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• Officials: Cigarette smuggling ring busted

  But both Schneiderman and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said they are concerned because similar schemes have passed money to Hamas and Hezbollah.Separately, Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford), agreed that the potential links to terrorism had to be investigated. "There   Read more »

• Bin Laden son-in-law wants to hire lawyer facing indictment

  Abu Ghaith told U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan that he wanted Stanley Cohen, best known for resisting the extradition of Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk to Israel to stand trial for bombings, to replace federal public defenders appointed to defend him. He   Read more »

• Palestinian rivals promise unity government

  sides agreed on a timetable that begins with creating laws to govern elections.Al-Ahmed spoke in Cairo after he met with a Hamas delegation led by Moussa Abu Marzouk. Tuesday's meeting was brokered by Egyptian intelligence officials.The Hamas militant group   Read more »

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• EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF KIDNAPPED OFFICERS

  lawlessness of Sinai since the Egyptian revolution has become an international concern because the region borders Israel and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, and this week a strike by police officers angry at the kidnapping had closed police stations and border 32 m ago from ABC-KVUE Austin Read more »

• Emir Of Qatar Blames Israel For Arab Turmoil

  cables also maintained that Al Thani could influence Hamas to make peace with Israel, but would have trouble selling that idea to Hamas’s radical constituency in Gaza. Al Thani’s controversial comments came as IDF forces fired rockets at several Syrian army 10:20 AM from The Jewish Press  Read more »

• Hamas security told to uphold "standards of manliness"

  Ministry and its security officials "have their own methods which will be used very openly," he added. Hammad is referring to Hamas' practice since last year of arresting young men with "Western" pants and haircut styles that offend the Islamists. I wonder 9:46 AM from Elder of Ziyon Read more »

• Commentary: Israel: Crises 360 degrees

  the hard-line Palestinian Hamas faction that runs Gaza. Fatah moderates keep losing ground to Hamas all over the West Bank. A Hamas regime in the West Bank would have the Mediterranean as its next border, or the gradual erosion of the Jewish state. So rather 5:28 AM from United Press International Read more »

• Hamas textbooks to teach about 'liberation plans'

  has begun preparing new school textbooks that teach children about “plans to liberate Palestine and the legitimacy and various forms of resistance [against Israel].” Jamal Abu Hashem, advisor to the Hamas-controlled education ministry, said new books would 5/21/13 from Jerusalem Post Read more »