Al-Jazeera, the middle eastern based news organization which recently opened a U.S. cable channel, is the affiliate of one of four television stations shut down by the Egyptian government.
The court said the stations were sympathetic to the terrorist groups Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas. Continue reading
Hamas held press conference Monday to condemn the peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis.
“We renew our rejection of these futile talks, and consider them purely a means for (Israel) to look good to the international community,” Hamas officials Mahmoud al-Zahar said. “We call on the Palestinian people to unite in confronting the crime that is the peace talks.” Continue reading
Israeli security forces killed two Hamas terrorists in a an air strike according to Palestinian officials. The air strike occurred in Rafah on the Egyptian border.
Israel said the two men were part of a group in “a very advanced stage of planning” of major terror attack on the nation. It’s the second strike by Israeli forces against Hamas terrorist cells in the last two weeks. Continue reading
Hamas admitted to an attack against Israel involving rockets and mortars. Hamas usually denies making attacks on Israel but spokesman Fawzi Barhoum claimed the attacks were in response to Israeli strikes.
Hamas had initially blamed Israel for the death of a two-year-old girl in Gaza stating she died from an Israeli air strike. It was later shown that she actually died during a botched rocket attack by Hamas. Continue reading
Leaders of Islamic Jihad and Hamas are advocating a campaign of kidnapping to free terrorists jailed in Israel.
Khaled Al-Batsh, senior member of Islamic Jihad, told a crowd in the Gaza Strip they needed to take Israeli prisoners in an attempt to gain release from prison of terrorists connected to their organization.
“I say to all armed factions, the way to free the prisoners is through swaps…an arrest for an arrest and freedom for freedom. This is the way,” Al-Batsh told the crowd according to the Jerusalem Post. Continue reading