Tag: Hamas

Rivals Hamas, Abbas in first showdown in Gaza

Rivals Hamas, Abbas in first showdown in Gaza

Mohammed Daraghmeh · June 9, 2014 1:53 pm

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., accompanied by his wife Cindy, on stage with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. after a presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Beltway Confidential

Watch Barack Obama in 2008 — ‘I’ve been adamant about not negotiating with Hamas’

Philip Klein · June 5, 2014 5:15 pm

Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters attend a rally to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the assassination of the group's spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin in an Israeli airstrike a decade ago, in Gaza City, Sunday, March 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Beltway Confidential

President Obama shirks his campaign pledge not to deal with Hamas

Philip Klein · June 3, 2014 4:48 pm

The Lebanonization of the Palestinians

Jonathan Schanzer · June 2, 2014 2:22 pm

FILE - In this file photo provided on Nov. 24, 2011, by the office of Khaled Mashaal, Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are seen together during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt. A negotiator said Monday, May 26, 2014, that he expects a Palestinian unity government to be announced later this week in what would be a first significant step toward ending the crippling rift between Hamas and Fatah. (AP Photo/Office of Khaled Meshaal, File)

Gaza’s Hamas government says ready to step aside

Washington Examiner · May 27, 2014 4:20 pm

A Palestinian officer from Hamas security forces walks through a room in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's house while they clear the house before they give it to Fatah representatives in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Hamas on Wednesday cleared out of the private Gaza residence of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in the most concrete sign yet that the rivals are moving toward reconciliation. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Hamas clears out of Abbas’ Gaza home in unity push

Karin Laub · May 14, 2014 6:31 pm

Gaza’s Hamas executes 2 alleged spies for Israel

Gaza’s Hamas executes 2 alleged spies for Israel

Washington Examiner · May 7, 2014 4:11 pm

Hamas ends ban on West Bank newspaper

Ibrahim Barzak · May 7, 2014 10:23 am

Palestinian pact with Hamas threatens US aid

Palestinian pact with Hamas threatens US aid

Donna Cassata · April 25, 2014 8:06 pm

Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, shows a copy of a singed agreement while siting next to senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad during their press conference after the announcement of an agreement between the two rival Palestinian groups, Hamas and Fatah, at Haniyeh's residence in Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Hamas and Fatah made a new attempt Wednesday to overcome the Palestinians' political split, saying they would seek to form an interim unity government within five weeks, followed by general elections by December at the earliest. It was not clear how the new attempt announced Wednesday would succeed where previous ones failed, since the fundamental difficulties remain in place. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

National Security

Israel halts peace talks with Palestinians

Josef Federman · April 24, 2014 7:48 pm

Ã¢â¬ÅI said this morning that Abbas needs to choose between peace with Israel and an agreement with Hamas, a murderous terrorist organization that calls for the destruction of the State of Israel and which both the United States and the European Union define as a terrorist organization,Ã¢â¬Ã¯Â¿Â½ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Beltway Confidential

Israel suspends peace talks with Palestinian Authority after Hamas deal

Joel Gehrke · April 24, 2014 4:00 am

Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, and senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad meet in Gaza for talks aimed at reaching a reconciliation agreement between the two rival Palestinian groups, Hamas and Fatah on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Palestinians have been divided since 2007 when Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip from Fatah forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Palestinian rivals to try again for unity deal

Ibrahim Barzak · April 23, 2014 7:45 pm