Hamas rejects Arab League’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan

Published on May 3, 2013

Islamist Hamas's leader in the Gaza Strip on Friday rejected a revised Middle East peace initiative put forward by the Arab League, saying outsiders could not decide the fate of the Palestinians.

Support for Hamas soars

Published on December 18, 2012

A new poll shows growing support for the Islamist Hamas movement in both the West Bank and Gaza. If the elections were held today, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh would beat Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

Sinai border attack seen as test in Egypt-Israel relationship

Published on August 7, 2012

The attack this week along the Israel-Egypt border poses dilemmas both for Israel and for the new Egyptian president.

In shift by Egypt, president meets Hamas leader

Published on July 26, 2012

Gaza Islamist leader Ismail Haniyeh met Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Thursday in an official visit that signaled a big shift in Cairo's stance toward the Hamas movement after the election of a Muslim Brotherhood head of state in Egypt.

July 26, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on July 26, 2012

Hamas’ Haniyeh: Egypt will protect Gaza

Published on July 13, 2012

The head of Hamas in Gaza said Egypt's new president would shield Gaza from attacks by Israel and would lift the blockade.

May 17, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 17, 2012

Hamas says it will not go to war for Iran

Published on May 10, 2012

The Islamist movement Hamas will not let itself be dragged into a war against Israel if it attacks the nuclear facilities of Hamas ally Iran, Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Thursday.

Haniyeh secretly elected head of Gaza’s Hamas politburo

Published on April 24, 2012

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh was elected the head of the group's political bureau, its most powerful institution in Gaza, in secret balloting.

Gun is only way to fight Israel, Hamas head says

Published on February 13, 2012

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said in Iran that armed resistance is the only way to fight against Israel. The "gun is our only response to the Zionist regime," Haniyeh said Monday in Tehran, according to the semi-official Iranian Fars news agency.

Hamas split threatens Palestinian unity deal

Published on February 8, 2012

Hamas's Gaza-based leadership challenged on Wednesday a Palestinian reconciliation deal signed by the Islamist group's political chief in exile and President Mahmoud Abbas of the rival Fatah movement.

Hamas leader heading to Iran

Published on January 31, 2012

Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip, will visit Iran.

Briefs: Olmert upbeat on U.S. ties; Hamas names new leader; Olmert’s lesbian daughter slams Jerusale

Published on November 16, 2006

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