Hamas: We’ll Use Unity Accord To Move Terrorism To West Bank

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4324/hamas-unity-terrorism-west-bank The international community does not seem to be listening to what Hamas is saying. Hamas is telling everyone not to believe Abbas when he say that the Palestinian Unity Government will renounce violence and...

Another puff moment – writes Michael Kuttner

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/another-puff-moment-writes-michael-kuttner/42656#more-42656 Since John Kerry. otherwise known as puff the magic dragon, popularized this descriptive expression, there have been many occasions on which it could usefully be applied. For example, in 1967 following the shelling of Jerusalem...

Gaza Rally for “Right of Return Attended by UN Official

http://www.thetower.org/0344-gaza-rally-for-right-of-return-attended-by-un-official/ Last week on “Nakba Day,” the Palestinian commemoration of the disaster that was the founding of Israel, a group of children addressed a press conference at the Palestinian Ministry of Culture in Gaza. The...

Netanyahu Blames ‘Unceasing Incitement’ for Record Level of Anti-Semitism Among Palestinians

http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/05/18/netanyahu-blames-unceasing-incitement-for-record-level-of-anti-semitism-among-palestinians/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday cited the Palestinian Authority’s “unceasing incitement” against the Jewish State and the Jewish People as the reason its people display the highest level of anti-Semitism among adults...

Hamas: Unity govt to be unveiled in days

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=698343 GAZA CITY (AFP) -- A new Palestinian "consensus government" to be named by the PLO and Hamas is to be finalized within days, a senior official in the Islamist movement said Sunday. Bassem Naim, an...

Palestinian Reconciliation and the Rising Power of Hamas and Islamic Jihad: An Iranian Windfall

http://jcpa.org/article/palestinian-reconciliation-and-the-rising-power-of-hamas/ Vol. 14, No. 14 May 14, 2014 Fatah and Hamas are continuing to talk in an attempt to translate the reconciliation agreement, signed between the sides on April 23, 2014, into a series of operative...

Palestinian government will need parliament approval

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4519977,00.html A new Palestinian government will need the approval of the Hamas-dominated parliament, the Islamist movement's prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, said Wednesday. Hamas signed a reconciliation deal last month with the Palestine Liberation Organization,...

Text: Barnea article of Kerry team slamming Netanyahu

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=63740 Below is the headline making interview in which the Americans from Kerry's team complain to Nachum Barnea about Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. It is an early Israel Independence Day gift to Netanyahu. Here is what they...

3,000 PA officers ‘to join Gaza security forces’ in unity step

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=694901 GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Arrangements are being made for some 3,000 Palestinian Authority policemen to join the Gaza government's security forces, a statement said Sunday. Abd al-Salam Siyam, secretary-general of the Gaza government's cabinet, said...

Recognizing Israel a ‘Red Line’ for Hamas Says Abu Marzouk

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/05/06/recognizing-israel-a-red-line-for-hamas-says-abu-marzouk GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - “Hamas will not recognize Israel,” Mousa Abu Marzouk, deputy chairman of Hamas’ political bureau, told Al-Monitor in an exclusive interview. “This is a red line that cannot be crossed,” said...