jpost.com - 1/6/2009
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As the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip entered its 10th day, Hamas has begun sending conflicting messages regarding its intentions. These contradictory messages, Palestinian political analysts said, reflected the state of confusion in Hamas and raised questions as to who was calling the shots in ...
jpost.com - 1/6/2009
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jpost.com —
At least thirty people were reported killed in
an explosion in a UN-run school in the refugee...
camp of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinians. There were reportedly also scores of wounded on the scene. The Israeli military said ...
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30 reported killed in blast at UN school | Confronting ...
israelnationalnews.com - 1/6/2009
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israelnationalnews.com —
(IsraelNN.com) Hamas spokesman Mahmoud Az-Zahar claimed victory for
Hamas on Monday, saying Hamas had succeeded in “destroying...
Israel's sense of security” with its rocket attacks. Zahar made his proclamation in video footage sent from a secret ...
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Zahar Claims Victory, Calls to Kill Jewish Children - ...
pajamasmedia.com - 1/5/2009
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Those who point to the inefficiency of Hamas
rocket attacks act as if they wouldnât be happy...
to have more efficient or deadly rockets or that they regret the ones that fall on kindergartens and hospitals. So Hamasâ open pride in its mass murder ...
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RonRosenbaum.com » Some Differences Between Hamas ...
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It's not a 'peace process,' it's a war
Israel Matzav —
It's not a 'peace process,' it's a war [image] French President Nicolas Sarcozy is in Israel. On Monday night, he met with President Shimon Peres and tried to convince Peres to agree to the French plan for Israel's surrender a 48-hour 'humanitarian' cease fire . But even our octogenarian hallucinator was having none of it . "(Israel does not want Iran to reach Gaza and we mean to sever their bond," Peres told his French colleague. "We cannot allow terror to raise its head. We do not intend to stay in Gaza, but we do not want to leave it to Hamas' control." According to the JPost's Khaled Abu Toameh, Hamas is desperate for a 'lull.' But first, a reminder from ...
Operation Cast Lead: Day 11
A Blog For All —
... , but the fact is that Hamas is desperate for a timeout . They've been hit hard, but they need a hudna. There's no way Israel should relent. Now is time to slam the hammer down on Hamas. Israel's future deserves no less than to ensure that Hamas is destroyed. Speaking of the diplomatic effort, there's much talk, ...
Hamas Leadership in Disarray
Weekly Standard Blog —
... After ten days of Israeli offensive operations in the Gaza Strip, Hamas' command and control appears to be in disarray, Palestinian analysts told the Jerusalem Post. Hamas leaders are in hiding, and conflicting messages are being put out by Hamas's leadership under Khalid Mashal, who is based in Damascus, and Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader in Gaza. ...
HAMAS SUICIDE OPERATIONS
Dr. Sanity —
... ) if they had to actually admit how pathetic they are, so they are being kind and compassionate and allowing them to save face (as they did in Lebanon). But Hamas is dying to get another ceasefire (no pun intended) so that they can re-arm and re-group in order to start the same cycle of jihad against Israel all over again? ...
Israeli forces focus on Northern Gaza
The Long War Journal —
... Khalid Mashal, the senior political leader of Hamas who is based out of Damascus in Syria, is said to be providing direct orders to the Izzadin Kassam. Mashal has given the Izzadin Kassam "full freedom to take any measures it deems necessary to prevent the collapse of the Hamas regime," The Jerusalem Post reported. ...
Don’t stop fighting til the fight is done
Cold Fury —
Victory begins to take shape — meaning now is no time to be letting up: What is clear is that Hamas is now desperate for a lull in the fighting. But it is also eager to score some kind of a “military victory” before a cease-fire is reached. Hamas can’t accept a new cease-fire without having proved to the Arab and Muslim masses that it was capable of making Israel pay a heavy price for its military offensive. Hamas is fighting for its survival and its leaders know that their collapse would constitute a severe blow not only to the movement, but also to its patrons in Teheran and Damascus.“It’s hard to tell who’s in charge in the Gaza Strip these days,” said a Ramallah-based ...
Can You Hear Me Now?
Neptunus Lex —
Hamas leadership hard-pressed:
(Some) Hamas leaders have been openly signaling their readiness to accept a new cease-fire, others are still calling for pursuing the fight against Israel “until victory.”
What is clear is that Hamas is now desperate for a lull in the fighting. But it is also eager to score some kind of a “military victory” before a cease-fire is reached.
“It’s hard to tell who’s in charge in the Gaza Strip these days,” said a Ramallah-based analyst. “Hamas’s political leaders have disappeared after throwing away their mobile ...
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Hamas is Responsible
michaeltotten.com 1/12/2009 — Steven Erlanger wrote "a revealing article":http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/world/middleeast/11hamas.html?ref=world in the New York Times about the methods of urban warfare used by the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas in Gaza. He shows that Hamas is ...
The Political Behavior of Hamas: Domestic Factors
democracyarsenal.org 1/7/2009 — I wrote a piece for the Huffington Post last week on Hamas’s strategic calculations (and miscalculations). In interpreting the behavior of Hamas, Hezbollah, as well as nonviolent Islamist parties or even nonviolent secular parties, there are a ...
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washingtoninstitute.org 1/6/2009 — Home ' height=25> PolicyWatch #1450 By Matthew Levitt January 6, 2009 Despite its myopic focus on promoting violent conflict rather than peaceful negotiations with Israel, Hamas is by no means a monolithic movement. Divisions within the Hamas ...
The Beatdown Continues: 'Hamas Has Nothing Left But Rockets'
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 1/7/2009 — These chicken-shit terrorists are still hiding behind children and killing members of Fatah. They can't hold up against the IDF and except for the rockets, all they have left is a sympathetic media. Thankfully the Israelis are largely ignoring the ...
Bush puts onus on Hamas for any Gaza truce —
Reuters: Politics 1/5/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush insisted on Monday that any ceasefire to end the Gaza crisis must include provisions to prevent Hamas from continuing to use the coastal strip to fire rockets into Israel.
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