46 minutes ago by Chandler

GAZA CITY, (AP) — Hamas’s armed wing on Sunday said that armed groups in its Gaza Strip stronghold had finalised a deal to stop firing rockets into Israel, but said they would respond to Israeli raids. “The agreement between (Ezzedine) Al-Qassam (Brigades) and other factions to stop rocket (fire) is ...

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6 hours ago by Fred Stopsky

Hamsas has persuaded other militant groups to cease their rocket fire into Israel which only results in retaliation and ruins any opportunities for achieving peace in the region. Nearly twelve months have passed since the destructive Israel invasion of Gaza which left the entire area devastated. The ...

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8 hours ago by Itamar Kestenbaum

From: Ynet A prisoner exchange deal securing the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit will be executed this Friday, Saudi network al-Arabiya reported Sunday, quoting sources in the Hamas organization.According to the report, 450 Palestinian prisoners will be released to the Gaza Strip and West ...

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9 hours ago by Yaakov Kirschen

The world's largest reverse osmosis desalination plant (and a target of Gazan missiles) is in the Ashkelon area. The desalination plant provides fresh water to Israel and supplies Gaza with its drinking water. The Israeli government plans to build four more plants which will make the country water i ...

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12 hours ago by Antony Loewenstein

Adam Shapiro, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and human rights activist, is currently working with the Free Gaza Movement. This is his latest article: One year ago, I watched election results coming in for Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District, where my friend and colleague Tom Perriello wa ...

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12 hours ago by Antony Loewenstein

I missed this news a few weeks ago ( thanks to Promised Land for picking it up) that a majority of Israelis favour some kind of negotiation with Hamas: Israelis don’t oppose negotiations in general – but they don’t feel an urgency to negotiate as well. Things are OK right now, so for all they care, ...

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12 hours ago by Helena Cobban

One of the pleasures of co-leading CNI’s recently completed, 17-day study tour of the Arab-Israeli region was the fact that the other co-leader was Amb. Jack Matlock, who’d been Pres. Reagan’s last ambassador to the Soviet Union. Matlock’s wife, Rebecca, was also a pleasure to have in the group. In ...

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16 hours ago by The OttO Show

Israeli planes carried out air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, injuring seven Palestinians, Palestinian medical workers said. An army spokesman said the strikes, which occurred after a rocket fired from the Hamas-run enclave landed in Israel, had targeted two factories in the ce ...

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17 hours ago by Alex

It seems most think Israel gave the land back or is just minding their own business while hamas attacks them. Why does the media not explain that Israel is moving settlements and building roads, which is why hamas is attacking them, they are defending their land.

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18 hours ago by dciprari

Importante mossa da parte dei vertici di Hamas, l’organizzazione paramilitare che dal 2006 è al governo della Palestina. Il Ministro degli Interni del Movimento, Fathi Hamad, in una conferenza stampa ha annunciato la momentanea sospensione dei lanci di missili contro Israele. La decisione è arrivata ...

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