Category Archives: Hamas

Hamas hits Fatah in the Erez Crossing

This looks like a hit to me: Palestinian gunmen turned their weapons away from each other and towards Israel Monday evening, hurling grenades and opening fire towards IDF soldiers manning the Erez Crossing. The troops responded with fire. At least … Continue reading

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The Allah according to Dagmoush

The so called Army Of Islam, which in reality is just an elite group of Gazan businessmen (According to The Times, the Army of Islam is an offshoot of the powerful Dagmoush clan, which is renowned for extortion, smuggling, arms … Continue reading

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Blame Israel first

The Telegraph shames itself in this editorial by saying Israel “may” be to blame for Hamas’ Jew-hatred. The events this week in Gaza, with what passed for the authority there being overwhelmed by forces supporting an Islamic state, create a … Continue reading

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Did Fatah take a dive?

Ted Belman thinks so. He says the US and Israel urged Abbas to let Hamas have Gaza so it can sink under its own weight. I’m not buying it. An Islamic theocracy funded and backed by Iran and Syria, on … Continue reading

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Hamastan roundup

You have to appreciate the irony of this, especially since I’ve been saying all along about them much of what the Pals are now saying about each other: Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday rejected a request by the … Continue reading

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Palestinian war crimes glossed over by media

Imagine if the IDF had done any of this: On Tuesday morning, a gun battle erupted at the European Hospital in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis. Hamas gunmen controlling the rooftop traded fire with Fatah-allied security forces posted … Continue reading

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The “infighting” grows to civil war

I’m thinking it won’t be long before the media admit what this really is: A civil war. The AP isn’t ready to say so yet. Hamas gunmen attacked the headquarters of the security forces in northern Gaza, a key prize … Continue reading

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A depressing poll

It seems that my juvenile scorn muscles have been in great need of exercise. Poor, poor, pitiful Pals. They’re all depressed over the mess their democratically-elected government has made of their lives. Ninety-two percent of Palestinians suffer from depression-related anxiety, … Continue reading

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The Palestinian civil war gets more serious

Something tells me that fabled “red line” has been crossed. The war has reached Ismail Haniyeh’s house. Too bad it didn’t reach Haniyeh. Clashes re-erupted in Gaza early Monday when gunmen opened fire in the house of Prime Minister Ismail … Continue reading

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Preparing for war

Fact one: Hezbullah is rebuilding south of the Litani River, right under the noses of the UN Peacekeeping force, which surprises us not at all. The head of the research division of Military Intelligence, Brigadier General Yossi Baidatz, told lawmakers … Continue reading

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Palestinian Prime Minister: We will never recognize Israel

Not ever. From an interview in the Saudi daily Aljazeera in April, Ismail Haniyeh said: “As far as we’re concerned, the issue of recognition of Israel has been settled once and for all. It has been settled in our political … Continue reading

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Why Hamas wants the truce extended to the West Bank

So they can murder more Israelis. Lots more. The Shin Bet exposed a plot by Hamas members in the Hebron area to carry out an attack against IDF forces on the trans-Judea highway between Kiryat Gat and Kiryat Arba, it … Continue reading

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Gullibility of fools?

A person’s power of self-persuasion is nothing short of miraculous. Watching the comedy unfolding in the Hay festival with the new darling of the British press, one Ghazi Hamad, I really do not know whether to laugh or to cry. … Continue reading

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Hamas’ success may be its downfall

An interesting analysis in Ynet: “Hamas’ intoxication with power” – that’s how sources in the Gaza Strip explain the difficult blows sustained by the organization in recent days at the hands of the Israeli Air Force. On Saturday, five members … Continue reading

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The Hamas war continues

The war by Hamas against Israel continues. A man was killed Sunday morning in the southern town of Sderot after a rocket landed near the car he was sitting in. The man, 36-year-old Oshri Oz of Hod Hasharon, crashed into … Continue reading

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