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Israel's Self-Defeating Gaza Embargo
Israel's harsh embargo of Gaza has inflicted harm on Israel's image while helping Hamas consolidate its power, says Ivan Eland. July 27, 2010
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Israeli Airstrike Kills Senior Hamas Rocket Maker
Israeli warplanes fired missiles at five targets across Gaza overnight, killing a senior commander of the Hamas military wing and wounding 11 people, the group and the military said Saturday.
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Hamas Probe Leads to American Firms
American investigators, cooperating in a probe of the assassination of a Palestinian leader in Dubai, have identified a handful of U.S.-based companies believed to have been used to transfer money to suspects in the case.
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Israel/Palestinian territories
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Claims of killings in a divided Hamas
GAZA CITY: At 2am on July 16 last year, Mohammed Warshara was woken by a phone call from Hamas, the militant Islamic resistance movement that controls the Gaza Strip.
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Barefoot Bandit brazen from the start
ELEUTHERA, Bahamas Hey, the young local guys on shore yelled at the skinny youth on the Boston Whaler drifting about 30 feet away, Youre the Barefoot Bandit!
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Gaza Rocket Ends Quiet Year For Ashkelon
Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket into Ashkelon on Israel's Mediterranean coast on Friday, blowing out the windows of an apartment block and damaging parked cars in a residential...
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Hamas to start optional military service for Gazans: official
Interior Minister of deposed Hamas government in Gaza Fathi Hammad announced on Tuesday that his ministry intends to start optional, instead of compulsory, military service for Gaza residents. "It's an important step to prepare the men and women of ...
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Not all tours of Israel are alike
Earlier today, we were given a tour of the Green Line and the physical barrier that separates Isreal proper from the West Bank (note -- the Green Line and the location of the barrier are not the same thing, which is a source of furious and intractable ...
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What David Cameron Doesn't Know About Turkey
Who said this? Hamas are resistance fighters who are struggling to defend their land. They have won an election. I have told this to U.S. officials.. . I do not accept Hamas as a terrorist organization. I think the same today. They are defending their ...
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Hamas plans to begin military draft in late 2010
July 29, 2010 - Hamas plans to begin military draft in late 2010
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Tropical Storm Bonnie forces cruise ships near Florida to alter itineraries
Carnival and Royal Caribbean vessels are skipping calls today in Florida and the Bahamas as the storm approaches.
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Gaza youth culture flourishes underground
In back rooms and refugee camps across Gaza, young men are rapping over hip hop beats, flipping over metal bars and spinning on their heads to funky dance music.
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Cameron in diplomatic row over calling Gaza a prison camp
DAVID CAMERON was embroiled in an angry diplomatic row with Israel last night after describing the Gaza Strip as a prison camp for its 1.5 million Palestinian residents.
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Edict lifted for female smokers
JERUSALEM: Hamas has lifted a ban on women smoking water pipes in public in Gaza only three weeks after first issuing the edict.
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Predicting the Israeli-Iranian war
[1]Image via WikipediaLet us say it. Barring the unforeseen, there will be a major Middle East war in the next two years.On one side will be Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah and possibly Syria. On the other side will be Israel... and likely just ...
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Gaza lingerie shops eyed by Hamas police (AFP)
AFP - 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.
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Shameful Defeat Awaits U.S. in 3rd War
A senior Iranian military official has described a third US war in the Middle East as another heavy defeat for the country in the region. The United States, which has already suffered two heavy, disgraceful defeats against Hezbollah and Hamas in the ...
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'Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance'
In light of the botched Israeli raid on the Gaza aid flotilla and the continuing rule of Gaza by Hamas, it might seem as though the situation in the Middle East is as hopeless as ever. Its actually worse, says David Gardner: if the ...
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Hamas targets women's underwear in modesty drive (Reuters)
Reuters - The Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip have ordered lingerie shops to display more modesty.
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British PM Cameron Calls Gaza A Prison Camp. Blames Israel, Ignores Hamas
David Cameron defended his remarks at a press conference with Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Photograph: Pool/REUTERSDavid Cameron: Israeli Blockade Has Turned Gaza Strip Into A 'Prison Camp' -- The GuardianPrime minister intervenes in Middle East dispute and ...
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Israeli PM, Jordanian King Discuss Peace Process
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The Barefoot Bandit's last days on the run
Colton Harris-Moore's two-year run from the law ended two weeks ago in the Bahamas, when his getaway boat wound up stuck in a sandbar, with the 19-year-old "Barefoot Bandit" ducking a hail of gunfire from local police.
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Hamas leader says group considering Gaza draft
The top security official in Hamas-ruled Gaza said Tuesday he is considering setting up a bigger military force, first with volunteers and eventually with conscripts as well. Such a step could further tighten Hamas' control of Gaza and deepen the rift ...
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Hamas warns Abbas to reject direct peace talks
AFP - GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Hamas on Tuesday warned Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas not to relaunch direct peace talks with Israel, which it said "would only serve the Zionist occupation."
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Gazans want "Marshall Plan", Israel policy falls short
Reuters - GAZA (Reuters) - Wael El Wadiah's Gaza snack food factories once employed 250 people. Today, denied access to the West Bank market by Israel, he employs a few dozen workers in what is left of a business built up over 25 years.
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Palestinian Democracy Requires Palestinian Democrats
Mustafa Barghouthi is the sort of Palestinian that Western politicians and journalists like. He is not affiliated with either Hamas or Fatah and thus cannot be accused of being a front man for the terrorists who make up the core of both those groups. ...
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Sports on the air
Tuesday Pro baseball TV Radio 5:10 p.m. Seattle at Chicago White Sox FSN 710 7:05 p.m. PCL, Tacoma at Fresno 850 9 p.m.* Seattle at Chicago White...
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Glam Slam: Makeup Mondays How To Get That Honeymoon Glow Even If You Arent On A Honeymoon
Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr just got back from their honeymoon in the Caribbean today. New brides Carrie Underwood and Emily Blunt spent their honeymoons in Tahiti. Penelope Cruz got married in the Bahamas. You dont have to be just married or .
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Paul Jacob: Of, by and from the people, for the politicians
Does your city manager make $800,000 a year? Before you answer, you might want to check. Maybe file an open records request with your city. You might get the same run-around citizens in Bell, California,...
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