Gaza

According to the cease-fire agreement that ended the summer’s war, as well as the preconditions set by the states pledging to reconstruct Gaza, Hamas is. . .

Neri Zilber
Dec. 23 2014 12:01AM

Before the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, thousands of Palestinians worked and did business in Israel. But years under the harsh thumb of Hamas. . .

Armin Rosen
Dec. 11 2014 12:01AM

In Operation Protective Edge, Israel was able to achieve its goal of stopping rocket fire without a full-scale invasion of the Gaza strip, and without. . .

Dec. 3 2014 12:01AM

Having rejected the UN plan for reconstructing Gaza, Hamas is now looking for someone to punish for its own decision. Attacking the Palestinian Authority and. . .

Khaled Abu Toameh
Nov. 25 2014 12:01AM

The U.S. has withheld military aid from Egypt this year, in part as a response to repressive measures taken against terrorist groups in the Sinai.. . .

David Schenker and Eric Trager
Nov. 21 2014 12:01AM

Having failed to accomplish much in the recent Gaza war, Hamas has begun a new strategy of cooperation with al-Qaeda-linked terrorist groups in the Sinai. . .

Yaakov Lappin
Nov. 6 2014 12:01AM

On October 12, the U.S., Qatar, the EU, and others pledged $5.4 billion to Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority, half of which is earmarked for. . .

Khaled Abu Toameh
Oct. 15 2014 12:01AM

Why Hamas, though momentarily chastened, may soon be tempted to start another war.

Avi Issacharoff
Sept. 30 2014 12:01AM

Hamas operatives have taken to extorting money from Palestinians fleeing Gaza. The result: some 500 people missing at sea, presumed drowned.

Khaled Abu Toameh
Sept. 29 2014 12:01AM

When given the rare opportunity to speak without threat of retribution, Gazans complain of violent oppression and being used as human shields.

Mudar Zahran
Sept. 23 2014 12:01AM

Hamas troops robbed a bank in Gaza City; Fatah and Hamas are squabbling over reconstruction funds. Is the Palestinian Unity government on the verge of collapse?

Khaled Abu Toameh
Sept. 22 2014 12:01AM

While the UN investigates Israel’s alleged war crimes, its own chief agency in Gaza, largely funded by the U.S., has been functioning as a support. . .

Claudia Rosett
Sept. 8 2014 12:01AM

Of the 27 alleged collaborators executed by Hamas during Operation Protective Edge, exactly none was working with Israeli intelligence.

Aaron J. Klein and Mitch Ginsburg
Sept. 5 2014 12:01AM

Complete demilitarization is impossible for now, but steps can be taken both to prevent Hamas from rearming and to undermine it politically. (Interview by Toby Greene)

Shlomo Brom
Sept. 4 2014 12:01AM