Posts Tagged: Hamas Gaza
Hamas Blinked First — for Now
JNS.org - In street terms, Hamas blinked first. Although the Egyptians were behind the scenes trying calm the situation in the Gaza Strip, no formal understandings...
War or Peace? The Choice Rests With Hamas
JNS.org -- This week’s mortar fire on southern Israel is the gravest security escalation on the Israel-Gaza border since “Operation Protective Edge” in the summer of 2014, though...
US Ambassador Haley Leads Defense of Israel as UN Security Council Rejects Condemnation of Hamas
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley excoriated the members of the UN Security Council who opposed a draft American statement on Wednesday that...
The Deadly but Simple Games of Hamas
Many feel that Hamas won the PR battle during the recent Gaza border violence. After all, more Palestinians died than Israelis -- something widely reported in...
The False Hope of a Gaza Ceasefire
JNS.org - Reports out of the Gaza Strip just keep coming. News of the escalation along Israel’s border and concerns that Gaza’s economy is on the...
Hamas Is in the Cold
JNS.org - As per convention, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry this week made sure to condemn Israel. Behind the scenes, however, the real story was apparently unfolding -- an Egyptian...
Alan Dershowitz: Why Does the Media Keep Encouraging Hamas Violence?
This article was first published in The Hill. If this were the first time that Hamas deliberately provoked Israel into self-defense actions that resulted in the...
Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Israel Make Up Gaza’s ‘Unsolvable Equation’
JNS.org - A Hamas cease-fire with Israel is being undermined by the activities of the second-largest terrorist faction in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad...
New Elite Military Unit Ready to Defend Israel From Gaza Terror Threat
JNS.org - A new elite IDF infantry unit is about to take up its position along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip. The Haruv (Carob) unit, named...
With Israel on the Sidelines, Hamas and ISIS Fight in Gaza
JNS.org - Terrorists affiliated with ISIS are challenging Hamas' rule in the Gaza Strip and trying to topple the regime there, which they accuse of being un-Islamic and...
Gaza Wholesalers Refuse Cement Deliveries Because of New Hamas Taxes
On Wednesday, numerous Gaza suppliers refused to accept building materials being imported from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing. The reason? Hamas unilaterally added a major tax on all...
Things Fall Apart for Abbas and Hamas
Things are starting to fall apart in both the PA and Hamas-controlled territories. In Gaza, Hamas quietly arrested and reportedly tortured one of its own senior...
Hamas Brags: We’ve Doubled Our Number of Weapons Since 2014 War
Khaled Meshal, the "political" leader of Hamas, just bragged at an Al Jazeera forum in Doha that since the 2014 war, his organization has doubled the number of weapons...
Former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff: Until Middle East Stabilizes, Withdrawal of Israeli Military From Judea, Samaria, Jordan Valley Would Be ‘Irresponsible’
A former deputy chief of staff of the Israeli army said that any decision to withdraw the IDF from Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley...
