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  • April 2008

    • Hamas Truce 'Not Serious': Israel

      AFP  |  Apr 25, 08 3:27 PM CDT

      Hamas Truce 'Not Serious': Israel

      (Newser) - Israel said a Hamas truce proposal yesterday was not genuine, and the Islamist organization would only regroup and strengthen itself during the 6-month ceasefire, AFP reports. "Unfortunately, this appears not to be serious at all," an Israeli spokesman said today, although officials said a prolonged halt in the near-daily rocket attacks launched from the Gaza Strip could convince them otherwise. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Gaza  • Gaza Strip  • Egypt  • ceasefire  • rocket attacks  • Gaza blockade  • Gaza Egypt border

    • Hamas Pitches Deal for Gaza 'Calm'

      Reuters  |  Apr 24, 08 2:26 PM CDT

      Hamas Pitches Deal for Gaza 'Calm'

      (Newser) - Meeting with Egyptian authorities, Hamas leaders today proposed a truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip and, eventually, the West Bank, Reuters reports. A Palestinian source said the group agreed to "a calm” in Gaza and, after a “specified period,” in the West Bank. The deal, supported by other militant groups, would require Israel to end blockades and military action in Gaza. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • West Bank  • Gaza Strip  • Arab Israeli conflict  • peace deal  • truce

    • Carter: Rice Is Fibbing, Didn't Nix Hamas Meet

      Reuters  |  Apr 23, 08 3:00 PM CDT

      Carter: Rice Is Fibbing, Didn't Nix Hamas Meet

      (Newser) - Jimmy Carter continued a war of words with Condoleezza Rice today over whether he was officially warned against meeting with Hamas leaders last week—insisting through reps that, “perhaps inadvertently, she is continuing to make a statement that is not true.” The Secretary of State said yesterday a top diplomat counseled Carter against the summit—but the ex-president begs to differ, Reuters reports. More »

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      Condoleezza Rice  • Hamas  • Jimmy Carter  • lying

    • Rice Refutes Carter, Says US Advised Against Trip

      Washington Post  |  Apr 22, 08 5:13 PM CDT

      Rice Refutes Carter, Says US Advised Against Trip

      (Newser) - Condoleezza Rice says the US explicitly advised Jimmy Carter not to meet with Hamas, refuting claims by the former president that no one in the government told him to scrap the trip, the Washington Post reports. "I just don't want there to be any confusion," Rice said. "We counseled President Carter against" the meeting. More »

    • Hamas Would Accept Peace With Israel: Carter

      Reuters  |  Apr 21, 08 8:36 AM CDT

      Hamas Would Accept Peace With Israel: Carter

      (Newser) - Hamas would accept a peace deal brokered by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas if  Palestinian voters favored the agreement, Jimmy Carter said after talks with a Hamas leader in Damascus. "There's no doubt that both the Arab world and the Palestinians, including Hamas, will accept Israel's right to live in peace within the 1967 borders," Carter said, urging reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas leaders as a step in the peace process. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Palestine  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Gaza Strip  • Jimmy Carter  • Palestinians  • peace deal  • Khaled Meshaal

    • Carter Meets With Hamas Chief

      Associated Press  |  Apr 18, 08 1:47 PM CDT

      Carter Meets With Hamas Chief

      (Newser) - Jimmy Carter met today with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal despite protests from the US State Department and the Israeli government. A Hamas deputy told the AP the agenda would include strategies to calm tensions between Israel and Hamas, as well as the fate of a kidnapped Israeli soldier. Carter has said that the group must be engaged for peace talks to make progress. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Gaza  • State Department  • Israel and Palestinians  • West Bank  • Jimmy Carter  • Khaled Meshaal  • terrorist groups

    • Gaza Fighting Kills at Least 23

      Associated Press  |  Apr 16, 08 5:53 PM CDT

      Gaza Fighting Kills at Least 23

      (Newser) - Three Israeli soldiers and at least 20 Palestinians were killed today as Israeli attacks rocked the Gaza Strip, the AP reports. Fadel Shana, a Reuters cameraman, was among the dead in fighting that undermined an Egyptian-negotiated peace effort and saw the highest death toll in a month. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Mahmoud Abbas  • Gaza  • Israel and Palestinians  • Fatah  • Gaza Strip  • Egypt  • airstrike  • Reuters

    • Carter Meets With Former Hamas Minister

      Reuters  |  Apr 15, 08 12:35 PM CDT

      Carter Meets With Former Hamas Minister

      (Newser) - Jimmy Carter traveled to the West Bank today to meet a former Hamas minister, ignoring strenuous objections by Israeli leaders. Carter also laid a wreath on Yasser Arafat’s tomb, a customary gesture of respect President Bush pointedly avoided on his last visit, Reuters reports. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Gaza  • Israel and Palestinians  • West Bank  • Jimmy Carter  • Khaled Meshaal  • Yasir Arafat  • Ramallah

    • Israel Won't Help Protect Carter

      Reuters  |  Apr 14, 08 12:37 PM CDT

      Israel Won't Help Protect Carter

      (Newser) - Israeli leaders won’t meet with Jimmy Carter, and Israeli security won’t help protect him on his trip through the country, Reuters reports. As Israel’s Shin Bet and the Secret Service sparred over whether the Americans asked for help, a source called the security snub “unprecedented.” Carter's intention to meet with a Hamas leader during his trip has incensed the Israeli government. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Ehud Olmert  • Israel and Palestinians  • Jimmy Carter  • Secret Service  • Shin Bet

    • Israeli Gunfire Kills 5, Wounds 18 in Central Gaza

      New York Times  |  Apr 11, 08 3:07 PM CDT

      Israeli Gunfire Kills 5, Wounds 18 in Central Gaza

      (Newser) - Israeli gun and tank fire in Gaza today killed at least five Palestinians, including two boys, said officials at a Palestinian hospital. The wounded included 18 civilians and two fighters. Israeli officials said troops entered the area to quell terrorist activity and push Palestinians from a border fence when they faced fire from local gunmen, provoking a clash, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Israel  • United Nations  • Hamas  • Gaza  • Palestinians  • airstrike  • Islamic militants  • roadblocks

    • Carter to Meet Hamas Leader Despite White House Policy

      Reuters  |  Apr 10, 08 4:42 PM CDT

      Carter to Meet Hamas Leader Despite White House Policy

      (Newser) - Jimmy Carter plans to visit leaders of Palestinian extremist group Hamas in Syria next week despite warnings by the State Department that the rendezvous violates the Bush administration’s policy of isolating terrorist organizations, Reuters reports. Carter has scheduled talks with Khaled Meshaal, who heads Hamas’ Syrian branch and claims responsibility for suicide bombings targeting Israel. More »

    • Osama Bin Laden 'Alive & Well'

      Reuters  |  Apr 3, 08 4:25 AM CDT

      Osama Bin Laden 'Alive &amp; Well'

      (Newser) - Seven years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden is alive and well, according to his deputy. "Sheik Osama bin Laden is in good health. The ill-intentioned always try to circulate false reports about him being sick," said Ayman al-Zawahiri in a 104-minute recording posted on the internet. The comments were in response to questions from the public solicited by web sites linked to al-Qaeda. More »

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      Iraq war  • Israel  • al-Qaeda  • United States  • Hamas  • Saudi Arabia  • Osama bin Laden  • Afghanistan war  • jihad  • Islamic terrorism  • Ayman al-Zawahiri

    • Puppet Kills Bush on Hamas Kids' Show

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Apr 1, 08 12:26 PM CDT

      Puppet Kills Bush on Hamas Kids' Show

      (Newser) - In its newest anti-American educational video, a Hamas children's show broadcast in Gaza shows a puppet of a young Palestinian boy killing President Bush. The boy stabs the president with "the sword of Islam" to punish him for helping Israel, the Daily Telegraph reports. "You and the criminal Zionists also killed my younger and older brothers in the Gaza holocaust," says the puppet. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Israel  • Hamas  • Palestinians  • propaganda  • Zionism  • children's show  • puppet

    • Hamas Amps Up Anti-Jewish Rant

      New York Times  |  Apr 1, 08 10:32 AM CDT

      Hamas Amps Up Anti-Jewish Rant

      (Newser) - In the 15 years since the Oslo accords, the Palestinian Authority under Fatah has tamped down anti-Semitic rhetoric. But in Hamas-controlled Gaza, incitement to violence against Jews has been amped up in everything from sermons to television cartoons. The New York Times investigates how virulent hatred of Jews—not just Israelis—compounds the difficulties of the peace process. More »

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      television  • Hamas  • Fatah  • Gaza Strip  • Palestinian Authority  • Palestinians  • anti-Semitism  • Zionism

  • March 2008

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