Hamas

Hamas constructs a buffer zone to secure its border with Egypt in response to a demand from the Egyptian regime.

At the end of June 2017 the Hamas ministry of the interior and national security in the Gaza Strip began work on the foundations of a buffer zone between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.
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Marwan Barghouti: Partner for Peace Negotiations or Terrorist?*

This study examines the milestones in the life of Marwan Barghouti in an effort to reveal and analyzethe profound changes that occurred over the years within Fatah and in his positions regarding Israel.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (July 5 – 11, 2017)

This past week terrorist events focused on the combined vehicular-stabbing attack at the entrance to the village of Teqo’a (southeast of Bethlehem). The terrorist was shot and killed. An IDF soldier was wounded. On July 7, 2017, operatives of ISIS’s Sinai Province carried out a large-scale attack on an Egyptian security forces’ checkpoint in the
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 28 – July 4, 2017)

On July 4, 2017, a terrorist attack in Jerusalem was probability prevented. The Palestinian media reported that the Palestinian Authority (PA) announced it would stop guaranteeing payments for patients leaving the Gaza Strip for medical treatment abroad. This past week construction began on a buffer zone between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 21 – 27, 2017)

This past week a rocket was fired into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip; a Salafi jihadist network claimed responsibility. This past week the Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing for tanker trucks carrying diesel fuel for the Gaza Strip power plant and the private sector. Palestinians continue to glorify shaheeds and prisoners who carried
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The UAE Red Crescent secretary general criticized Hamas for launching rockets near a UAE field hospital during Operation Protective Edge to provoke a reaction from Israel that would “show Israel attacked humanitarian aid facilities.”

On June 12, 2017, Dr. Mohammed al-Falahi, secretary general of the UAE Red Crescent, gave a lecture about the security challenges faced by the UAE in carrying out its humanitarian activities around the globe.
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