June 5, 2014 15:41 by Pesach Benson According to Buzzfeed, the US has been talking to Hamas through back channels — oh, for the last six months. Sheera Frenkel’s source is anonymous, and the State Dept. denies the story, so judge for yourself: During the talks, Hamas gave assurances that allowed the U.S. to support […]
The problem with writing a book about President Obama’s lawlessness, as I have just done in Faithless Execution (which will officially be published Tuesday), is that eventually the author has to stop writing so the book can be printed. The administration’s illegal conduct, by contrast, rolls right along — so by the time the book comes out, […]
While the unity deal between Hamas and Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction have spelled the death of the peace talks, further evidence documents how Fatah’s position mirrored that of Hamas even at the height of talks. Last December, while US Secretary of State John Kerry was planning a diplomatic “January offensive” to […]
Middle East expert Professor Alex Bley of Ariel University sat down with Arutz Sheva Friday to analyze the reconciliation deal made between Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction and Hamas. According to Bley, there is no great cause for surprise over the deal – and it should not have lead to a suspension of the peace talks, which […]
As hype and hysteria over the Hamas-Fatah (PLO/PA) unity pact continues, many experts are concerned over Israel’s future. But at least one expert has said that the unity pact will work in Israel’s favor: Arutz Sheva columnist Dr. Mordechai Keidar, an expert on the Israeli-Arab sector, and an Arabic literature professor at Bar-Ilan University. “I think […]
Hamas is taking another step towards the full implementation of strict Islamic Sharia law in Gaza, and is planning to introduce a penalty of lashes for certain criminal offenses. Nafez Al-Madhoun, the secretary of Hamas’s parliament in Gaza, said on Tuesday that the government is working on passing a new law pertaining to lashes. Speaking […]
Hundreds of Israelis, including many journalists, have been threatened – allegedly by Hamas – in the past several hours via text messages. Among other things, the messages include warnings that Hamas is going to conquer Israel, and has threatened to shoot more rockets and kidnap civilians. The text messages are appearing from private or blocked […]
A lawmaker from Hamas recently called for a “massacre” of Jews, explaining that Koran indicates that this must be done. In a televised address the lawmaker, Yunis Al-Astal, also said that Jews must be forced to pay the “jizya” tax, which under the strict Islamic Sharia doctrine, non-Muslims living under Muslim sovereignty must pay in […]
In an interview Thursday, Haim Yellin, head of the Eshkol Regional Council, said that the latest round of rocket attacks on southern Israel will not interrupt the daily lives of residents. “We have never stopped our normal lives in the past, and will not do so now,” he told Channel Ten. School, for example, is […]
The head of a Gaza-based jihadist group warned on Sunday that there are several thousand Al-Qaeda-inspired terrorists in Gaza. Speaking to The Associated Press (AP), the terror leader, Abu Bakir al-Ansari, said that these terrorists pose a formidable threat to both Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers. Al-Ansari described a movement that is larger and better […]
