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Hamas: Palestinian Parliament Speaker Arrested

AP | MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 03.20.2012

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Hamas officials say the speaker of the Palestinian parliament has been arrested by Israeli soldiers. A Hamas official sai...

Hamas and Fatah, Two Sides of the Same Coin

Dovid Efune | Posted 02.28.2012

Dovid Efune

If any significant movement in the Fatah-Hamas relationship transpires throughout the coming months, make no mistake, there will be no shift in the sinister objectives of either group.

Why Hamas Rockets May Signal Breakdown of Palestinian Unity

Alan Elsner | Posted 09.13.2011

Alan Elsner

Virtually ignored by the international media, Gaza-based terrorists have resumed rocket attacks on Israeli towns and villages after a two-month pause.

Israeli Aircraft Pounds Hamas Targets Following Attack On Israeli School Bus

AP | By IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 06.09.2011

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli aircraft pounded Hamas targets in Gaza on Saturday, killing four fighters, and Gaza militants fired 17 missiles into ...

Hamas: We Will Respect A Referendum On Peace Deal

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.25.2011

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas would respect any peace deal reached between Israel and Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, provid...

Hamas Deploys Forces To Stop Gaza Rocket Fire

AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 05.25.2011

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza's Hamas rulers deployed forces near the Israeli border Thursday to try to prevent smaller militant groups from firi...

Hamas Leader Dismisses Israel's Peace Plan

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has dismissed the terms for a demilitarised state laid out by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr Netanyahu off...

Hamas Endorses Obama's Israeli Settlement Demands

AP | SALAH NASRAWI | Posted 05.25.2011

CAIRO — The top leader of the militant Hamas group said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's pressure on Israel to freeze construction in West ...

Hamas Says It Has Halted Rocket Strikes On Israel

New York Times | TAGHREED EL | Posted 05.25.2011

DAMASCUS, Syria -- The leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas said Monday that its fighters had stopped firing rockets at Israel for now. He a...

Let Shalit Go

Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.25.2011

Jamal Dajani

Israel has been negotiating with Hamas, almost a thousand days have passed, more than a thousand lives have been lost. Let the prisoners and Shalit go home.

Tony Blair: Hamas Must Be Brought Into Peace Process

Times Online | Philip Webster | Posted 05.25.2011

Hamas must somehow be brought into the Middle East peace process because the policy of isolating Gaza in the quest for a settlement will not work, Ton...

Tzipi Livni Rules Out Hamas Talks

Xinhua | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Monday stressed that she sees no reason or need to negotiate with Hamas, saying...

Gaza Militants Bombard Israel With Dozens Of Rockets, Mortars

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip bombarded southern Israel with dozens of mortars and rockets on Wednesday, sowing panic and ...

Hamas-Israel Truce May Be Extended By Palestinian Group

nytimes.com | TAGHREED EL | Posted 05.25.2011

Hamas leaders in Gaza on Sunday left open the possibility of renewing a tenuous truce with Israel that is due to expire Friday, putting themselves at...