Hamas’s Attack Tunnels: Analysis and Initial Implications

http://jcpa.org/hamas-attack-tunnels/ Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister, delivered a revealing speech on March 23, 2014, in which he stressed the strategic importance of the Hamas attack tunnels, which, he argued, have changed the balance of...

Izzedin Kassam Sparked Gaza War

Hamas' military wing sparked the war between Israel and the Gaza Strip, a report said. A leading U.S. think tank asserted that the Izzedin Kassam Brigades took the decision to escalate rocket and other attacks...

A Former US President Had A Special Insight Into The Evil Of Hamas

http://www.businessinsider.com/a-former-us-president-had-a-special-insight-into-the-evil-of-hamas-2014-7 Hamas' armed wing spokesman (C) speaks during a news conference in Gaza City on July 3, 2014. Five observations about the Gaza conflict, including praise for an ex-president's insight into the particular nature of Hamas'...

The corruption at the head of Hamas

http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-the-corrution-at-the-head-of-hamas-1000956048 1.8 million people live in the Gaza Strip, most of them refugees. They endure an unemployment rate that reaches 40%, shameful poverty, rock bottom wages, and, to top it all, an apparently corrupt regime,...

Iran: The Regional Power behind the Hamas War Effort

http://jcpa.org/article/iran-the-regional-power-behind-the-hamas-war-effort/#sthash.BCfPFQpk.dpuf Vol. 14, No. 23 July 15, 2014 Iran is an arsonist, inflaming the conflicts in the Middle East. Since the 2012 “Pillar of Defense Operation,” Iran has heavily invested in improving the quantity and quality...

The Myth of Palestinian Centrality

http://www.meforum.org/4750/the-myth-of-palestinian-centrality The "Palestinian cause" has been at the forefront of discourse on the Middle East for nearly a century. It has long formed the primary common concern of pan-Arab solidarity and its most effective...

Operation Protective Edge – ” Update No. 3 (As of 1200 hours, July 13,...

Updated to the Sixth Day of Operation Protective Edge 1. The situation as it stands on the sixth day of Operation Protective Edge, in ITIC assessment: 1) The State of Israel - Israel was dragged into...

Obama Administration Suppresses Talk of Muslim Persecutions

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4400/obama-muslim-persecutions Why is the U.S. downplaying or denying attacks against Christians? "What about the churches which were desecrated? Is this not blasphemy? Where is justice?" - Fr. James Channan OP, Director of The Peace Center, Lahore,...

Iran Celebrates Use of Rockets Supplied to Hamas

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/iran-celebrates-use-of-rockets-supplied-to-hamas/ Iranian military leaders on Monday celebrated Hamas’ use of advanced long-range rockets that were supplied to the terror group by the Iranian regime. Iran’s role in arming Hamas militants with more sophisticated artillery capable of...

Why Does Hamas Want War?

http://www.danielpipes.org/14574/israel-hamas-war Politicians start wars optimistic about their prospects of gaining from combat, Geoffrey Blainey notes in his masterly study, The Causes of War ; otherwise, they would avoid fighting. Why, then, did Hamas just provoke a...