. Iran calls for the destruction of Israel, and Hamas is going in the same direction. Freeing them would aid and abet the Iranian...
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I know Hamas leaders very well ... I understand the significance of a decision to free terrorists. I have no doubt that a deal like this will be a tremendous victory for Hamas. Iran calls for the destruction of Israel, and Hamas is going in the same direction. Freeing them would aid and abet the Iranian...
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Netanyahu should take the list of prisoners Hamas requested and kill one of them every day until they release Gilad from prison.
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This has recently prompted Israel to express its fear that Hamas has rockets that may reach Tel Aviv. Thus, there is a strong chance that the outbreak of a new intifada will come soon, unless there are further tangible initiatives to revive the stalled peace process between the Israelis and the Palestin...
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Do those in our region have the courage to say publicly that Israel is the legitimate nation-state of the Jewish people? Do the members of this body have the courage to confront Hamas and Hizbullah and all those for whom there is no two-state solution?
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We want to note that we don't have an agreement with Izz-a-din-al-Qassam brigades (the Hamas military wing) about stopping the jihad against Israel. We in the army of revenge are ready to continue with the jihad until the liberation of every part of occupied Israel
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Iran's response would be by proxy -- Hezbollah, Hamas
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failed to include any mention of its findings regarding violence and terror by Hamas directed at Israel and its citizens in the south.
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we would not oppose a decision by the Israeli government, the United States, or other countries to find unofficial, indirect ways to engage Hamas in order to advance U.S. and Israeli interests.
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J Street believes that Hamas' consistent opposition to the peace process, its support for terror against Israeli civilians, its use of violence for political purposes, and its repeated denial of the Holocaust are all reprehensible and abominable.
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J Street, however, also supports talks with Hamas, a terrorist group whose charter seeks the destruction of Israel
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Many journalists come here and instead of reporting the truth, they serve as a fig leaf for Hamas and Hizbullah, which have no democratic values.
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are tired of the ongoing war and would like to reach a peace agreement. I hope the Palestinians do what is best for peace, and I'm telling you, what is best for them too. Because the alternative not to do it, not to advance a diplomatic process, will only benefit Hamas and its sponsor Iran and their dif...
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