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Analysis: Hamas rockets reach Tel Aviv as tensions reach boiling point

Posted 12 May, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
 Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The past week has seen a major escalation of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, as confrontations and violence in Jerusalem have been followed by more than 1,000 rockets being fired indiscriminately into Israel by Gaza-based terror groups. Israel has responded with strikes…

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Analysis: Weekend of violence and rockets amid election uncertainty

Posted 29 April, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Iron Dome intercepts rockets from Gaza. Credit: Nehemia Gershuni, www.NGPhoto.biz, CC-BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Following several nights of rocket fire from Gaza, Israel has warned Hamas that it will face major retaliation should the attacks continue. Gaza-based armed factions launched more than 40 rockets into Israel over the weekend, against a background of continued unrest in Jerusalem…

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In Brief: No clear lead in polling ahead of May Palestinian elections

Posted 26 March, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Palestinian Territories
Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons The unclear results of Israel’s general election this week appear to be mirrored within the Palestinian Authority, according to polling conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research. Should elections go ahead in May, the polling found that both Fatah, the party of PA president Mahmoud Abbas, and…

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In brief: Fatah and Hamas hold new Cairo talks on Palestinian elections

Posted 16 March, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Palestinian Territories
Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0  via Wikimedia Commons Representatives of arch-enemies Fatah and Hamas are meeting this week in Cairo for a second round of talks aimed at allowing elections in the West Bank and Gaza to go ahead this summer. Mahmoud Abbas (pictured) called the elections – the first for 15 years – in January but…

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In Brief: Hamas Gaza chief Sinwar flounders in bid for re-election

Posted 10 March, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Palestinian Territories
Photo: Orthuberra, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Yahya Sinwar, the head of Hamas in Gaza, appears to be floundering in his bid for re-election after three rounds of voting in a highly secret ballot on Tuesday produced no clear winner. Sinwar has held the post since 2017, making him the defacto ruler of the coastal…

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In Brief: Israeli natural gas plan offers chance to alleviate Gaza humanitarian crisis

Posted 17 February, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Gaza port. Photo: Ramez Habboub, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Gaza's humanitarian crisis could be eased by the announcement last weekend of a major deal between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli energy company Delek to supply natural gas to the coastal enclave's sole power plant. The agreement was announced by Qatar's envoy to Gaza…

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In Brief: Hamas restocks arsenal to 2014 levels and further restricts women’s rights

Posted 17 February, 2021 in Analysis, Hamas, Middle East, Palestinian Territories
Photo: Orthuberra, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hamas has restocked its deadly arsenal since the 2014 Gaza war, a senior Israeli military commander said last week. The news came as an Islamic court in the coastal enclave further tightened restrictions on women, saying they needed the permission of a male guardian to travel. The Gaza-based terror…

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In Brief: Hamas recruiting minors to carry out terror attacks, says Israel

Posted 17 November, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
Hamas has been recruiting minors to carry out terrorist attacks, Israeli security forces have said. Two Palestinian minors, including a 16-year-old, were arrested last month after Hamas recruited them over the internet, Shin Bet has revealed. They have now been indicted by the Juvenile Military Court. The two minors were to be provided with weapons, ammunition, uniforms…

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Analysis: From “No, No, No” to “Yes”; Sudan is latest state to normalise relations with Israel

Posted 27 October, 2020 in Analysis, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Peace process
  Sudan has become the latest Arab nation to seek to normalise its relationship with Israel. The agreement was announced during a call between Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump and Sudan’s Sovereign Council president, General Abdel Fattah al- Burhan, and prime minister Abdalla Hamdok. The announcement – which follows the signing last month of the Abraham Accords that…

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In Brief: Hamas court convicts peace activists over Zoom call with Israelis

Posted 27 October, 2020 in Analysis, Coexistence, Hamas, Palestinian Territories
 Photo: Orthuberra, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A military court in Gaza this week convicted three Palestinian peace activists for holding a video call with Israelis in April. Rami Aman, the head of the Gaza Youth Committee, was sentenced to a year in prison after being found guilty of “weakening revolutionary spirit”. However, the court…

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