Hamas

Spotlight on Iran (Week of November 11-18, 2010)

Deposition of cash benefits in personal bank accounts under the subsidy policy reform program is complete; Iranians anxiously await price increases
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Hamas’ invitation of Iran’s President Ahmadinejad to the Gaza Strip provoked strong criticism from the Egyptian media.

The media attacks, especially in the Egyptian establishment press, reflect Egypt’s fear of the Gaza Strip’s turning into an extremist Islamic entity under Iranian influence and a danger to Egypt’s national security.
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Fathi Hamad, the Hamas administration’s interior minister, revealed that as many as 700 Hamas military-security operatives were killed during Operation Cast Lead.

Fathi Hamad, the Hamas administration’s interior minister, revealed that as many as 700 Hamas military-security operatives were killed during Operation Cast Lead. The number, consistent with Israel’s examination, is significantly higher than the biased numbers given in the past by Hamas and used by the Goldstone Report to defame Israel.
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Mahmoud al-Zahar, senior Hamas figure, recently attacked the West’s values and permissive lifestyle

Mahmoud al-Zahar, senior Hamas figure, recently attacked the West’s values and permissive lifestyle (i.e., secularism, gender equality, tolerance of homosexuality) and expressed adherence to the goal of the annihilation of the State of Israel through jihad.
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The Viva Palestina convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip and was given festive ceremonies by senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures.

The Viva Palestina convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip and was given festive ceremonies by senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures. They stressed the Hamas themes of the establishment of a Palestinian state instead of the State of Israel and glorified shaheeds of the Palestinian terrorist campaign.
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Egyptian authorities refused to allow 17 activists from the Viva Palestina convoy to enter the Gaza Strip.

Egyptian authorities refused to allow 17 activists from the Viva Palestina convoy to enter the Gaza Strip. Those denied entry included Viva Palestina leader George Galloway, several activists who had been aboard the Mavi Marmara, Muslim Brotherhood activists, and participants in the confrontation with Egypt’s security forces in January 2010.
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