Green Energy
The Arab media has been mentioning a number of times that Hamas now has a "truce" with Israel, since at least February 2005. For example, the WRMEA quotes the editor of Lebanon's Daily Star:
It turns out that the US National Counterterrorism Center keeps a database of worldwide terror attacks over the past couple of years. And while Hamas seems to have "officially" kept relatively quiet since the elections, the database shows quite a few attacks that came way after the supposed "truce" (stats through the end of 2005):
Click here to see the entire article.
- Say It Ain't So .. Israel Mulls Truce Offer On Day 4 Of Gaza Assault...why Does Israel Even Hint It Will Act To Kill Itself?
Israel, under international pressure, is considering a 48-hour halt to its punishing four-day air campaign on Hamas targets in Gaza to see if Palestinian militants will stop their rocket attacks on southern Israel, Israeli officials said Tuesday....
- Iranian Hijinks
From Counterterrorismblog Iran activating its proxies By Olivier Guitta Iran is smartly playing its cards, using its main Sunni and Shiite proxy to create havoc in the region and de facto making it stronger. At this point, Iran’s next step is uncertain....
- Will They Or Won't They?
Israel's government is supposedly getting ready, I presume, for a ground strike, not just simply an air strike, on Hamas in Gaza. But don't be sure if they'll be convincing about this. Egypt is trying to undermine efforts to do it already....
- Hamas' Military Wing Declares War On America
(AP) - Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal says that a truce with Israel is finished and is appealing to all Palestinian factions to resume attacks. Israeli tank shells ripped through a residential neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip early Wednesday, killing...
- Israel Arrests Murderer Of Four Americans - Bbc Puzzled
One would think that the American media would be slightly interested in the names of the American victims of terror whose murderer was arrested by Israel yesterday. It is also worth mentioning that the murderer is a member of Hamas, and that he is responsible...
Green Energy
That Hamas "truce"
The Arab media has been mentioning a number of times that Hamas now has a "truce" with Israel, since at least February 2005. For example, the WRMEA quotes the editor of Lebanon's Daily Star:
Describing Hamas as a grandchild of Sharon and Israel’s policies, Khouri reminded the audience that Hamas nevertheless has kept a year-long truce with Israel.An American editorialist at Al-Jazeerah.info goes one better:
Israel has violated the truce that the so-called terrorist organization Hamas has upheld for 15 months..."Even the mainstream media has picked up on this, led by the resident Palestinian apologist at Reuters, Nidal al-Mughrabi:
While it has largely abided by a year-old truce, the government defended a suicide bombing carried out by the Islamic Jihad militant group in Tel Aviv on April 17 that killed nine people...So, has Hamas really been staying away from terror since February 2005?
It turns out that the US National Counterterrorism Center keeps a database of worldwide terror attacks over the past couple of years. And while Hamas seems to have "officially" kept relatively quiet since the elections, the database shows quite a few attacks that came way after the supposed "truce" (stats through the end of 2005):
Click here to see the entire article.
- Say It Ain't So .. Israel Mulls Truce Offer On Day 4 Of Gaza Assault...why Does Israel Even Hint It Will Act To Kill Itself?
Israel, under international pressure, is considering a 48-hour halt to its punishing four-day air campaign on Hamas targets in Gaza to see if Palestinian militants will stop their rocket attacks on southern Israel, Israeli officials said Tuesday....
- Iranian Hijinks
From Counterterrorismblog Iran activating its proxies By Olivier Guitta Iran is smartly playing its cards, using its main Sunni and Shiite proxy to create havoc in the region and de facto making it stronger. At this point, Iran’s next step is uncertain....
- Will They Or Won't They?
Israel's government is supposedly getting ready, I presume, for a ground strike, not just simply an air strike, on Hamas in Gaza. But don't be sure if they'll be convincing about this. Egypt is trying to undermine efforts to do it already....
- Hamas' Military Wing Declares War On America
(AP) - Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal says that a truce with Israel is finished and is appealing to all Palestinian factions to resume attacks. Israeli tank shells ripped through a residential neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip early Wednesday, killing...
- Israel Arrests Murderer Of Four Americans - Bbc Puzzled
One would think that the American media would be slightly interested in the names of the American victims of terror whose murderer was arrested by Israel yesterday. It is also worth mentioning that the murderer is a member of Hamas, and that he is responsible...