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NEWS ABOUT: Hamas

Hamas stories: 272 news summaries

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OPINION

 To Halt Hamas, 
 Win 'Confidence War' 

Psychology is at center of current struggle

Jan 6, 09 11:31 AM CST
(Newser) - The Arab-Israeli conflict was once about reaching some kind of long-term land settlement—but for extremist groups like Hamas, a “handshake on the White House lawn” is no longer a goal, writes David Brooks in the New York Times. Now, “both sides seek the destruction of the other,... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • psychology • confidence • Israeli offensive

analysis

 Hamas Support 
 Grows in West Bank 

Palestinians call for tougher stance from president

Jan 6, 09 10:38 AM CST
(Newser) - As violence continues in Gaza, support for Hamas is growing in the Fatah-controlled West Bank, the New York Times reports. Though demonstrations of solidarity with Hamas have thus far been relatively small, West Bank residents see Gaza as “part of themselves,” writes Steven Erlanger. Still, there’s little... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Fatah • West Bank • Israeli offensive

OPINION

 'The Israelis Killed My Father' 


Jan 5, 09 1:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Fares Akram’s family farm was a small “beloved place,” so close to the Israeli border that they’d always feared it would be hit by errant rockets launched by Hamas, he writes in the Independent. Instead, it was blown up by an Israeli bomb while Akram’s... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • invasion

OPINION

Israel Waging a Heartbreaking, Stupid War

Only 'a Marshall Plan' can bring lasting peace, writes rabbi

Jan 5, 09 11:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel's push to wipe out Hamas via military action "is understandable, but stupid," writes Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of the Jewish progressive magazine Tikkun. While Israel clearly must defend itself, "the kind of response matters"—and the killing of Gazan civilians is "a crime... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • ceasefire • Gaza Strip border

 Hezbollah All Bark, 
 No Bite on Gaza 

No sign Islamic group will bring its weapons to bear from Lebanon

Jan 5, 09 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Leaders of the Islamic group Hezbollah have been plenty vocal about the situation in Gaza, but Hassan Nasrallah hasn’t ordered his Lebanon-based militia into action or fired any missiles. And he’s unlikely to do so, analysts tell the New York Times, because Hezbollah believes Palestinian ally Hamas can... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Hezbollah • Arab Israeli conflict • Hassan Nasrallah

 Israeli Army Moves 
 Into Gaza City 

Soldiers exchange gunfire with Hamas fighters on capital's streets

Jan 5, 09 6:08 AM CST
(Newser) - The Israeli army moved into Gaza City for the first time this morning, fighting gun battles in the streets with Hamas militants. The Guardian reports that Israeli soldiers were making house-by-house sweeps for fighters associated with Hamas. This morning Ehud Barak, the defense minister, said that Israel would continue to... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Nicolas Sarkozy • civilian casualties • Ehud Barak • Mahmoud Zahar • Israel and Palestinians • Gaza City

 Peace Team 
 Rushes to Gaza 
 as Toll Tops 520 

Sarkozy to meet with Israeli leaders today

Jan 5, 09 4:19 AM CST
(Newser) - A European peace and humanitarian team and French President Nicolas Sarkozy headed to the region today as Israeli ground-assault tanks pushed further into Palestinian territory, and edged the death toll close to 530, Reuters reports. Hamas militants have retaliated by firing rocket-propelled grenades at tanks in eastern Gaza, and at... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • civilian casualties • Israel and Palestinians • Gaza City • warfare • tanks • Arab Israeli conflict • Gaza blockade

Bloomberg Forced to Take Cover in Israel

Missile alert sends NYC mayor scrambling in search of shelter

Jan 4, 09 7:56 PM CST
(AP) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg had to take a break from expressing solidarity with Israelis threatened by Hamas rockets today after a missile warning sent him and his party scurrying into a bomb shelter. The daylong trip to Israel that included visits to two towns targeted by the Islamic militant... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • West Bank • Michael Bloomberg • Arab Israeli conflict

Israel Seizes East Gaza;
Siege Toll Tops 480

Assault kills 24 Gazans as Hamas continues rocket attacks

Jan 4, 09 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli forces captured the eastern part of northern Gaza today, securing control less than 24 hours after its troops and tanks rolled into the Palestinian territory, CNN reports. At least 24 Palestinians were killed in Gaza today, pushing the death toll for the 8-day siege over 480, as EU reps... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • IDF

analysis

 Will Israel Win 
 Out, or Fire Up 
 Its Enemies? 

Israel's success—or failure—could prompt range of scenarios

Jan 4, 09 7:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Invading the Gaza Strip may boost Israel's leverage, shoring up alliances and isolating Iran—but that's optimistic, writes Steven Lee Myers in the New York Times. President Mahmoud Abbas could be the one isolated—from his own people—as surviving Hamas leaders seethe and militants plot revenge across the Arab... More »

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Iran • Israel • Middle East • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas

US Blocks UN Call
for Gaza Truce

Americans want Hamas labeled 'terrorist'

Jan 4, 09 7:04 AM CST
(Newser) - The US has blocked Libya’s push to issue a UN Security Council call for a Gaza ceasefire, Reuters reports. Libya, the only Arab member of the council, had circulated a draft statement expressing "serious concern"  and urging all parties to "observe an immediate ceasefire." American... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Gaza • Hamas • United States • Libya • Israeli offensive • UN Security Council

ANALYSIS

How Far Does Israel Go? Each Answer Carries Risks

If group falls, Jewish state may be responsible for problematic Gaza

Jan 3, 09 5:44 PM CST
(Newser) - The ground offensive against Hamas raises all kinds of vexing questions for Israel, writes Ethan Bronner in the New York Times. Perhaps the biggest is this: When the smoke clears, who's going to be in charge of Gaza? If Israel sticks to a limited military aim of knocking out Hamas'... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Fatah • Israel and Palestinians

(Newser) - Casualties are mounting in the early hours of Israel's ground invasion of Gaza. Israeli infantrymen killed dozens of Hamas fighters after crossing the border at nightfall, the Jerusalem Post reports. At least 30 Israeli soldiers were injured, some seriously. "The campaign won't be easy and it won't be short,... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Mideast

Bush Slams Hamas for Gaza Assault

President says Hamas is responsible for civilian casualties from Israeli offensive

Jan 3, 09 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - George W. Bush has placed the blame for the recent violence in Gaza firmly on Hamas in his first public statement on the crisis, CNN reports. Bush said the Israeli offensive has been provoked by terrorist rocket strikes, and blamed the hundreds of civilian Palestinian deaths from the offensive on... More »

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Bush administration • Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • airstrike • George W. Bush

OPINION

Israel Has the Clear Moral High Ground in Gaza

Really, it's all totally cut and dried. Promise. What?

Jan 2, 09 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Many geopolitical conflicts are “morally complicated,” writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post, but “the Israel-Gaza war is not.” Israel wants only peace, while Hamas wants only the eradication of Israel. The Israelis are so scrupulous that they contact enemy noncombatants in advance to warn... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • civilian casualties • collateral damage • Arab Israeli conflict

(AP) - Israel bombed a mosque it says was used to store weapons and destroyed the homes of more than a dozen Hamas operatives today, the seventh day of a blistering offensive in Gaza. In what appeared to be a new Israeli tactic, the military called at least some of the houses... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • mosque • Arab Israeli conflict

 Israel Lets Foreigners Flee Gaza 

Evacuation of spouses raises fears of imminent ground assault 

Jan 2, 09 7:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel has reopened a border crossing to let foreign passport holders flee Gaza, the New York Times reports. Hundreds of men holding only Palestinian travel documents have been forced to remain behind as their wives and children are evacuated. The move raises fears that a wider Israeli assault on the... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • airstrike • Gaza Strip border

 Israel Fears Rocket Attack 
 on Nuke Plant 

Size, sophistication of Hamas rocket arsenal shocks Israeli security forces

Jan 2, 09 3:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli officials, shaken by the size and sophistication of Hamas' rocket arsenal, fear the country's nuclear center at Dimona may be targeted, the Times of London reports. The group's new, more accurate, Grad missiles, smuggled in by land and sea, can penetrate significantly farther into Israel than the crude, home-made... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • nuclear reactor • missile • Qassam • rocket • nuclear power plant • Dimona


 Israeli Strike Kills 
 Hamas Leader 

10 killed in strike on refugee camp

Jan 1, 09 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - An overnight Israeli air strike killed a top Hamas commander and nine others, including family members, in a refugee camp north of Gaza City, CNN reports. Nizar Rayan—described by Haaretz as an "outspoken advocate of renewing suicide bombings against Israel"—is the most senior Hamas leader killed... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • Gaza City • militant • Arab Israeli conflict • airstrike • Israel Defense Force

 Gaza Death Toll Hits 400 

Palestinian parliament building gutted as UN warns of humanitarian crisis

Jan 1, 09 6:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The Gaza death toll passed 400 as Israeli airstrikes continued for a sixth day on the start of the New Year and gutted the Palestinian parliament building, CNN reports. The dead include 42 children, 13 women and two medical workers. Some 2,000 others are injured, hundeds of them critically.... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Gaza City • Palestinians • airstrike

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