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Al-Qassam Brigades showing off a homemade rocket during a military parade. (Reuters)

Hamas Hawks Tighten Grip over Politbureau

by Kifah Ziboun | May 9, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – The Hamas Movement published on Monday the names of some of its newly elected political bureau members, highlighting an increase in the presence of figures from its military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades. Days after the election of Ismail Haniyeh as the new...

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Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (photo credit: REUTERS)

Haniyeh, Abu Marzouk Fiercely Compete to Succeed Meshaal

by Kifah Ziboun | May 6, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Hamas concluded on Friday the latest phase of its internal elections, which are aimed at choosing a successor to Khaled Meshaal to head the movement’s politburo. The internal elections saw fierce competition between former Hamas President Ismail Haniyeh and...

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Members of Hamas’s armed wing carry the body of Mazen al-Faqha at his funeral in Gaza City. (Reuters)

Hamas Launches ‘Revenge’ Campaign against Israeli Collaborators

by Kifah Ziboun | Apr 3, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – The Hamas movement has launched a new campaign against suspected Israeli collaborators a day after deputy politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh issued a threat that killers of prominent leader Mazen al-Faqha will not escape punishment. Haniyeh asserted that Hamas...

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Yahya Sinwar (L) the new leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and senior political leaders of the Islamist movement Khalil al-Haya (C) Ismail Haniyeh (R) attend the opening of a new mosque in Rafah town in the southern Gaza Strip on February 24, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB

Hamas Escalates amid Sinwar’s Public Appearance

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 25, 2017 | Middle East

London- In the first public appearance of the new leader of Hamas in Gaza since his election, Hamas movement promised to sweep the enemy from Palestine, considering the two-state solution obsolete. Yahya Sinwar was present at the opening of a mosque in Rafah on Friday...

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Soldiers from the Egyptian army escort a bus carrying Palestinian prisoners released from Israel, as part of a prisoners exchange deal, outside the Egyptian Rafah crossing Reuters

Hamas Source: Prisoners Swap Deal with Israel Suspended

by Kifah Ziboun | Feb 6, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – A source from Hamas movement said that prisoners’ swap deal with Israel is currently suspended due to the lack of interaction from the Israeli part regarding Hamas conditions. “The file is pending now — our conditions are clear and did not...