The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Hamas’ condemnation of killing Osama bin Laden reflects the movement’s deep identification with extremist jihadist Islam and Al-Qaeda’s anti-Western orientation

Hamas’ condemnation of killing Osama bin Laden reflects the movement’s deep identification with extremist jihadist Islam and Al-Qaeda’s anti-Western orientation, although Hamas focuses its campaign on Israel (as well as the Palestinian Authority, despite the reconciliation agreement) and struggles against the global jihad networks threatening it in the Gaza Strip.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (April 27-May 3, 2011)

On April 27 a reconciliation agreement was initialed by Fatah and Hamas representatives in Cairo. The agreement is expected to be signed in Cairo on May 4. The agreement calls for the establishment of a unity government of technocrats, which will preside until elections are held about a year from now for Palestinian Authority institutions.
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An aid convoy to the Gaza Strip is being organized in South Africa by two anti-Israeli Islamic organizations.

It is expected to leave at the end of June and cross the African continent. The organizers were in contact with Hamas and IHH, apparently coordinating the convoy with them.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (April 13-26, 2011)

Events this past week focused on the April 24 killing of a young Israeli and wounding of three others by Palestinian police Israel’s south was relatively quiet during the Passover holiday. Two rockets were fired, and the IDF responded by attacking terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip. On April 14 Vittorio Arrigoni, an anti-Israeli International
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (April 6-12, 2011)

Between April 7 and 10 there was a new round of escalation in the Gaza Strip. It followed the Hamas anti-tank missile attack of a school bus and barrages of rocket and mortar shell fire targeting Israel’s south (132 rocket and mortar shell hits were identified during those four days). In response, the IDF attacked
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Bülent Yildirim, leader of the Turkish organization IHH, said in another fiery speech that “We are not afraid to die as shaheeds” and would continue “until we complete our journey to Al-Aqsa mosque”

Bülent Yildirim, leader of the Turkish organization IHH, said in another fiery speech that “We are not afraid to die as shaheeds” and would continue “until we complete our journey to Al-Aqsa mosque,” possibly indicating the intention of using force and violence on the new flotilla.
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