Archive for the ‘Hamas’ Category

BBC’s Panorama Broadcasts “Death in the Med” – Doc About the Mavi Marmara Gaza Flotilla Incident

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

On August 16, the BBC TV show Panorama broadcast a 30-minute documentary titled "Death in the Med." Here's the program description: "As controversy over Israel's blockade of Gaza still rages, Jane Corbin asks what really happened on the Mavi Marmara, when Israeli commandos seized the ship and nine people died. ...

Hamas Leader Khaled Mash’al Calls for Continued Jihad; No Recognition of Israel

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

A report published by Israel's Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center analyzes a recent speech by Hamas leader Khaled Mash'al, in which he presented Hamas' alternative to the Palestinian Authority's approach towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the speech, Mash'al slammed the PLO leadership, denied the legitimacy of Israel, ruled out ...

The Flotilla Farce, by Danny Ayalon

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Here is an opinion piece by Danny Ayalon, Israel's deputy minister of foreign affairs, published in the July 29 Wall Street Journal: The Flotilla Farce Whether they are from Turkey, Ireland or Cyprus, those that participate reek of hypocrisy. By DANNY AYALON A couple of years ago, a Palestinian refugee camp was encircled and ...

Gaza Women’s Shops Eyed by Hamas Police

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

(AFP) GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - Hamas on Wednesday announced new regulations on shops selling women's clothes as part of a campaign to safeguard "public morality" in its Gaza enclave. The police said shops selling women's clothes must not have dressing rooms or tinted windows, and that the mannequins on display out ...

Why Are the Palestinians Opposed to Ending the Occupation?

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Here is an article by Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi is a senior researcher of the Middle East and radical Islam at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs: Foreign Minister Lieberman's plan to assist the Gaza Strip in becoming an independent entity has encountered wall-to-wall Palestinian opposition. The dual-headed Palestinian ...

A Different View of Gaza

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

This column is by Lorne Gunter of the National Post: A shopping mall opened in Gaza City last weekend. It is called, appropriately enough, Gaza Mall and even has a website (gazamall. ps) complete with a catchy logo, and ads for "Israeli men's trousers at an attractive price" and shirts from ...

Hamas Bans Women From Smoking Water Pipes in Cafes

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

By IBRAHIM BARZAK (AP) GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza's Hamas rulers have banned women from smoking water pipes in cafes, calling it a practice that destroys marriages and sullies the image of the Palestinian people. The ban marks the Islamist militant group's latest effort to impose their harsh Muslim lifestyle in ...

Boat Trip is Exercise in Israel Bashing, Editorial, Calgary Herald

Monday, July 19th, 2010

This Calgary Herald editorial takes a close look at what is really motivating Canadian "activists" who want to charter a boat and set sail for Gaza: Charity is supposed to be fuelled by a selfless desire to help others, but it's hard to see any such motivation in the plans advanced ...

According to Reports: Latin American Terror Links Go Unreported

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

In his weekly Canadian Jewish News media analysis column “According to Reports,” Paul Michaels, CIC Director of Communications, looks at a story receiving virtually no coverage in North America: how Hamas and Hezbollah are operating in Central and South America. Last week, while most media were focused on the Obama-Netanyahu ...

The Truth About the Gaza Flotilla, Editorial, National Post

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Here is an editorial from the July 14 National Post: When Israeli commandos killed nine Turkish jihadis on board the lead ship of a Gaza-bound flotilla six weeks ago, Israel's enemies exhibited unusually fervid spasms of agitation. Never mind that about half the victims already had declared their aspiration to die ...