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Analysis: Hamas’ ruthless crackdown on dissent

Posted 12 October, 2017 in Analysis, Hamas, Palestinian Territories
  The effort to broker a reconciliation deal between Hamas and Fatah returned to Cairo this week. This morning, it was announced that that the two sides had reached an agreement, and more negotiations would take place next week. At the outset of this latest round of talks between the two sides, which are being brokered by Egypt, the head of the…

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Analysis: Who wins from a Palestinian reconciliation plan?

Posted 20 September, 2017 in Analysis, Hamas, Palestinian Territories
  Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons In the 10 years since Hamas executed its bloody coup and seized control of Gaza, the terror group and President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement have attempted to patch up their differences on many occasions. But agreements aimed at restoring Palestinian unity at Mecca in 2007, Sana’a in 2008, Cairo…

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Analysis: Can Mohammad Dahlan end the Gaza crisis?

Posted 6 September, 2017 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
  The humanitarian situation in Gaza is reaching crisis point. 96% of water in the enclave is unfit for human consumption, and the strip receives only four to six hours of electricity per day. A significant portion of the money pledged for reconstruction in Gaza after the 2014 war between Hamas and Israel  has not yet reached the strip,…

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Analysis: Hamas’ never-ending war

Posted 17 August, 2017 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories
  This month sees two significant and related anniversaries. Twelve years ago this week Israel began its unilateral pull out from the Gaza Strip, while 26 August marks the third anniversary of the end of Operation Protective Edge, the 50-day bloody conflict waged by the Jewish state to stop Hamas’ rocket attacks. The Gaza withdrawal and its…

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Analysis: Light at the end of the tunnel for Gaza?

Posted 3 July, 2017 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Ten years ago this month, Hamas executed a brutal takeover of Gaza, one that saw the terrorist group murder its political opponents and impose an Islamist regime on the poverty-stricken enclave. On three occasions since, most recently in 2014, the group has provoked bloody conflicts with Israel after sustained attacks on Israeli civilians. In each, it…

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Analysis: Hamas mulls cosmetic changes to its charter

Posted 19 April, 2017 in Analysis, Antisemitism, Hamas, Palestinian Territories
Hamas’ attempt to re-write their charter looks no closer to resolution as the militant group remains divided on proposed changes. Reformists within the group are trying to remove a series of anti-semitic clauses and include a provisional acceptance of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders. These changes, however, have been met with opposition from…

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Analysis: A new port for Gaza?

Posted 16 March, 2017 in Analysis, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Likud transport minister Yisrael Katz voiced his support again last week for a new sea port on the Gaza coast, indicating continuing Israeli concern about the future of the Palestinian enclave. The idea has been proposed in various forms over the past five years, though Katz’ vision is particularly ambitious: a $5bn artificial island three…

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Analysis: What will a Trump Presidency mean for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?

Posted 23 January, 2017 in Analysis, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Donald Trump’s ascendancy to the American Presidency has worried advocates of a two-state solution across the globe. A number of early proposals and statements have aligned the incoming Republican President with both sceptics and opponents of a two-state deal. Heavy criticism followed Trump’s appointment of bankruptcy lawyer David Freidman as US Ambassador to Israel, due…

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Analysis: Hamas to Participate in Palestinian Local Elections

Posted 1 September, 2016 in Analysis, Hamas, Palestinian Territories
Palestinian local elections are due to take place in the West Bank and Gaza on October 8th, where ballots will be held in 391 municipalities in the West Bank and 25 municipalities in Gaza. These are, however, no ordinary local elections. In a surprise announcement, Hamas announced they would be participating in these elections and…

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