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Hamas pwned by Israeli hackers

A group of Israeli teenagers pwned a few terrorist websites. Izzadin Kassam’s site displayed a blank white screen and Hebrew text notifying of a technical error. The websites of Arab Israeli political party Balad, and left-wing activist groups ‘Hagada Hasmolanit’ … Continue reading

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What ceasefire?

Rockets hit Israel again today. And from the PA’s very own Fatah terrorists. A Qassam rocket was fired Thursday afternoon from the Gaza Strip into Israel, exploding in an open area in Sderot’s industrial zone. There were no reports of … Continue reading

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Good Government Terrorists

Barry Rubin writes about They’re Dictators and Terrorists But What Clean Streets!, after outlining the failures of Fatah, Prof. Rubin lays out the secrets of Hamas’s success. As for Hamas, it possesses three key weapons. The mainstream appeal of extremism … Continue reading

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Israel’s slow defeat

Ehud Olmert is presiding over Israel’s slow defeat by her enemies. What else can you call a situation when a country refuses to fight back when terrorists attack her? And not just refuses, but tells the enemy that she will … Continue reading

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Pictures = 1000’s of words

On the ceasefire: We have this picture with the caption: An Israeli woman stands outside her damaged house after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza landed in the southern town of Sderot And this picture with this caption: … Continue reading

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Israel’s unacknowledged terror victims

The current AP boilerplate for Gaza is as follows: The Egyptian-brokered deal aims to end a year of violence that has killed more than 400 Palestinians, including dozens of civilians, and seven Israelis in a bloody cycle of Palestinian rocket … Continue reading

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Rockets hit Sderot, truce broken again

The truce is broken for the third time. The first was Hamas’ refusal to end smuggling. The second was a mortar fired early this morning. And now rockets are being fired at Sderot. Ceasefire shattered? Residents of Israel’s south were … Continue reading

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Hamas’s no-cost triumph

Jonathan D. Halevi on what Hamas accomplished. Hamas’ motives have nothing to do with “distress,” but rather with “opportunities” – that is, the objectives it seeks to attain in the international arena and especially in its own internal political arena. … Continue reading

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The uncontrollable terrorist lie

Time and again, year after year, terrorist leaders, political leaders, and hand-wringers around the world would insist that there was no way to rein in terrorist groups. They’re uncontrollable. Hamas can only control Hamas terrorists. Yasser Arafat could only control … Continue reading

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Hamas handed victory

Griffe Witte reports in the Washington Post, As Israeli Siege Strangles Gaza Strip, Hamas, Smugglers Profit Off Tunnels.Despite the title, and some silliness in the beginning the article is, overall, rather informative. For all the talk of the “strangling” of … Continue reading

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Keep on firing

Meryl charged that last week’s “work accident” would quickly fade down the memory hole and showed it happening. Update: And now (2:23 p.m. timestamp), all mention of the explosion is gone from AP updates. Move along, nothing to see here. … Continue reading

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The media bias, lessening?

Soccer Dad points to a few bloggers who think the AP media bias against Israel may be easing. I’m not nearly as optimistic as they are, and here’s why. Watch the change in versions as the day progressed. The first … Continue reading

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Make their fears come true

A few weeks ago Moshe Arens observed: But once the Israel Defense Forces and the security services began to seriously tackle Palestinian terror, following the massacre at the Park Hotel in Netanya in the spring of 2002, it quickly became … Continue reading

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Explosive narrative

The NYT reports:Disputed Blast in Gaza Kills 5 Hamas, the Islamist group that controls Gaza, initially blamed an Israeli airstrike for the blast, and it fired a hail of rockets and mortar rounds at Israeli towns and villages around the … Continue reading

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Bombardment of Israel continues while Olmert fiddles

The daily bombardment of Israel continues. A 59-year-old Israeli woman was lightly-to-moderately wounded in the Yad Mordechai area on Thursday afternoon as Palestinian terror groups launched a barrage of mortar shells and Qassam rockets against Israeli communities near the Gaza … Continue reading

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