Hamas
“UNRWA is a very problematic organization. It is fully controlled by Hamas. Hamas uses the facilities of UNRWA for weapons storage and to launch rockets. All of the local employees of UNRWA are Hamas people. Nobody’s allowed to work in UNRWA without the permission of Hamas,” said Kobi Michael, senior researcher at Tel Aviv’s Institute for National Security Studies.
It would require that Congress receive an annual report identifying persons, agencies and instruments of a foreign state who knowingly materially assist Hamas or other terrorist affiliates in the Gaza Strip.
Shalit, who spent five years as a prisoner in the Gaza Strip, wed fiancée Nitzan Shabbat in a private ceremony in central Israel.
Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi presented Israeli assessments on Iran’s nuclear program and regional entrenchment in the Middle East.
Israel is trying to create a “new equation” linking Gaza’s reconstruction and economic recovery to prisoner exchange, the groups say • Experts warn the risk of a new round of violence is high.
“This is unlike Lebanon, where there have been years of quiet,” said Col. (res.) Moshe Elad. “The reason is that Lebanon has much to lose. They have a prime minister, a state, resources, tourism.”
A delay in receiving money would lead to a security escalation, said Yahya Sinwar during a meeting with the U.N.’s envoy to the Middle East.
Deputy parliamentary spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU Party calls the move “a clear signal to our Jewish citizens.”
Israel will not tolerate a “trickle” of attacks from the Gaza Strip, warns Israel’s new prime minister.
The incident occurred at a gathering on Countering Terrorism and Violence Extremism in Christchurch on June 14.
Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research study also finds 60 percent of Palestinians now support “armed struggle” over diplomacy.
At the same time, fires in southern Israel were caused by arson balloons sent by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad across the Gaza border.
