Hamas Takes Responsibility for Attack


Reported: 23:15 PM - Aug/31/10
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Hamas took responsibility for Tuesday's terror attack in the Hevron area in which a pregnant Israeli woman and 3 other family members were murdered. After at first denying the charges, a top terrorist of Hamas' Izzadin-al-Qassem brigade said that the attack had been carried out by his men, who had “returned safely to base. We applaud the attack, a proof of the failure of talks between the PA and Israel,” Abu Obeidah said in a statement.

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A ZAKA volunteer who arrived on the scene recognized his wife's body. "We saw him crying at the scene and didn't understand what was hapenning at first. It wasn't the first disaster he saw," his colleauge, Isaac Berenstein, told the Post. T...hen he shouted, "that's my wife!' That's my wife!'" The volunteer was immediately removed from the scene by his colleagues and taken to his home in Bet Hagai.
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Hamas praises West Bank shooting attack

Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip praised a shooting that killed four Israelis in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday but did not claim responsibility for the attack.

"Hamas praises the attack and regards it as a natural response to the crimes of the occupation," said Sami Abu-Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza, adding that the attack was proof "of a failure of security coordination" between Israel and the Palestinians. Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, opposes the peace talks starting in Washington on Wednesday and is not taking part. (Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi; Writing by Allyn Fisher-Ilan; editing by Tim Pearce)

Reuters source

Pregnant Israeli Woman and her family murdered.
Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, congratulated the attackers ....,Hamas opposes direct talks and the continued existence of Israel.

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Daniel Pearl's Father on Hezbollah & Hamas


Jerusalem Post op-ed article, Judea Pearl, father of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel murdered by Islamic terrorists in Pakistan eight years ago

“Terrorist acts, whenever condemned,( by US Muslim Leaders -Ed.) are immediately ‘contextually explicated’ (to quote Tariq Ramadan); spiritual legitimizers of suicide bombings (e.g, Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi of Qatar) are revered beyond criticism; Hamas and Hizbullah are permanently shielded from the label of ‘terrorist.’ Overall, the message that emerges from this discourse is unambiguous: When Muslim grievance is at question, America is the culprit and violence is justified, if not obligatory.” READ ON"

Gaza Hamas Chief Haniyeh:
Direct negotiations will lead to failure

By JPOST.COM STAFF
08/23/2010 18:57


Hamas leader says talks will not restore rights, only God will help the Palestinians, who are a "model for Arab nations;" factions accuse PA of succumbing to outside pressure. READ ON

Hamas Chief Khaled Mashaal: Talks are illegitimate
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
08/24/2010 21:44

DAMASCUS, Syria — Hamas' exiled leader Khaled Mashaal said Tuesday the upcoming US-backed direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are illegitimate and are the result of coercion by Washington.

"These negotiations are taking place by force of coercion and with an American summons," Mashaal told reporters in Damascus, Syria on Tuesday.
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Hamas: PA detain 28 party members

Published today 16:13 NABLUS (Ma'an) -- The Palestinian Authority's security forces detained 28 Hamas members and affiliates from across the West Bank over the past three days, a statement from the party said Thursday.

Men were detained from the Nablus, Ramallah, Hebron, Qalqiliya

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Netanyahu confirms resolve to reach Shalit deal




Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that his government is still trying to reach an agreement with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) which will include the release of Sergeant Gilad Shalit. The Israeli soldier has been held in Gaza since 2006 and it is expected that a deal to have him released will involve an exchange for possibly hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. READ ON

French NGO says Gaza security forces (Hamas)shut down clinic

Published Wednesday 18/08/2010 (updated) 19/08/2010 21:01 BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A medical relief NGO said Wednesday that Hamas-affiliated security forces shut down its clinic in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, and confiscated equipment.

The French group, Help Doctors said that at 10:30 a.m., four men in civilian clothes including an employee with the Interior Ministry entered the medical dispensary for the care of chronic patients and seized three chairs, a telephone, office equipment, and administrative records.

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French NGO says Hamas stole equipment
Published today 15:29 GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- The French organization Help Doctors operating a clinic in Gaza said that members of the Hamas government security forces seized the remainder of its equipments on Monday.

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