August 7, 2013 15:52 by Pesach Benson Jonathan Schanzer (National Post) urges Washington to bankrupt Hamas. If Uncle Sam engages in a little arm-twisting with Qatar, Turkey, and the Palestinian Authority, the Egyptian army will take care of the rest. The Egyptian Army’s ongoing operations against the subterranean tunnels connecting Egypt to the Gaza Strip, […]
A new law passed by the Hamas government in Gaza banning co-ed schools has left many Christians fearful that their schools are in danger of closure, according to the Beirut-based Al-Akhbar daily. The new law, which mandates gender segregation in all schools, also bans men from teaching at girls’ schools. The law will likely force […]
Hamas hanged two men accused of collaborating with Israel on Saturday, a statement from the interior ministry of the terror group’s government in Gaza said, according to the AFP news agency. The ministry said that it had executed the two men in accordance “with what Palestinian law stipulates”, identifying them as “the collaborator with the […]
Former President Jimmy Carter is spearheading an effort to convince the United States to weaken sanctions on terrorist groups, The Hill reported. Carter and other foreign policy experts sent a petition to Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday, asking him to exempt peace groups from policies that make it a crime to offer negotiation training […]
An Egyptian court said on Sunday that the Hamas rulers of Gaza and Lebanon’s Hizbullah terrorist group helped prisoners, including current President Mohammed Morsi, escape during the 2011 uprising. AFP reported that the head of the court in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya asked the state prosecutor to investigate the circumstances of the January […]
June 24, 2013 15:50 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories 1. Islamic Jihad fired rockets at southern Israel this morning. Two of the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome, the others landed in open areas causing no injuries or damage. Israel retaliated with air strikes on Gaza arms depots. Take your pick of YNet, […]
June 17, 2013 14:58 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories 1. How far has Egyptian public opinion of Hamas sunk after revelations that it intervened in Egypt’s revolution? Maan News reports that a visiting delegation of Hamas leaders — including Khaled Mashaal and Ismail Haniyeh — were instructed to change hotels after Egyptian security officials […]
June 9, 2013 16:08 by Pesach Benson Worth reading: Gaza terror groups are tunneling under the entire strip, not just the Egyptian border. The new tunnels serve a variety of military uses. According to YNet, landowners have no say about what goes on underneath their property. Call it collateral damage waiting to happen. You know […]
June 2, 2013 14:54 by Pesach Benson Angered by Hamas’ support for Syrian rebels, Iran cut funding — approximately £15 million a month — to the terror group. Here’s the Daily Telegraph‘s (pun intended) money quote: Ghazi Hamad, Hamas’s deputy foreign minister, described relations with Iran frankly as “bad” before adding: “Diplomatically, I have to […]
A muslim youth was killed when a tunnel linking Egypt to Gaza collapsed on Saturday, Arab medical sources said. “Mussa Ghonaim, 26 years old, was killed in the tunnel collapse south of the town of Rafah,” the sources said, according to AFP. In February, the Islamist terror movement Hamas, which governs Gaza, closed hundreds of […]
