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A Hamas spiritual leader on Monday called teaching Palestinian children about the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews a "war crime," rejecting a suggestion that the U.N. might include the Holocaust in Gaza's school curriculum.
Two bombs went off near a mosque and inside Gaza's main security compound early Sunday in the latest violence to shake the troubled coastal territory, security officials said. No injuries were reported.
The top Hamas leader said he is concerned about the postelection turmoil in Iran but does not think it will endanger Tehran's support for the Palestinian militant group.
Gaza's top judge said Sunday that he has ordered female lawyers to wear Muslim headscarves when they appear in court, the latest sign that the Islamic militant group is increasingly imposing its strict interpretation of Islamic law on residents of the coastal strip.
Representatives of an anti-Zionist, ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect paid a brief visit to the Gaza Strip on Thursday on a solidarity mission with the area's militantly anti-Israel Hamas leaders.
The top Hamas leader on Thursday welcomed what he said is "new language" by President Barack Obama toward the Islamic militant group — part of Hamas' cautious outreach to Washington in recent weeks.
Israel's prison service says it is freeing the Hamas-affiliated speaker of the Palestinian parliament after nearly three years in jail.
An exiled Hamas leader urged Barack Obama on Monday to talk directly with the militant group, saying it is the representative of the Palestinian people and the American president's drive for Mideast peace is impossible without them.
At 29, Tahani is considered a spinster by the standards of deeply conservative Gaza. So in her search for a husband, she turned for help to the best in the marriage business: the Islamic militant group Hamas.
A senior Hamas official on Thursday criticized the prison sentences handed down by a U.S. court to members of a Muslim charity that sent aid to the militant Palestinian group, calling the ruling politically motivated and unjust.
Leaders of Hamas have begun reaching out to the West with conciliatory words, saying the Islamic militant group wants to be part of a Mideast solution and raising the possibility they would someday accept a Palestinian state alongside Israel.
Hamas' top political leader, in a message to the Obama administration, said the militant group is determined to be part of a solution to the Palestinians' conflict with Israel.
An attempt by the leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas to make an unprecedented video link address to British lawmakers failed Wednesday following a technical glitch.
Hamas directed gunmen to eliminate political opponents and suspected collaborators under the cover of Israel's military offensive in Gaza, killing 32 people and wounding dozens in such attacks since December, an international human rights group said Monday.
A federal judge on Friday ordered Iran to pay $25 million plus interest to the family of Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman, who was kidnapped and executed by Hamas in 1994.
An opening of Gaza's blockaded borders, access to billions of dollars in foreign aid, a popularity boost — Hamas would have much to gain by working out a prisoner swap with Israel and a power-sharing arrangement with its West Bank rivals.
Two Hamas officials returning from Egypt were caught trying to cross the Gaza border Tuesday with nearly $850,000 stuffed into candy tins, an Egyptian security official said.
A renegade British lawmaker who had financial dealings with Saddam Hussein and praised Fidel Castro in Cuba can add this to his resume: an honorary Palestinian passport, awarded during a secret meeting with the prime minister of Hamas.
Iran, Hamas and their supporters from 30 countries spent two days probing ways to provide assistance to the militant Palestinian group and promote "resistance against Israel" at an international gathering in Tehran, an Iranian lawmaker said Thursday.
A Hamas official says he is the author of a letter to President Barack Obama asking the leader to treat Palestinians fairly and be open-minded in dealing with Hamas.
Hamas is the top issue in Israel's election campaign with the front-runner threatening to topple the Gaza rulers and his chief rival talking about further military strikes. But Palestinians say it doesn't make a difference who wins.
A U.N. spokesman says Hamas police in Gaza have seized thousands of blankets and food parcels meant for needy residents.
Hamas' top political leader thanked Iran Monday for its support during Israel's Gaza offensive, calling his movement's most powerful ally a "partner in victory."
Senior officials in the Islamic group Hamas are indicating a willingness to negotiate a long-term truce with Israel as long as the borders of Gaza are opened to the rest of the world.
Bearded Hamas activists on Friday delivered an envelope with five crisp $100 bills to a veiled woman whose house was damaged during Israel's invasion of Gaza, the first of promised relief payments by the militant group.
Palestinians Taking Their Cues from Israeli, US LeadersDeclarations of virtual Palestinian statehood by asking the UN and international community for diplomatic recognition are a blunt way of avoiding the requirements for statehood.
PM's Jewish pitch hits a new low, critics say - thestar.comOTTAWA–Angry Liberals Wednesday accused the Conservative government of reaching a new political low by circulating flyers characterizing the Liberals as anti-Semitic.
Report: Fatah prisoners to be freed in Shalit deal According to the sources, there have been signals in recent days from sources involved in the negotiations that serious progress has been made in the deal aimed at securing the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit and that it could be completed by the end of the year.
Israeli air strikes wound three in GazaAn Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed the air strikes against the smuggling tunnels and said strikes had also been carried out against what she called two weapons manufacturing facilities near the Gaza town of Khan Younis.
Mahmoud Abbas Enters The Twilight Zone Submitted for your approval… Meet Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority–a position he has threatened to resign from for years. And yet Mr.
Unintended Consequences of the New York City Terrorist TrialNew York City experienced Muslim Day in 2008. Then there was the pro-Hamas demonstration in Florida.
Gaza Fire Caused by Missile Aimed for Israel A seven-kilometer-long noxious black cloud is hovering over central Gaza for the seventh straight day, because a missile aimed at Israel hit a waste disposal site in Wadi As-Salqa, inside Gaza, starting a fire.
A Third Intifada?Dror Bar Yosef explains how internal disputes among the Fatah leadership stall Israel-Palestinian peace negotiations and may lead to another outbreak of violence.
The Two-state Delusion The world is once again been treated to yet another round in the Israeli-Palestinian "peace process" charade.
Pajamas Media: Western Liberal Elites Have Made an Iranian Bomb a RealityThe West's policy of delusion — talk to the mullahs, threaten them with boycotts, accept their regime as a legitimate expression of Iran's popular will, but never threaten, let alone use, "hard power" — was continued without a single gesture of goodwill from Tehran. Th …
News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (November 3-10, 2009)This past week one rocket was fired into the western Negev from the Gaza Strip, as Hamas maintains its policy of restraint and enforces it on the rogue organizations. Events this week focused on the seizure of the MV Franco, carrying a large quantity of arms (thousands of rocket …
Abbas Obama Law of Unintended Consequences The developing Abbas catastrophe is another indication of the enormity of the Obama policy disaster.
The abject failure of the Obama administration's Middle East policy.Can anything else possibly go wrong for the Obama administration's Middle East policy? In the past ten days, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has twice reversed herself publicly on her attitude toward the Israeli settlements.
Sources: Iran gave Hamas missile that can hit Tel Aviv - Haaretz - Israel NewsIran has supplied Hamas operatives in the Gaza Strip a missile capable of striking Tel Aviv, defense sources said on Tuesday.
News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (October 27-November 3, 2009)Overview This past week one rocket was fired into the western Negev from the Gaza Strip, as Hamas maintains its policy of restraint.
Fred Abrahams: On Israel, Congress Tolerates AbuseYesterday the US Congress gravely insulted hundreds of civilians who were wounded or killed in the most recent war in the Middle East.
Israel Navy Captures Arms ShipJERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli naval commandos seized an arms ship Wednesday near Cyprus that was carrying missiles and anti-tank weapons from Iran to Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, defense officials said.
Jihad: A Wake Up CallJihad (Holy War) has been a cardinal feature of Islam since the 7th Century. It constitutes a clear and present danger to Western democracies, irrespective of the Arab-Israeli conflict, independent of the Palestinian issue and regardless of Israel's policies and existence.
Israel Official Says Hamas Rockets Can Reach Tel Aviv The Islamic Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip can now launch rockets capable of reaching the Israeli metropolitan area of Tel Aviv, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said at a Jerusalem briefing.
Hamas Interior Minister describes support for terrorist organizations in GazaOn Oct. 28, Hamas Interior Minister Fathi Hamad gave a speech describing the close ties between the ministry and the terrorist organizations operating in Gaza, and the support it gave to the various organizations.
'Goldstone report - the terrorists' Magna Carta' Israel has suffered from terrorism since its establishment, long before it was blamed for having conquered territories from which attacks against it were launched. The war of terror changed phases, becoming more and more sinister.
Hamas bars PA from organizing elections in the Gaza Strip"Hamas announced on Wednesday that it won't allow the Palestinian Authority Central Elections Committee to start preparations in the Gaza Strip for holding new presidential and parliamentary elections on January 24, 2010.
New fundamentalist movements on the rise in Gaza'One of the most notable political processes currently taking place in Hamas-ruled Gaza is the growing prominence of "Salafi jihad" organizations. These are groupings committed to the rigorous, apocalyptic version of Sunni Islamism associated with the al-Qaida network.
News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (October 20-27, 2009)The past week's events focused on a new wave of public disturbances in Jerusalem. Rioters on the Temple Mount threw stones at policemen and tourists, and police had no choice but to force their way onto the Temple Mount.
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