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	<title>South Asia Forum &#187; Hamas</title>
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		<title>Palestinian reporter faces trial for insulting PA President Abbas on Facebook</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2011/01/25/palestinian-reporter-faces-trial-for-insulting-pa-president-abbas-on-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Palestinian reporter tagged in a Facebook image that mocked the Palestinian president said Saturday he faces trial for insulting a public figure despite already being detained for more than 50 days.
  Palestinian reporter Mamdouh Hamamreh at his home in the West Bank village of Hussan, near Bethlehem, January 22, 2011.
 
Mamdouh Hamamreh said security forces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hamas Leader: Arafat Ordered Hamas Attacks Against Israel in 2000</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2010/09/30/hamas-leader-arafat-ordered-hamas-attacks-against-israel-in-2000/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=1328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Khaled Abu Toameh
&#8220;President Arafat instructed Hamas to carry out a number of military operations in the heart of the Jewish state after he felt that his negotiations with the Israeli government then had failed&#8221; after the Camp David summit in 2000, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar revealed on Tuesday. Most of the &#8220;military operations&#8221; were suicide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Goldstone Report – A Study in Bias</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/09/17/the-goldstone-report-%e2%80%93-a-study-in-bias/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/09/17/the-goldstone-report-%e2%80%93-a-study-in-bias/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amitabh Tripathi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gaza attack]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=1066</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Israel is appalled and disappointed by the report published on 15 September 2009 by the United Nations Human Rights Council&#8217;s Gaza Fact Finding Mission. The Report unfairly describes Israel&#8217;s defense of its citizens as war crimes, while ignoring the deliberate strategy of Hamas to operate from within or behind the civilian population.
 
By casting doubts over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hamas refuses to free Israeli soldier in return for lifting Gaza blockade</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/23/hamas-refuses-to-free-israeli-soldier-in-return-for-lifting-gaza-blockade/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/23/hamas-refuses-to-free-israeli-soldier-in-return-for-lifting-gaza-blockade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News at a glance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=663</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hamas has flatly rejected Israel&#8217;s demand that it free a captive soldier in return for lifting the blockade of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian movement called instead for international pressure on Israel to force the borders open to relieve the humanitarian crisis after last month&#8217;s war.
Mousa Abu Marzook, the deputy leader of Hamas, accused Israel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hamas dissmiss Blair&#8217;s condition for talk</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/02/hamas-dissmiss-blairs-condition-for-talk/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/02/hamas-dissmiss-blairs-condition-for-talk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hamas has dismissed a condition set by Mideast Quartet Envoy Tony Blair that the movement must recognize Israel before starting talks. 
Mushir al-Masri, the head of Hamas&#8217;s parliamentary bloc, said Saturday that raising this &#8220;suggestion&#8221; testifies that Blair is not familiar with the situation in the Middle East.
He termed Blair&#8217;s suggestion as &#8220;utterly foolish and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abbas sets conditions for dialogue with Hamas</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/02/abbas-sets-conditions-for-dialogue-with-hamas/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/02/abbas-sets-conditions-for-dialogue-with-hamas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Alaa Shahine
Â 
CAIRO (Reuters) &#8211; Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday ruled out dialogue with Hamas unless it recognizes the supremacy of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), deepening the split between the two main Palestinian groups.
Â 
He was responding to a proposal by the Islamist movement Hamas for the Palestinians to replace the PLO, which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hamas rules out permanent truce with Israel</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/02/hamas-rules-out-permanent-truce-with-israel/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/02/hamas-rules-out-permanent-truce-with-israel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News at a glance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN (AFP) â€“ The political supremo of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, on Sunday ruled out any &#8220;permanent ceasefire&#8221; until Israel ends its crippling blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Iran&#8217;s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, meanwhile, in talks with Meshaal urged him to be prepared for new hostilities with archfoe Israel.
&#8220;The resistance is against a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solving the &#8220;Palestinian Problem&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/01/solving-the-palestinian-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/01/solving-the-palestinian-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Pipes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daniel Pipes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guest column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hamas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Israel&#8217;s war against Hamas brings up the old quandary: What to do about the Palestinians? Western states, including Israel, need to set goals to figure out their policy toward the West Bank and Gaza.
Let&#8217;s first review what we know does not and cannot work:
Israeli control. Neither side wishes to continue the situation that began in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hamas Leaders: &#8216;The Gaza Victory Has Paved the Way to Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa, the Negev, and the West Bank&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/01/hamas-leaders-the-gaza-victory-has-paved-the-way-to-jerusalem-haifa-jaffa-the-negev-and-the-west-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/01/hamas-leaders-the-gaza-victory-has-paved-the-way-to-jerusalem-haifa-jaffa-the-negev-and-the-west-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News at a glance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaza]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hamas officials, headed by Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Mash&#8217;al, are contending that Hamas&#8217; victory in Gaza has paved the way to Jaffa and Haifa, and are calling on the Palestinian Authority to join the jihad and the resistance.
Following are excerpts from statements by Hamas leaders:
Mash&#8217;al: &#8220;The Resistance Entered Every Home, and Has Become an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gaza victims describe being used as human shields by Hamas</title>
		<link>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/01/gaza-victims-describe-being-used-as-human-shields-by-hamas/</link>
		<comments>http://south-asiaforum.org/2009/02/01/gaza-victims-describe-being-used-as-human-shields-by-hamas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SAF Desk</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://south-asiaforum.org/?p=73</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook
Members of a Gaza family whose farm was turned into a &#8220;fortress&#8221; by Hamas fighters have reported that they were helpless to stop Hamas from using them as human shields. They told the official Palestinian Authority daily newspaper that for years Hamas has used their property and homes for military installations [...]]]></description>
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