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Hamasnik nabbed crossing into Israel from Gaza, 10,000 in weekly riot |
2019-01-19 |
[IsraelTimes] Man immediately apprehended; 10,000 Paleostinians throw rocks, fire bombs and grenades at Israeli troops during weekly protest, IDF responds with tear gas, live fire. A Paleostinian tossed in the clink Book 'im, Mahmoud! after he crossed the border from Gazoo into Israel on Friday morning told interrogators he was a member of the Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, terrorist organization, the army said in a statement. The man breached the border fence to the north of the Gazoo Strip and immediately surrendered before he was apprehended by Israeli troops, the IDF spokesperson’s unit said. Hebrew-language media reported that he was unarmed. Around 10,000 Paleostinians participated in riots along the border on Friday afternoon, throwing rocks, fire bombs and hand grenades at Israeli troops, and burning tires. Israeli soldiers reportedly responded with tear gas and, in some cases, live fire. A number of Paleostinians briefly breached the border and entered Israel before quickly returning to Gazoo, Hadashot news reported. The Hamas-run Gazoo Health Ministry said that 43 people were maimed in the festivities, including two members of the press and three medical personnel. Hamas leader Ahmed Bahar warned the prime minister that the protesters would continue to "humiliate" Israel. "Netanyahu, we are continuing with the help of God," said Bahar, according to Hadashot news. "Our people are holding many cards that will humiliate the criminal Zionist enemy." Israel will decide whether to allow the next delivery of economic aid from Qatar ![]() to enter the Strip based on the level of violence at the protests, the Haaretz daily reported. Friday’s violence marked the first major test for new IDF chief of staff Aviv Kohavi, who was sworn in as the 22nd commander of the Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday. |
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Abbas said to cut salaries of 37 Hamas lawmakers | |
2017-07-10 | |
[IsraelTimes] Deputy speaker calls measure a ’declaration of war’ on Paleostinian Legislative Council; Abbas threatens ’economic sanctions’ The Paleostinian Authority cut the salaries of 37 Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", politicians as part of a series of measures to get the terror group to cede control of the Gazoo Strip, Paleostinian media reports said on Sunday. The PA finance ministry informed MPs from Hamas’s Change and Reform bloc who are living in the West Bank that they would no longer receive their salaries, First Deputy Speaker of the Paleostinian parliament Ahmed Bahar, told the news site Safa. Bahar called the measure a "declaration of war" against the Paleostinian Legislative council. The speaker of the parliament, Aziz Dweik ...Dweik has been associated with The Moslem Brotherhood and Hamas since as early as 1992.... , was among those who had their salaries cut, Bahar said. According to Paleostinian law, Dweik would become Abbas’s temporary successor should the 82-year-old PA president no longer be able to continue his duties. The Paleostinian parliament has not met since 2007, following a battle between Hamas and the PA’s ruling Fatah party. Bahar noted the PA cut the salaries of all Hamas MPs living in Gazoo following the terror group’s takeover of the Strip in 2007. Since April, in a series of measures meant to force Hamas give up control in Gazoo, Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... has cut funds for Israeli-supplied electricity to Gazoo by 35 percent, reduced by one-third the salaries of tens of thousands of PA employees in Gazoo, reduced the medical budget for Gazoo by a reported 90% and forced more than 6,000 PA employees Gazoo into early retirement. The Paleostinian Authority argues, along with Israel, that Hamas puts taxes it collects into its own coffers and military, while Ramallah pays the bills to keep the Strip’s institutions and infrastructure running. In June, with Egyptian mediation, Dahlan and Hamas reportedly agreed to establish a new "management committee" of Gazoo, which would see the Fatah strongman share control of the Paleostinian enclave.
Abbas did not make clear how he would implement the sanctions or what they would be. | |
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Palestinian Official: Hamas Executed Former Leader For Spying For Egypt |
2014-08-08 |
[Ynet] Former Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, strong man found dead under Gazoo rubble, Paleostinian official: He was killed for collaborating with Egypt. The body of Ayman Taha, a senior Hamas member who was also instrumental in founding the group, was found dead under the rubble in the Gazoo neighborhood of Saja'yya. Though the area was hit hard during Israel's Gazoo operation, Paleostinian sources reported Thursday that Taha had not been killed as a result of an IDF attack, but was rather executed by Hamas after being accused of spying for Egypt. Al Quds news reports that he was executed by Hamas via firing squad for collaboration with Israel, however other Paleostinian media said it was his ties with Egypt that led to the execution. Paleostinian officials who spoke to Ynet said his death could have a negative influence on ceasefire talks currently being held in Egypt in a bid to extent the current ceasefire in fighting beyond its 8am Friday deadline. Taha has held a number of roles in the organization, some of which have landed him in trouble. In a recent feature on Hamas' funds, Ynet recalled that Taha conducted financial deals on behalf of Hamas officials, who ensured that they received their dividends in cash. In 2011, Taha himself paid $700,000 for a luxury three-floor villa in the central Gazoo Strip; a year ago, he was charged with being an agent for Egypt. This February, AP reported that Taha was incarcerated Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! by Hamas over suspected financial misdealings. Ahmed Bahar, the deputy speaker of the legislative council, said at the time that Taha, who also serves as a front man, was arrested in the Gazoo Strip. A separate Hamas official said Taha was arrested over "financial issues" but did not elaborate. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the arrest with the media. It was not clear when Taha was arrested. |
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Hamas supporters rally in Gaza in support of Turkey | |
2011-09-04 | |
The demonstrators, who waved Turkish and Palestinian flags, condemned a UN-led report over the Israeli naval forces' attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in May last year. Chanting slogans supporting Turkey and against Israel, the demonstrators burned the Israeli flag. They also condemned the UN- led report for legalizing more than four years of Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip. Ismail Radwan, a senior Hamas leader, told the demonstrators that the "besieged Gaza Strip is greeting Turkey's people and leadership for their heroic decision of expelling the Israel ambassador out of Turkey." Another Hamas leader Ahmed Bahar welcomed Turkey's decision to sue Israel at the International Court of Justice over the UN-led report "which legalized the unfair siege imposed on the Gaza Strip. " | |
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Hamas says Egypt ex-minister tied to church attack |
2011-02-11 |
[Ma'an] Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, says legal action against former Egyptian Minister of Interior Habib Al-Adili linking him to the Alexandria church bombing exposes the baselessness of the minister's accusations against Paleostinians. The Islamist movement said in a statement that accusations that Paleostinians targeted the Saints Church on New Year's Day was to incite the world against Paleostinians, distort the resistance, and justify the blockade of Gazoo. Parliament deputy Ahmed Bahar said the resistance would never consider participating in such a crime. He said the Ministry of Interior, headed by Adili, is suspected of atrocities against Mohammedan and Christian Egyptians. "The policy of media disinformation and incitement against the Paleostinians are not limited to the former minister, but rather is the practice of many state organizations in Egypt," the statement said. Hamas said attorney general Abdulmajeed Mahmoud ordered the state prosecutor's office to interrogate former interior minister Habib Al-Adli for his role in the January bombing of a church in Alexandria. Hamas said attorney Mamdouh Ramzi filed a claim with the attorney general accusing Adli of criminal masterminding a church attack that killed 23 people and injured 97 others. |
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Hamas sez "Time's up!" for Abu Mazen | ||||
2008-10-08 | ||||
The Islamist movement has had no contacts with Abbas since it drove his forces from Gaza in a week of bloody fighting in June 2007 but the movement still recognises him as the head of the Palestinian Authority. When asked if Hamas would put forward a candidate to stand against Abbas, Bahar said: "All possibilities are under discussion." Hamas won parliamentary elections in 2006 but has never fielded a presidential candidate. The Palestinian constitution says presidential elections must be held every four years, which Hamas interprets to mean that Abbas's term expires in 2009, since he was elected in January 2005. Under their interpretation, if Abbas does not step down, the speaker of parliament, Hamas MP Aziz Dweik, would become acting president. Since Dweik is currently in an Israeli jail,
Abbas's supporters however cite a different provision of the constitution which says that presidential and parliamentary elections should be held together, which would extend Abbas's term to January 2010. Bahar said Palestinian politics was entering a The current 120-member Palestinian parliament includes 74 Hamas MPs, 30 of whom are in Israeli custody. Israel and the West have in the past boycotted every Palestinian government that included Hamas, which they blacklist as a terrorist organisation.
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PLC launches Hamas-Fatah reconciliation initiative |
2008-08-07 |
![]() Ahmed Bahar, deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), said the initiative was sponsored by the speaker Aziz al-Dwaik who is hold by Israel along with a number of lawmakers. "In the name of the PLC presidency and the kidnapped legislators, we call on the (Abbas') presidency, the (Hamas) government, Hamas and Fatah to immediately resume the national dialogue to resolve the internal crisis," Bahar said in a news conference in Gaza. According to the initiative, Hamas and Fatah have to stop politically-motivated arrests in the Hamas-controlled Gaza and the Fatah-dominated West Bank. They also have to stop incitement against each other on the media. After that, the two sides are asked to sit together under the umbrella of the PLC where the two big factions occupy most of the seats with Hamas enjoying the majority of the seats. During the discussions, Hamas and Fatah will "recall the common factors between them" in a bid to reach a deal, Bahar said. Tensions between the two movements started in 2006 when Hamas won the elections and defeated the long-dominant Fatah. Hamas accused Fatah of blocking the way of the government that formed after the elections by preventing the pro-Fatah security services from dealing with the Hamas interior minister. The tension escalated until Hamas routed pro-Fatah forces and ousted the movement in June 2007, taking over the Gaza Strip and separating it politically from West Bank where Abbas boosted his power. |
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Hamas asks Egypt to reopen Rafah crossing |
2008-04-16 |
(Xinhua) -- Supporters of Islamic Hamas movement erected a protest tent in front of Rafah crossing point in southern Gaza Strip to demand the reopening of the Egyptian borders. Tens of Hamas supporters, including women, children and officials, participated the sit-in tent protest, which will last for three days. The demonstrators raised banners slamming the Arab and Muslim nations for their position towards Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip. They also set up a symbolic cemetery called "the Arab silence graveyard" near the tent, representing tens of victims who the authorities said died due to the lack of medicine or access to outside hospitals. Israel has sealed off all crossing points into the strip since June last year following Hamas' violent takeover of the enclave from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' forces. From its side, Egypt also maintained the closing of Rafah crossing with the strip, which Israel doesn't physically control. Ahmed Bahar, the deputy speaker of the Hamas-held Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), has urged Egypt to open the crossing to avoid more deterioration of the Palestinian humanitarian crisis as Israel has been completely holding off fuel shipments into Gaza. "The siege paralyzed all aspects of life," he said, questioned "shall the Arabic petrol keep on going to the Israeli tanks which kill our people?" However, Hamas has denied earlier Egyptian press reports which accused the Islamic movement of trying to breach the borders by force. |
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One Palestinian hurt in Gaza parliament shooting |
2006-12-10 |
![]() A similar demonstration in the town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, which attracted more than 3,000 participants, went off quietly, witnesses said. Palestinian government employees have received either very little or no pay since Hamas swept to power in parliamentary elections last January. |
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Abbas decides to call early elections |
2006-12-10 |
![]() As the meeting was under way, hundreds of PA security officers and Fatah gunmen went on a rampage in several locations in the Gaza Strip, demanding unpaid salaries and calling for the government to be replaced. The protesters exchanged gunfire with guards stationed outside the PLC offices in Gaza City. Two people were wounded. Palestinian journalists covering the demonstration were severely beaten by the protesters, who also smashed windows and furniture. One journalist, Zuhair Dawlah, said he was beaten "in all parts of the body" by several officers who also confiscated his cellular phone. The riots later spread to Khan Yunis and Rafah, where hundreds of officers blocked main roads with burning tires and shot into the air. "We only want our salaries," said policeman Ayman Hamideh. "Our protests are not related to the tensions between Hamas and Fatah. We are approaching the Id al-Adha [the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice] and we can't afford to buy our children clothes and toys." Hamas leaders said Abbas and his Fatah party were behind the protests, which they described as an attempt to overthrow the PA government. "These demonstrators don't represent all the Palestinian civil servants," said Ahmed Bahar, deputy speaker of the PLC. "This is just a small group of thugs who are trying to spread chaos and intimidate the people." He accused the protesters of shooting at the PLC office and threatening the lives of guards, employees and legislators. Hamas legislator Ismail Ashkar held Abbas responsible for the attack, noting that this was not the first assault of its kind on the PLC. "Abbas is the commander-in-chief and he's responsible for the actions of his security forces," he said. "Abbas and all those around him who are trying to bring down the Hamas government are responsible for the growing state of anarchy and lawlessness." Ashkar also accused former PA security minister Muhammad Dahlan of leading a group of Fatah activists who were trying to stage a coup. "He is exploiting the plight of the unpaid civil servants to trigger civil war," Ashkar said. "He and his friends are exploiting the naivete of many security officers to settle personal scores and spread confusion." Another Hamas legislator, Yehya Musa, said the latest protests were part of a well-planned scheme designed to bring down the government. "Ever since Hamas won the election [in January], we have faced repeated attempts to overthrow the democratically elected government," he said. "Those who have been robbing the Palestinians for many years are trying to come back to power." PLO officials told The Jerusalem Post that Abbas would deliver an "important speech" later this week in which he would call for early elections. "The PLO executive committee today urged President Abbas to use his powers to call early parliamentary and presidential elections," said Yasser Abed Rabbo, a member of the executive committee. "The president will announce his final decision within five days." |
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'If IDF doesn't leave West Bank, we'll resume attacks' | ||
2006-11-27 | ||
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Abu Obaidah, a spokesman for Hamas's armed wing, Izaddin Kassam, also warned that the cease-fire would collapse unless Israel stopped its military operations in the West Bank immediately. "The Israeli aggression must stop in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip," he said. "This is a temporary cease-fire and any Israeli assault on our people in the West Bank will be viewed as a violation of the agreement." Shortly after the cease-fire went into effect at 6 a.m. Sunday, Abbas ordered the deployment of some 13,000 PA policemen in the northern part of the Gaza Strip to stop the firing of rockets at Israel. Abbas also ordered the policemen to arrest anyone who violates the cease-fire. But sources close to Abbas expressed fear that Hamas would try to torpedo the deployment of the security forces. They also worried that some officers would refuse to carry out Abbas's instructions, either for political reasons or to protest unpaid salaries. Abbas's threat drew sharp criticism from Hamas, which warned against any attempt to arrest its members. "The era of political detentions has gone forever," said Khaled Abu Hilal, spokesman for the Hamas-controlled Interior Ministry, which is formally in charge of the PA security forces. Condemning Abbas's threat as "provocative," Abu Hilal said: "Such threats don't help preserve the cease-fire; on the contrary, they jeopardize the cease-fire. We urge those who are issuing threats to backtrack or to deny them." The Hamas spokesman nonetheless stressed his movement's desire to maintain the cease-fire on condition that Israel also abided by it. Ahmed Bahar, a senior Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, claimed that the initiative for the cease-fire came from Israel, not the Palestinians. "The Israelis started begging for a cease-fire because of their defeat [in the Gaza Strip]," he told reporters. "The Palestinian resistance played an important role in repelling the Israeli army. The Palestinians are always triumphant." | ||
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