Family accuses Israel’s Mossad of killing Palestinian in Malaysia
By AFP – Apr 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – The family of a Palestinian professor and Hamas member accused Israel’s Mossad spy agency on Saturday of […]
Palestine’s elusive reconciliation
Feb 27,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF Of all the options, limited as they are, that are available to President Mahmoud Abbas to offset the repercussions of President Donald Trump’s controversial proclamation on Jerusalem and his much touted Middle East peace plan, ending inter-Palestinian schism, […]
BLOWBACK: HOW ISRAEL WENT FROM HELPING CREATE HAMAS TO BOMBING IT
That it’s sworn to destroy Israel? That it’s a terrorist group, proscribed both by the United States and the European Union? That it rules Gaza with an iron fist? That […]
How Israel helped create Hamas
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s Note: Yes, this is an old article. We bring it for the benefit of our readers who do not know this history. Israel’s creation of Hamas served two purposes (and still serves the same): (1) make sure that the Palestinian vote is divided (2) always have […]
How Qatar being forced to stop funding terrorism led to Hamas and Fatah reconciling
For years, Egypt has sought to improve relations between both parties operating in the Palestinian territories. Now it seems like something has actually changed – but what will Qatar do next? Abdellatif El-Menawy Thursday 21 September Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said Qatar remains open to dialogue AP Hamas’ […]
Hamas says ready to hand Gaza to Palestinian unity government
DAOUD KUTTAB | Published — Monday 18 September 2017 AMMAN: Hamas on Sunday said it has agreed to dismantle the administration that runs Gaza, a major step toward handing control of the enclave to a unity government after a decade of bitter rivalry with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud […]
Gaza: Unbearable situation
Sep 09,2017 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL According to recent UN reports, Gaza has become a sinking boat, with poverty, unemployment and environmental concerns reaching unprecedented dangerous levels. Reports now say overall unemployment in the coastal Palestinian enclave has topped 41 per cent; more alarmingly, unemployment among the youth, a huge, restive, portion […]
Aid workers fear fallout from Israel visa suspension
By AFP – Sep 07,2017 -JORDAN TIMES United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres attends a news conference at UN-run school in the northern Gaza Strip on August 30 (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel has suspended granting work visas for new foreign charity workers arriving in the country, humanitarians […]
The real debate that Islamism should spark
Jul 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Every few years, it seems the world of Middle East and global policy analysis passes through a phase when a basic question rears its head in the media and in conversations across the world: Is Islamism a dangerous trend of the […]
Israel’s expectations from Qatar plan
HAKKI ÖCAL @hakkiocal Even Twitter has suspended Al Jazeera’s account. Google has erased all links to the stories that Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Saudi King Salman’s 30-year-old son Mohammed had been secretly cooking up Qatar invasion plans. It all looked like a fait accompli, “Qatar is a small […]
Netanyahu tosses Hamas policy paper on Israel into waste bin
Reuters International MAY 7, 2017 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Oded Balilty/Pool (reuters_tickers) By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) – […]
Will Israel reciprocate Hamas’ gesture?
May 04,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Rami G. Khouri I was in Doha, Qatar, Monday evening when Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, issued a new policy statement that amended some of the long-standing hardline positions on Israel in its charter. The next day I also took part in a public panel […]
TURKISH AID SHIP TO GAZA, THE FIRST IN SIX YEARS, DOCKS IN ISRAEL
Turkey and Israel announced a deal to normalize ties earlier in June. BY CONOR GAFFEY ON 7/4/16 Turkish ship Lady Leyla, carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, arrives at the Israeli port of Ashdod, July 3. The ship is the first aid ship sent from Turkey to Gaza since 2010.JACK […]
Hamas, Israel in indirect ‘exchange of ideas’ over truce
By AFP – Jun 16,2015 -JORDAN TIMES Palestinian children play in front of the rubble of buildings which were destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas in the summer of 2014, in the village of Khuzaa, east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Monday (AFP photo) GAZA […]
Israeli strike kills wife, baby daughter of Hamas commander in Gaza
Published Wednesday, August 20, 2014 Fighting in the Gaza Strip continued for a second day after the collapse of truce talks, as Israeli forces killed a woman and a toddler in an assassination attempt targeting a Hamas military leader. Charging that Israel had “opened a gateway to hell,” Hamas’s armed […]
LIVE UPDATES: Summit over Gaza cease-fire begins in Paris
Palestinian death toll in Israeli operation in Gaza passes 1,000; humanitarian cease-fire takes effect; two IDF soldiers killed in Gaza, dozens injured. READ MORE HERE: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.607272
On arrogance and war: How and why is Israel weakening Abbas, strengthening Hamas, and destroying Gaza?
Marwan Bishara ALJAZEERA Only a few weeks ago, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed to get away with it all. He rebuffed the Obama administration’s peace overtures, expanded illegal settlements in the West Bank, and reneged on his agreement with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas by refusing to release the last […]
Hamas says no truce without lifting Gaza blockade
Summary Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal Wednesday stuck firmly to Palestinian demands to end a blockade on Gaza in exchange for a truce, as international efforts to halt the violence made only slow progress. Meshaal said Hamas would accept a temporary truce to allow humanitarian relief into the battered coastal territory […]
Looking back: How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas
By ANDREW HIGGINS Updated Jan. 24, 2009 Editor’s Note: This article dates back to 2009, but we feel today’s readers should be reminded. Moshav Tekuma, Israel Surveying the wreckage of […]
Hamas demands changes to Egypt’s Gaza plan
Summary Hamas demanded changes Wednesday to an Egyptian proposal to end the deadly conflict with Israel in and around the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said. Hamas’ demand came as the Palestinian death toll from Israel’s punishing air campaign, now in its ninth day, rose to 220 people after the […]