Category Archives: Hamas

Hello martyr, hello Fatah

Last week a number of bloggers noted that AP had a picture of girls at a summer camp in Gaza. Cute. They were holding a missile aloft. Not so cute. Backspin wonders how many papers carried the picture. Mere Rhetoric … Continue reading

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Hamas vs Fatah – it’s getting ugly indeed

It looks like simply killing off one another is not enough anymore for Hamas and Fatah: The internecine fight between Hamas and Fatah has gotten ugly – at least for Palestinians who favor men with mustaches. Hamas has resumed its … Continue reading

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Mortars from Gaza: Civil war ending barrage

The typical Palestinian way to end internal strife is to attack Israel. Like clockwork, here come the mortars. Three mortar shells struck the western Negev late Saturday night, causing neither damage nor injury. The shelling come amid fears that Palestinian … Continue reading

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Israeli columnist: Hamastan is a good thing!

When I saw the following link at Ha’aretz – Aluf Benn: ‘Hamastan’ is prototyope for future Palestinian state, I was surprised. Benn is a committed leftist, and I was surprised that he was acknowledging the danger of strengthening Hamas. Then … Continue reading

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Arab states don’t fulfill their commitments to the Palestinians

The Washington Post reports Arab Aid to Palestinians Often Doesn’t Fulfill Pledges. In 2002, when oil prices were hovering around $21 a barrel, nearly two dozen Arab nations joined to pledge yearly contributions of $660 million to support the Palestinian … Continue reading

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Is there a civil war brewing?

Elder of Ziyon was likely one of the first bloggers to note Friday’s bombing in Gaza, which brought the death toll of Palestinians killed by Palestinians this year up to 122. Israel Matzav wondered if there’s a harbinger of civil … Continue reading

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A tale of two headlines

The AP never disappoints. Nine people have been killed and 42 wounded in Lebanon in the past two days, yet all you find is a brief story in the AP, whitewashed and vague. On the other hand, Israeli troops found … Continue reading

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Unexplained media bias rips through news outlets

It truly is fascinating to watch the AP bias in reporting about Israel and the Palestinians. Let’s go to an old post of mine first to look at an old AP story about Israel: Israeli Troops Kill 8 Palestinians Israeli … Continue reading

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Red on Red, terrorists dead

This is the kind of news we heard regularly about a year ago: Bomb blasts rocked a café and a Hamas politician’s home in the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least one Palestinian in one of the biggest flare-ups … Continue reading

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Brits to Israel: Talk with the murderers like we do

Some British MPs think it’s just dandy to talk with an organization that is working for the end of the Jewish State: After a long period of politically sequestering the Hamas government ruling the Gaza Strip, a group of British … Continue reading

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The deal that Ehud made

The piper’s bill is coming due: Haniyeh and Hamas are ramping up their expectations for Shalit. Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Saturday that the prisoner exchange deal between Hizbullah and Israel paved the way for Palestinian organizations to … Continue reading

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German engineering

The mediator who arranged the swap of live terrorists for dead soldiers is a German official. No wonder he was skilled with dead Jews. Anyway Israel Matzav observes that Hamas is quite happy with his work and would now like … Continue reading

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Tony’s tolerance of terror has limits

The other day the Palestinians condemned two men to death for supposedly “collaborating” with Israel to target terrorists. These men weren’t convicted by Hamas, but by the “moderate” Fatah faction that is in charge of Jenin. Reacting to this story, … Continue reading

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Gaza more dangerous than Iraq to Tony Blair

Tony Blair called off his trip to Gaza, citing specific security threats. Of course Hamas denies they were threatening Tony Blair, but it’s significant to note that he was visiting Gaza, but refusing to meet with Hamas officials. Hm. Wonder … Continue reading

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Daily rocket and mortar attacks, “truce” is still on

So what exactly is Israel getting for the truce? Nothing. Two mortar shells fired from the Gaza Strip on Sunday afternoon landed near the border fence, on its Palestinian side, in the Kibbutz Nahal Oz area. There were no reports … Continue reading

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