The Hesbah forum’s reaction to two recent rumors is instructive. First, the claim by a Hamas official that Obama’s advisers met with members of the organization during the U.S. election is being met with derision. The derision is directed not at Obama but at Hamas for selling out and walking down the trail blazed by Fatah. […]
Posts Tagged ‘Hamas’
Divide And Conquer
Posted: 12th November 2008 by Will McCants in Afghanistan, HamasTags: Afghanistan, Hamas, Hekmatyar, Taliban
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Anti-Shia Graffiti In Gaza
Posted: 26th October 2008 by Will McCants in Hezbollah, Iran, Palestinian TerritoriesTags: Gaza, Hamas, Iran, Qassam, Shia
A member of the Faloja Forum, Abu Muhammad al-Rafhawi, has posted pictures of anti-Shia graffiti from Gaza that he claims was written by youth in the Qassam Brigades and the internal security forces. I don’t know if this sort of graffiti is typical or if it reflects rising hostility toward Hezbollah and Iran among younger […]
On the Faloja forum, two issues are generating a lot of conflict. One is Hamas, which some members have strongly criticized for crushing the Islamic Army in Gaza, a group sympathetic to al-Qaeda. Other members are plantively calling for unity. The other contentious issue is Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, whom I’ve written about several times in the past. Maqdisi […]
New Issues of Two Jihadi Journals
Posted: 14th August 2008 by Will McCants in Afghanistan, Hamas, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq, Jihadi journals, Strategy, training campsTags: Hamas, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq, Jihadi journals, Strategy, training, Zawahiri
Issue 28 of Sada al-Jihad is out. Articles include, “Hamas Responds Negatively to the Invitation of Shaykh Ayman al-Zawahiri” and “The Intellectual Pollution of the Followers of the Salafi-Jihadi Method.” A new journal, Qadaya Jihadiyya (Jihadi Issues), has also be released. The production quality is better than most of the Jihadi journals and the articles […]
Hamas Hands Over al-Qaeda Commander to Egypt
Posted: 3rd July 2008 by Will McCants in AQ Leadership, Egypt, Hamas, Palestinian Territories, Travel RoutesTags: al-Qaeda, Egypt, Hamas, Palestinian Territories, Qassam
According to Usama al-Asad at Ekhlaas, when the barrier between Gaza and Egypt was destroyed, one of the commanders of al-Qaeda tried to enter Gaza and form a Jihadi group with some disaffected elements of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades. When Hamas found out, they captured him and turned him over to Egypt. Usama […]
Response to Hamas Truce
Posted: 18th June 2008 by Will McCants in Hamas, IsraelTags: Hamas, Israel, truce
There’s disagreement about the Israel-Hamas truce on Ekhlaas today. Ekhlaas member Hafid al-Faruq thinks it squanders the blood of the martyrs who died to lift the siege. Asad al-Islam counters that there is no harm in a truce as long as the mujahids accept it; after all, Bin Laden himself offered a truce to Europe. […]