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Lax Egypt border lets Hamas rearm: Israeli official (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Reuters - Egypt is not doing nearly enough to clamp down on arms smuggling into Gaza, allowing the Palestinian militant group Hamas to build up a potent arsenal of rockets,…

Big rally by Islamic Jihad in Gaza, joined by Hamas (Reuters)

October 29th, 2010

Reuters - Tens of thousands of supporters of the militant Islamic Jihad movement rallied in the streets of Gaza on Friday, chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.”

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Israel says Hamas has anti-aircraft missiles (AP)

October 18th, 2010

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 file photo, Palestinian Hamas militants carry a mock coffin wrapped with an Israeli flag during a rally in the Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip. Gaza's Hamas rulers have obtained anti-aircraft missiles, Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, in a potentially game-changing development that could threaten the Israeli air force's ability to strike at the Islamic militant group. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)AP - Gaza’s Hamas rulers have obtained anti-aircraft missiles, Israel’s prime minister said Monday, in a potentially game-changing development that could threaten the Israeli air force’s ability to strike at…

Hamas says group’s lawmaker arrested in West Bank (AP)

October 18th, 2010

A Palestinian reacts during the funeral for militant Mahmoud Washa at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City October 17, 2010. An Israeli air strike killed Washa in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday when he and others attempted to launch a rocket or mortar shell towards Israel, the Israeli army and Palestinian medics said. REUTERS/Suhaib SalemAP - The Palestinian militant Hamas group says Israeli soldiers have arrested one of its lawmakers in the West Bank.


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Israel, Hamas have resumed prisoner swap talks (AP)

October 17th, 2010

Palestinians walk in front of a wall painting showing Israeli army soldier Sgt. Gilad Schalit, in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010.  The German mediator trying to broker the release the Israeli soldier held captive for four years by Palestinian militants made a secret visit to the Gaza Strip, a senior Hamas official said Saturday, suggesting a renewed attempt to push forward negotiations deadlocked for months. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - Israel said Sunday it has resumed indirect talks with the Hamas rulers of Gaza on swapping hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for a captive soldier held for more than…

Hamas leader: Arafat urged attacks on Israel (AP)

September 30th, 2010

FILE - In this June 1, 2006 file photo, Hamas strongman Mahmoud Zahar walks past portraits of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right, at the embassy of the Palestine Authority in Beijing, China, Thursday, June 1, 2006. It's been 10 years ago, almost to the day, since Palestinians rose up in revolt against Israel, sweeping away peace talks, triggering a ferocious Israeli reaction and leaving thousands dead on both sides.There is an enduring mystery and competing narratives over why the uprising erupted, but Zahar now seems to confirm a key Israeli claim: that Yasser Arafat was playing a double game while insisting he was trying to stop the violence.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - It has been 10 years since Palestinians began an uprising that swept away peace talks, triggered a ferocious reaction by the Jewish state and left thousands dead on…

Top Hamas official arrested in Egypt (AP)

September 19th, 2010

AP - A top Hamas security official was arrested at Cairo airport for using falsified travel documents, Egyptians officials said Sunday.

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Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as she hosts the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly agreed to push aside the question of Hamas — the…

Hamas leader rejects talks with Israel (AP)

September 1st, 2010

Israeli soldiers hold a Jewish settler to the ground after he was vandalizing a Palestinian house a day after a Palestinian attack that left four Israelis dead, in the West Bank town of Hebron, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Four Israelis were killed in a Palestinian shooting attack Tuesday evening when they drove through the West Bank as a new round of Mideast talks opened in Washington. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - The top Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip rejected compromise with Israel in a fiery speech Wednesday, a day after gunmen killed four Israelis in a strong reminder…

Palestinians crack down on Hamas after shooting (AP)

September 1st, 2010

Palestinian children, waving green Islamic flags and making a victory sign, participate a rally, to celebrate a militant attack in the southern West Bank,  in the Jebaliya Refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. A Palestinian gunman opened fire on an Israeli vehicle traveling in the West Bank on Tuesday, killing four passengers, authorities said, in a deadly attack that cast a long shadow over Mideast peace talks set to start this week. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - Palestinian security forces arrested more than 150 Hamas members in an overnight sweep throughout the West Bank after the Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for shooting dead four…