Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress has demanded that the administration of President Barack Obama order the prosecution of scores of Hamas operatives released by Israel in October 2011. In a letter, 52 members of the House called on Attorney General Eric Holder to launch the prosecution of freed Hamas operatives who had been convicted […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Palestinian national unity talks have been hampered by another dispute amid a Hamas demand for a majority of the Cabinet portfolios of the Palestinian Authority. Palestinian sources said Hamas has issued new conditions for a national unity government with the rival Fatah movement, meant to be headed by PA Chairman […]
Sol W. Sanders Some old dead white man said: “All historical analogies are odious”. He meant they stink because time, place and dramatis personae of any historical event are so particularistic, drawing similarities with another event defies logic. Yet, yet … we amateur historians play at the game and often. And perhaps there is value […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The ousted regime of President Hosni Mubarak say Hamas and Hizbullah triggered the revolt in Egypt in 2011. Mubarak’s interior minister asserted that Hamas and Hizbullah sent operatives to foment strife during the protests against the regime in January and February 2011. The former minister, Habib Adli, said the Iranian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — For the first time, the Hamas regime allowed a protest against Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Gaza Strip. On Feb. 21, Hamas authorities permitted a demonstration against the Assad regime at the Islamic University in Gaza City. About 300 Palestinians at the Hamas-aligned institution held a rally in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has deployed a missile and rocket defense system near the nation’s business capital out of concern for a Palestinian attack. Military sources said the Israel Air Force has been assembling the Iron Dome missile and rocket defense system near Tel Aviv as part of an exercise. They […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Islamic insurgents have deployed surface-to-air missiles in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula for attacks on Israel, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy said Hamas has joined with Bedouin insurgents to establish Sinai as a venue for SAM attacks on Israeli civilian and military aircraft. In a report, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Hamas’ military is said to have been divided over a reconciliation agreement with the rival Fatah movement. Hamas sources said an agreement brokered by Qatar and signed by political bureau chief Khaled Masha’al and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has fueled a dispute within the Islamic movement’s Izzedin Kassam military […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Gaza Strip has been struck by a sharp drop in fuel smuggling from Egypt. Officials said Egyptian security forces have blocked shipments of fuel through the Sinai Peninsula toward the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in 2012. They said this has reduced fuel supplies to about 50 percent of consumption […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Hamas, amid threats by the regime of President Bashar Assad, has withdrawn its entire leadership out of Syria. Hamas sources said the movement has ordered the entire 15-member politburo to leave Syria. They said the revolt in Syria has made the country unsafe for its Palestinian wing. “Low-level Hamas members […]