Israel and Hamas step back from major Gaza confrontation
The attacks increased after militants fired an anti-tank missile at an Israeli school bus from Gaza on Thursday, injuring a teenage boy. Israel launched a series of air strikes and Gazan groups fired about 80 mortar shells and 20 longer-range rockets. Leaders from both sides made radio appeals for calm and indicated that each side had no desire to escalate the conflict. It was reported that Robert
Hamas fights UN's 'poisonous' Holocaust lessons in Gazan schools
Hamas has vowed to stop the United Nations teaching children in Gaza about the Holocaust, saying it will poison their minds. The history of the Holocaust is planned to be included as part of a human rights curriculum in schools run by the UN Relief and Works Agency, which is responsible for the welfare of Palestinian refugees. More than 200,000 children attend UNRWA schools in Gaza. Hamas, the Isl
Palestine papers reveal MI6 drew up plan for crackdown on Hamas
British intelligence helped draw up a secret plan for a wide-ranging crackdown on the Islamist movement Hamas which became a security blueprint for the Palestinian Authority, leaked documents reveal. The plan asked for the internment of leaders and activists, the closure of radio stations and the replacement of imams in mosques. The disclosure of the British plan, drawn up by the intelligence serv
A rumble of war
A rumble of warNeither side wants war but neither knows quite how to be sure to stop it THERE is scant logic to the latest upsurge in cross-border fire between Israel and the Palestinians of Gaza. Both have benefited from an undeclared ceasefire since Israel's assault on Gaza in late 2008 and early 2009. Figures from Israel's intelligence service mark down 2010 as the calmest year for a decade. Of
Israeli forces kill West Bank Hamas commander
Israeli forces have shot dead a local Hamas military commander in the north of the occupied West Bank. Iyad Shilbaya, a commander of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, was killed during a raid to arrest him, the Israeli military said. Hamas's military wing said it was responsible for the killing at the end of August of four Jewish settlers in the West Bank. It is not clear whether Shilbaya was a sus
Israeli settlers to resume building on West Bank after Hebron killings
West Bank settlers have pledged to resume building from 6pm tonight, in defiance of the Israeli government's freeze on construction and in direct response to last night's killing of four people by Hamas gunmen. The shooting of the settlers near the volatile West Bank city of Hebron drew condemnation from all parties involved in negotiations that are due to begin in Washington today. The response o
Hamas fighter killed in Israel air strikes on Gaza
Several Israeli missiles struck targets in central Gaza and Gaza City late on Friday Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed a Hamas fighter and wounded several other people. Missiles struck central Gaza and Gaza City late on Friday; tunnels on the strip's southern border were also hit. The strikes came after a rocket fired from the coastal enclave by militants earlier on Friday hit the
Fatah and Hamas are both taking on water
The Middle East Channel: Fatah and Hamas are both taking on water
Hamas hangs on
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