Hamas

Rabid anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic incitement on Hamas-owned media

The Hamas movement places a great deal of importance on the campaign over public opinion. It therefore allocates many resources in manpower and funds towards the operation of various media the contents of which it controls (newspapers, television, radio, Internet). These media assist Hamas in spreading its militant messages, preaching terrorism and hatred against Israel,
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Terrorism and Internet: an examination of Hamas’s websites and the hosting providers used by them

The Hamas movement places significant importance on disseminating its messages through the Internet. These are distributed to various target audiences in the Palestinian Authority administered territories and across the Arab/Muslim world. Over the years, the Hamas invested large sums of money into the creation of an extensive Internet infrastructure, which includes over 20 websites in
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Jamal Abu Samhadana was killed in an air strike on a Popular Resistance Committees training base in the Gaza Strip.

Abu Samhadana, the organization’s leader, had a long record of bloody terrorist attacks against Israel and was recently appointed by the Hamas government as general supervisor of the interior ministry and the police force.
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Abu Mazen declared that on July 26 he would submit the prisoners’ document to a national referendum

Abu Mazen declared that on July 26 he would submit the prisoners’ document to a national referendum, which Hamas strongly rejects. He views it as a means to strengthen his position vis-à-vis Hamas and hopes it will show Israel and the international community he can be a partner for negotiations
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Al-Nabka Day (the anniversary of the events of 1948), the first under the new Hamas government, was commemorated with a flood of hate propaganda directed against Israel

Al-Nabka Day stressed the “right of return” of the Palestinian refugees and justifying the use of violence and terrorism as ways of achieving it. While Hamas turned Al-Nakba Day from a secular-nationalist event into a tool for promoting its radical Islamic ideology, Abu Mazen gave a speech which promoted negotiation and peace with Israel
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The Palestinian Preventive Security thwarted an attempt to perpetrate a deadly terrorist attack at Karni Crossing

The Palestinian Preventive Security thwarted an attempt to perpetrate a deadly terrorist attack at Karni Crossing. Such an attack could have resulted in the temporary closing of the crossing, regarded by Gaza Strip residents as a vital economic gateway. The terrorist attack was perpetrated by the Popular Resistance Committees, directed by senior Hamas operatives. Using
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