Category Archives: Terrorism

How confidence building works

Last year, Israel released 4 Jordanian murderers of Israelis to Jordan. At the time, Israel Matzav observed: The Olmert – Barak – Livni government is about to turn four Jordanian murderers over to the Jordanian government in return for a … Continue reading

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Unchanging Fatah

According to the Oslo Accords the following prisoners are subject to release in the guise of confidence building measures. 2. The following categories of detainees and/or prisoners will be included in the abovementioned releases: a. all female detainees and prisoners … Continue reading

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Hamas to Israel: Shalit could be Arad

Hamas is threatening to make Gilad Shalit disappear like Ron Arad. And if you take their analogy to its completion, they’re threatening to kill Shalit. Hamas has warned that abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit will face a fate … Continue reading

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Kassam rockets fired; crossing closed again

Kassams have been landing daily again, but of course, the AP isn’t really reporting that. And tomorrow, they’ll be screaming about Israel closing the Kerem crossing again, one day after opening it. Like it’s Israel’s responsibility to keep on risking … Continue reading

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Israel to release more murderers

It never does anything. Whenever Israel releases prisoners as a “goodwill gesture,” well, nothing good comes of it. Unless you count Hamas getting even more pissy with Fatah, which is a good thing, because when they’re fighting each other, they … Continue reading

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Italy: Playing both sides since WWII

My father used to say that the Italians were the only country in the world that fought on both sides in World War II. Well, they’ve just admitted that they’re also not beneath making deals with terrorists to keep Italy … Continue reading

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Worse than occupation

An Associated Press story about how Hamas and Fatah are both clamping down on dissent in the territories that each controls observes: The U.S. and Europe have said little about violations in the West Bank, even as they’re spending millions … Continue reading

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Iran and it allies *heart* Sudan

Last week I noted that Hamas and Hezbollah, both proxies of Iran, support the genocidal regime of Sudan. Writing in the Weekly Standard, Jonathan Schanzer gives the history behind the relationship. It started with: The story begins in1989, when an … Continue reading

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What a fine Hamas

Back when the news of Israeli negotiations with Hamas were starting to make the news, Col. Jonathan D. Halevi wrote what Hamas was looking for: The tahdiya agreement for a lull is an important achievement for Hamas. Hamas will gain … Continue reading

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Hamas Islamists: Same as the old boss, but meaner

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, only this time, he uses religion as an excuse for his tyranny: Order also means torture, even if this isn’t exactly something Abu Ras is willing to admit. Palestinians who have … Continue reading

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… arrested by his enemy

Ethan Bronner contributes an analysis of the rescue of the Hilles clan by Israel. He gives one explanation why Abbas didn’t want to receive the Hilles clan. In truth, the relationship between the Fatah leadership in the West Bank and … Continue reading

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Racist apartheid state saves terrorists’ lives

The racist apartheid state of Israel is allowing 90 members of Fatah, many of whom are no doubt terrorists, to flee Gaza and resettle in the West Bank—because they are in imminent danger of being killed by Hamas terrorists. But … Continue reading

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Hello martyr, hello Fatah

Last week a number of bloggers noted that AP had a picture of girls at a summer camp in Gaza. Cute. They were holding a missile aloft. Not so cute. Backspin wonders how many papers carried the picture. Mere Rhetoric … Continue reading

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Hamas vs Fatah – it’s getting ugly indeed

It looks like simply killing off one another is not enough anymore for Hamas and Fatah: The internecine fight between Hamas and Fatah has gotten ugly – at least for Palestinians who favor men with mustaches. Hamas has resumed its … Continue reading

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Mortars from Gaza: Civil war ending barrage

The typical Palestinian way to end internal strife is to attack Israel. Like clockwork, here come the mortars. Three mortar shells struck the western Negev late Saturday night, causing neither damage nor injury. The shelling come amid fears that Palestinian … Continue reading

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