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Archives: Hamas
Has Iran cut off Hamas? Is Hamas turning to Saudi Arabia?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Newsweek is reporting that Iran has cut off funding to Hamas in Gaza, citing Israeli journalism and Hamas sources. Iran's relationship with the…
Did Daesh/ ISIL just hit Hamas in Gaza with Car Bombs?
Ma'an News Agency | - - GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Five car bombs targeting the armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad went off in near-simultaneous blasts on Sunday morning in the…
What is terrorism? The Charleston massacre and Palestinian resistance
By Heike Schotten | (Ma'an News Agency) | - Well before the advent of the US “War on Terror,” Edward Said wrote: “As a word and concept, ‘terrorism’ has acquired an extraordinary…
Selling the Gaza Assault: Israel’s Self-Inquiry is Self-Serving
John Hickman | (Informed Comment) | - - The document titled "The 2014 Gaza Conflict, 7 July – 26 August 2014: Factual and Legal Aspects" released by the Israeli government on May…
As new Gaza Aid Effort sets Sail, Activists mark 5 years since Israeli attack
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Activists in Gaza City on Sunday marked five years since Israel's deadly attack on the first Freedom Flotilla in 2010, a day after the ship leading Freedom Flotilla…