What About Hamas’s Siege of Gaza?

As Israeli naval commandos raided the flotilla ship convoy that was on its way to the Gaza Strip, Hamas security officers stormed the offices of five non-governmental organizations, confiscated equipment and documents, and ordered them closed indefinitely.
Ever since it seized control over the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2007, Hamas has imposed a reign …

According to Reports: Has Hamas Really Changed? Can It?

From time to time reports appear in the media indicating that Hamas is in the midst of moderating its rejectionist stand against Israel.
For instance, in the Jan. 4 issue of Maclean’s, former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy was interviewed by Yoni Goldstein who asked whether Israel should negotiate with that organization. Halevy answered: …

Hamas Covenant

Excerpts:
“Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it” (The Martyr, Imam Hassan al-Banna, of blessed memory).”
“The Day of Judgement will not come about until Moslems fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and …

Canada & Hamas

Hamas, the Arabic acronym for the group Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiya, which also means “Zeal”, is a radical Sunni terrorist organization that developed from the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1987.  It uses political and violent means to pursue the goal of establishing an Islamic Palestinian state in Israel.  Since 1990, Hamas has been …