The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Hamas’s new satellite television channel: a step forward in Hamas’s battle for hearts and minds

A Hamas-operated satellite broadcasting station named “The Light of Al-Aqsa” (Saraj al-Aqsa ) started broadcasting on October 15 in the afternoon. For the time being, the station airs archive footage of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and songs of religious character. The station will broadcast from Dubai (where the station manager, Ziyad al-Hasanat, is based) and the
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News of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation October 1-15, 2006

Events during the past two weeks focused on increased IDF activity in the Gaza Strip, both on land and in the air. , Qassam rockets were fired at Sderot, causing a power outage for a number of hours and slightly wounding several local residents. In addition, violent clashes between Hamas and Fatah intensified. The immediate
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News of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation September15-30 2006

Israeli security forces continue preventing terrorist attacks in Israel. Qassam rocket attacks against the western Negev continue, wounding residents of Sderot and hitting homes, although there was less Qassam rocket fire in August and September than in previous months.
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News of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation September 1-14

The focus of the last two weeks was the death of an IDF tracker near the Kissufim crossing. It occurred as an IDF force exposed a tunnel leading into Israeli territory (During the first two weeks of August there was relatively little Qassam rocket fire directed against Israeli population centers in the western Negev. In
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News of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation August 16-31, 2006

During the second half of August the Israeli security forces continued their intensive counterterrorism activity in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip. There was a significant decline in the number of rockets launched from the Gaza Strip at population centers in the western Negev.
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An exceptional statement on the first anniversary of the disengagement

In an exceptional statement on the first anniversary of the disengagement, Hamas government spokesman Ghazi Hamad criticized anarchy and corruption in the Gaza Strip, blaming Palestinian society and no, as usual, the Israeli “occupation.” He also criticized rocket attacks against Israel, which he said did more harm than good, and said the Palestinians had to
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