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Fast Forward Israel Won’t Negotiate With Hamas-Backed Palestinian Government
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Tuesday it would not hold peace negotiations with a Palestinian government dependent on the Islamist Hamas group, responding to a new reconciliation agreement between the two main Palestinian factions. Hamas and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction sealed a deal last week in which Hamas agreed to cede…
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Fast Forward Two Rockets Fired From Sinai At Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two rockets were fired at southern Israel from the Sinai Peninsula. The Code Red alert siren sounded in Israeli communities on the border with Gaza on Sunday night. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that two rockets were launched from Sinai. It is not known if the rockets fell in Israeli territory. The…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Groups Hamas, Fatah Sign Unity Deal
GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) – Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah signed a reconciliation deal on Thursday after Hamas agreed to hand over administrative control of Gaza, including the key Rafah border crossing, a decade after seizing the enclave in a civil war. The deal brokered by Egypt bridges a bitter gulf between the Western-backed mainstream Fatah…
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Fast Forward Egypt And Jewish Leaders Find Common Ground On Hamas
Keeping up with a tradition set by his predecessor, Egyptian president Abdel Fattah a-Sisi met Monday with Jewish leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The meeting, according to two participants, was friendly and both sides found a common ground in their wish to curb the activity of Hamas…
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Fast Forward Israel Uncovers Hamas Laundering Scheme Involving Turkey And Hebron
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Security Agency uncovered a money laundering scheme that transferred funds to Hamas in Gaza and the West Bank from Turkey via Hebron. The fund transfers, which began in 2016, provided more than $210 million to Hamas in the West Bank and Gaza, according to the Israel Security Agency, also known…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Refugee In Austria Convicted Of Plotting Murder Of Jews, Hamas Ties
(JTA) — A jury in Austria has convicted a Palestinian man for inciting the murder of Jews. The 27-year-old from the Gaza Strip was found guilty on Monday of belonging to the terrorist group Hamas and plotting a terror attack on Jews. He reportedly was sentenced to life in prison. The man, who entered Austria…
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Fast Forward IDF Tank Hits Hamas After 2 Rockets Fired On Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israel Defense Forces tank attacked a Hamas post in the southern Gaza Strip in response to rockets fired on southern Israel. The IDF attack came early Monday morning, after two rocket attacks on Israel from southern Gaza, one late on Sunday evening and one on Sunday morning. Both rockets fell in…
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Community Trump Has Replaced Israel As Our Favorite Thing To Worry (And Fight) About
For decades, certainly since the Six Day War fifty years ago, Israel has been the one subject committed Jews could not avoid when they got together. Nor did they want to. First there was the 1967 victory which, at the time, seemed like a glorious turn in Jewish fortunes. For once, the Jews prevailed and…
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