Hamas

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (October 31 – November 6, 2012)

Rocket fire from the Gaza Strip continues. This past week two rocket hits were identified in Israeli territory. Three IDF soldiers conducting routine counterterrorism activities near the security fence were wounded. A remark made by Mahmoud Abbas to Israel’s Channel 2 TV implying he had relinquished the so-called “right of return” enraged the Palestinians (especially
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Hamas and Holocaust denial *

A commentator on Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV called the Holocaust a “Zionist lie” and strongly opposed the idea of including Holocaust studies in the curriculum of UNRWA schools.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (October 24-30, 2012)

This past week terrorism events focused on the new round of escalation in southern Israel, during which 105 rockets and an estimated 12 mortar shells hit Israeli territory. Hamas and the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) claimed responsibility for most of the rocket launchings.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Update to the October 23, 2012 Bulletin*) Escalation in the South

An IED placed near the security fence (which critically wounded an IDF officer) and an estimated 70 rockets and mortar shells which hit Israeli population centers in the south marked a new round of escalation in southern Israel.
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Hamas and other organizations strongly object to the inclusion of Holocaust studies in the UNRWA school curriculums.

On October 17 the Department of Refugee Affairs of the de-facto Hamas administration said in an announcement that it strongly opposed UNRWA’s decision once again to introduce Holocaust studies into the curriculum of the schools it operates in the Palestinian refugee camps.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (October 10-16, 2012)

This past week rocket fire from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory continued. Seven rocket hits were identified. The Palestinian Authority continues its political activities to promote a vote in the UN General Assembly for non-member status of a Palestinian state.
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