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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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Netanyahu expected to recommend acceptance of Egyptian ceasefire proposal. It’s Groundhog Day. Again.

JERUSALEM POST by Khaled Abu Toameh July 14, 2014 Security cabinet to meet at 7 a.m; Egyptian initiative calls for end of all “hostilities” from both sides, meeting in Cairo within 48 hours after quiet restored. The Egyptian government on … Continue reading →

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The Gaza Rules. Israel, unlike Hamas, isn’t trying to kill civilians. It’s taking pains to spare them.

SLATE by William Saletan July 9, 2014 According to many critics, Israel is slaughtering civilians in Gaza. It’s “purposefully wiping out entire families,” says an Arab member of Israel’s parliament. It’s committing “genocide—the murder of entire families,” says Mahmoud Abbas, … Continue reading →

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