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  • Israeli warplanes bomb Hamas target, Gaza tunnels (Israel chooses to ignore Obama)

    05/19/2009 7:10:31 PM PDT · by tobyhill · 22 replies · 2,031+ views
    Yahoo ^ | 5/19/2009 | Reuters
    Israeli warplanes bombed a Hamas security outpost and tunnels by the Gaza border with Egypt on Tuesday, after a rocket fired from the coastal territory struck an Israeli town, Israeli and Hamas sources said. Palestinian medics said a woman in Gaza suffered moderate wounds from one of several air strikes against tunnels Israel says are used to smuggle weapons into the coastal territory. Another raid targeted a Hamas outpost near a border fence with Israel, a Hamas source said. It was the first time Israel has attacked the Islamic militant group since a January 18 ceasefire went into effect after...
  • Egypt widens Hizbollah crackdown (got caught smuggling weapons from Egypt to Gaza Strip)

    04/13/2009 12:41:13 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 5 replies · 476+ views
    FinancialTimes.com ^ | 4/13/09 | Anna Fifield
    Tensions between Egypt and Lebanon’s Hizbollah group have escalated after the Shia movement admitted that one of its members had been smuggling weapons from Egypt to the Gaza Strip. The Egyptian authorities were chasing 10 Lebanese men on Monday, allegedly members of a Hizbollah cell, on the Sinai peninsula, which shares a border with the Gaza Strip, in a crackdown on a group that they claim was planning to attack Egyptian institutions and Israeli tourists.
  • Report: IAF struck arms convoy for Hamas in Sudan in January

    03/26/2009 10:22:46 PM PDT · by Cindy · 5 replies · 934+ views
    YNET NEWS.com ^ | Published: 03.26.09, 07:09 / Israel News | n/a
    Note: The following news brief is a quote: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3692502,00.html Report: IAF struck arms convoy for Hamas in Sudan in January Published: 03.26.09, 07:09 / Israel News Israeli planes struck in January a convoy of trucks in Sudan carrying weapons meant for the Gaza Strip, the CBS television network reported Thursday. According to the report 17 trucks had been bombed and 39 people had been killed in the strike. (Ynet)
  • Egypt seizes 560 sheep to be smuggled into Gaza

    03/23/2009 4:32:36 AM PDT · by Cindy · 32 replies · 2,147+ views
    (AP) via YNET NEWS.com ^ | March 23, 2009, 11:54/Israel News | n/a
    Published: 03.23.09, 11:54 / Israel News Egyptian police seized a flock of 560 sheep set to be smuggled into the Gaza Strip through underground tunnels. SNIPPET: "A security official says the flock was discovered on Sunday night, along with the entrances to six tunnels in the Salah el-Din district north of the Rafah border crossing. Police seized five tons of cement and found a half ton cache of TNT hidden in near the border."
  • Mash'al In Iran: 'Our Battle Is Your Battle'; 'Together We Will Liberate Jerusalem'...

    02/04/2009 2:58:58 AM PST · by Cindy · 8 replies · 463+ views
    Mash’al In Iran: ‘Our Battle Is Your Battle’; ‘Together We Will Liberate Jerusalem’; Iran Will Help Rebuild Gaza; French Leaders ‘Collaborators’ In Zionists’ Gaza Massacres In a speech at the Iranian Majlis, Hamas leader Khaled Mash’al said that Hamas will not stop smuggling weapons, because doing so would be against the armed struggle. He told Iranian MPs: “Our battle is your battle... Your support for the resistance in Palestine is support for yourselves. He called on Europe to adjust its policy vis-à-vis Hamas, and to influence the U.S. to do likewise. He said that Hamas aspires to liberate Jerusalem and...
  • $20,000 reward offered for arrests in vandalism of synagogues, schools...

    01/20/2009 3:12:52 PM PST · by Cindy · 6 replies · 384+ views
    CHICAGO JOURNAL.com ^ | 1/19/2009 7:43:00 PM | By LORRAINE SWANSON
    "$20,000 reward offered for arrests in vandalism of synagogues, schools Jewish organizations seek leads to hate crimes in West Ridge, Lake View" SNIPPET: "Jenna Benn, assistant director of the Anti-Defamation League, said the five incidents may be the result of increased tensions in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas." SNIPPET: "Benn asked that anyone with information about the attacks call the Anti-Defamation League at 312-782-5080. Rottner said the Belmont and Western Area 3 hate crimes unit can take calls at 312-744-8320."
  • Palestinians start to criticise Hamas

    01/16/2009 6:46:14 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 6 replies · 560+ views
    RAMALLAH: After nearly two weeks of showing a united front in the face of Israel’s war in Gaza, some Palestinians are starting to slam Hamas for dragging its feet on a truce as the death toll mounts. With Hamas maintaining a tight grip on the Gaza Strip, most of the critical voices are coming from the rival Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, whose forces the Islamists routed from the coastal enclave in June 2007. Those close to the Fatah party of moderate president Mahmoud Abbas accuse Hamas of trying to extract political gains from the Gaza offensive all the...
  • THE GUARDIANS OF ISRAEL NEITHER SLUMBER NOR SLEEP

    01/16/2009 6:25:20 PM PST · by Cindy · 28 replies · 984+ views
    (YNET NEWS.com) January 16, 2009 "THE GUARDIANS OF ISRAEL NEITHER SLUMBER NOR SLEEP" SNIPPET: "Israel and the US succeeded in preventing a United Nations announcement condemning the Jewish state for its strike on a UN compound in Gaza Thursday. The condemnation was proposed by Britain among other countries." SNIPPET: "Prime Minister Ehud Olmert apologized for the incident before UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, but stressed that IDF forces were attacked from the building before it was hit."
  • IDF Targets Senior Hamas Leader Said Siam, Summary of Today's Events

    01/15/2009 3:04:20 PM PST · by Cindy · 35 replies · 955+ views
    IDFspokesperson.com ^ | JANUARY 15, 2009...22:58 | n/a
    JANUARY 15, 2009...22:58 "IDF Targets Senior Hamas Leader, Summary of Today’s Events, 15 Jan 2009, 22:10 IST" SNIPPET: "January 15th, 2009 IDF Targets Senior Hamas Leader Said Siam Summary of Today’s Aerial Attacks In a joint IDF and ISA operation in Gaza City early Thursday evening, the IAF targeted a building in which the following senior Hamas operatives were residing – Said Siam, Ia’ad Siam and Salah Abu-Sharah. The forces reported a direct hit."
  • Mexico denounces violence in Gaza

    01/14/2009 4:21:50 PM PST · by Cindy · 79 replies · 2,162+ views
    PRESS TV.ir ^ | Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:12:21 GMT | n/a
    Note: Photo included. SNIPPET: "Mexico condemns the excessive use of force associated with the Israeli army operation in Gaza, " a statement from the Mexican Foreign Ministry said late Tuesday. It also condemned "the continued launching of mortars into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip". Latin American countries have largely condemned Israel over its launch of 'Operation Cast Lead' on Gaza on December 27. Immediately after Israeli warplanes attacked the strip, Cuba called the offensive an "act of genocide" and a "criminal military operation, the bloodiest one executed by Israel against the Palestinian people." Three day later, the Bolivian Foreign...
  • U.S.-based Imam Urges Muslims to Join the Gaza Battlefield

    01/13/2009 2:56:16 PM PST · by Cindy · 83 replies · 2,437+ views
    INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News ^ | January 12, 2009 | IPT News
    SNIPPET: "A North Texas imam is calling on Muslims to take up arms in defense of Palestinians in Gaza. Sheikh Mohamed El-Moctar El-Shinqiti, director of the Islamic Center of South Plains in Lubbock, Texas, participated in an online chat, "Fatwas on Gaza," at the web site IslamOnline.net. El-Shinqiti encouraged readers to fight - or if they can't, to send money to those who are fighting - in response to six out of the eight questions posed to him in the online chat. When asked what can be done to help the people in Gaza, El-Shinqiti emphasized war over sending food...
  • HAMAS MISSILES FOR ISRAELI FOOD

    01/12/2009 1:38:28 PM PST · by Cindy · 51 replies · 2,418+ views
    IsraelMFA via YouTube.com ^ | Added to YouTube.com December 12, 2009 | n/a
    "HAMAS MISSILES FOR ISRAELI FOOD" (Added January 12, 2009) VIDEO DESCRIPTION - QUOTE: IsraelMFA January 12, 2009 Israel gives food, medicine and electricity to Gaza citizens and gets rockets in return. Category: News & Politics Tags: Israel Hamas war rockets missile humanitarian aid children shield Gaza
  • HAMAS AND THEIR SYSTEMATIC VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAWS...

    01/11/2009 2:38:36 PM PST · by Cindy · 82 replies · 1,842+ views
    INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | January 11, 2009 | n/a
    "HAMAS AND THEIR SYSTEMATIC VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAWS (NOT TO MENTION BASIC HUMAN DECENCY)" "Video follows"
  • IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT THE HAMAS OFFICER WAS KILLED...

    01/10/2009 1:20:47 PM PST · by Cindy · 88 replies · 2,988+ views
    INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | January 10, 2009 | n/a
    "IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT THE HAMAS OFFICER WAS KILLED... ...it's that he was killed operating a mortar that his subordinates were not firing, because they refused to come out of hiding."
  • Captured Hamas Intelligence, 9 Jan 2009, 16:26 IST

    01/09/2009 2:03:02 PM PST · by Cindy · 38 replies · 1,830+ views
    IDF SPOKESPERSON.com ^ | JANUARY 9, 2009...17:54 | n/a
    Note: See map inlcuded on this report. Note: The following text is a quote: JANUARY 9, 2009...17:54 Captured Hamas Intelligence, 9 Jan 2009, 16:26 IST Jump to Comments Confiscated Intelligence Map from Hamas Hamas turn a Gaza neighborhood into a warzone. This map, confiscated Wednesday (Jan. 7) by IDF paratroopers operating in the north of Gaza, shows how Hamas uses an entire neighborhood, rigging it with explosive devices and putting the entire civilian population at great risk. The map shows the al-Tatraa neighborhood in Gaza City divided into three areas of operation (red, blue and green). The dots on the...
  • THE ROLE OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD WITH HAMAS AND IRAN

    01/08/2009 2:46:57 PM PST · by Cindy · 80 replies · 1,666+ views
    COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org ^ | January 8, 2009, 01:02 pm | Douglas Farah
    SNIPPET: "The fundamental truth is that Hamas' road to Iran runs through the international Muslim Brotherhood, and has for two decades. What is often missing in the discussion of the Muslim Brotherhood is that Hamas, according to its own founding charter, is an integral and armed part of the Ikwhan, not separate from it."
  • Israel approves tougher war on Hamas

    01/07/2009 3:43:15 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 13 replies · 989+ views
    Israel on Wednesday approved an even tougher war on Hamas, warning residents to flee southern Gaza ahead of planned bombing of cross-border tunnels, as the Palestinian death toll passed 700. After a brief lull to allow Gaza's beleaguered population to hunt for food and fuel, Defence Minister Ehud Barak was given the green light by the security cabinet to order a deeper offensive into Gaza towns as part of the campaign to halt Hamas cross-border rocket attacks. But Barak has also decided to send an envoy to Cairo on Thursday to get details on an Egyptian ceasefire plan, which secured...
  • THE BRIEF LIFE AND EXQUISITE MARTYRDOM OF A HAMAS MORTAR CREW

    01/07/2009 2:53:22 PM PST · by Cindy · 113 replies · 3,159+ views
    INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | January 07, 2009 | n/a
    "THE BRIEF LIFE AND EXQUISITE MARTYRDOM OF A HAMAS MORTAR CREW" Snippet: "Via Hamas' al-Aqsa TV station, said to be filmed in Jabaliya on 06 January 2008. At about 1'15" the crew is hit by an apparent Israeli counter-strike."
  • Venezuela Expels Israeli Ambassador To Protest Gaza Strip Attacks

    01/06/2009 3:34:24 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 23 replies · 647+ views
    Latin American Herald Tribune ^ | 1/6/09 | Jeremy Morgan
    The Venezuelan government expelled Israelí Ambassador Shlomo Cohen in protest against his country's military offensive in the Gaza Strip, in which hundreds of people are reported to have been killed. The decision was first announced by the Foreign Ministry, and afterwards by National Assembly President Cilia Flores, the Foreign Minister's wife, in the legislative chamber. Legislators, nearly all of them members of President Hugo Chávez' ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) applauded as Flores spoke. Chávez has publicly repudiated the Israeli military action, urging the government to withdraw its military forces immediately and to halt the violence. During a...
  • Venezuela Expels Israeli Ambassador -Official

    01/06/2009 4:24:58 PM PST · by Free ThinkerNY · 12 replies · 467+ views
    AFP ^ | January 6, 2009
    CARACAS (AFP)--The Venezuelan government Tuesday expelled Israel's ambassador to Caracas, to protest the Israeli military's operation in the Gaza Strip, the Venezuelan foreign ministry said.