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The West’s Romance with Iran and Islamists

GATESTONE by Uzay Bulut April 6, 2015 ….The Marxist view holds that religion is just a placebo in the face of economic oppression. So, the thinking goes, if there is a problem in a Muslim society, it must mainly stem … Continue reading

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Iran ‘is intensifying efforts to support Hamas in Gaza’

THE TELEGRAPH by Con Coughlin April 4, 2015 Iran has sent Hamas’s military wing tens of millions of dollars to help it rebuild the network of tunnels in Gaza destroyed by Israel’s invasion last summer, intelligence sources have told The … Continue reading

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Abbas Wants Arabs to Bomb Gaza Strip

Ummm. Aren’t they partners with Hamas ? Apparently its OK if Arabs attack Hamas, but Israel attacking, not so much. GATESTONE by Khaled Abu Toameh March 31, 2015 The call to launch an Arab military strike against the Gaza Strip … Continue reading

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Amnesty says Gaza groups committed war crimes

TIMES OF ISRAEL by AP March 26, 2015 NGO cites indiscriminate fire and use of civilians for cover during fighting; Israel too was charged of crimes in previous report The human rights group Amnesty International said in a report Thursday … Continue reading

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Cornell dean says ISIS welcome on campus in undercover video

NEW YORK POST by Carl Campanile March 24, 2015 This guy is either the dumbest Ivy League bigwig ever or politically correct to a fault — for welcoming offers to bring ISIS and Hamas to Cornell University. A video sting operation … Continue reading

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Hamas’s #AskHamas Twitter campaign is being mocked and it hasn’t even started yet

WASHINGTON POST by Adam Taylor March 12, 2015 According to a number of reports, the media wing of Hamas, the Islamist militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, announced a social media operation aimed at Europeans on Thursday. One feature: … Continue reading

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Did Mahmoud Abbas Just Foil a Hamas Coup?

PJ MEDIA by Avner Zarmi March 12, 2015 Over the past several days, Israeli sources report that some 500 members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad — residents of the West Bank, which is under the control of the Palestinian Authority … Continue reading

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Blaming Israel for Gaza’s reconstruction delays is wilful ignorance

THE GUARDIAN by Daniel Taub, Israeli Ambassador to the UK March 6, 2015 The real reason lies in intra-Palestinian violence and intimidation, as the UN and Arab League make clear – yet many NGOs choose to turn a blind eye. … Continue reading

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What does Palestinian membership of the International Criminal Court mean for Australia?

BRISBANE TIMES by David Knoll February 8, 2015 ….Under international law, to be a state and, therefore, entitled to rights before the International Criminal Court, the Palestinian Authority would have to demonstrate it has a permanent population, a defined territory, … Continue reading

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How Iran Is Encircling the Gulf and Israel

GATESTONE by Khaled Abu Toameh January 27, 2015 As U.S. President Barack Obama continues to seek a negotiated deal on Iran’s nuclear program, the Iranians have been working hard in recent weeks to infiltrate the Palestinian arena and re-establish ties … Continue reading

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