Hamas – The New York Times
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Apr. 30, 2015
Witnesses say demonstrators in Gaza, protesting unemployment, poverty and dire living conditions, were beaten with sticks and herded into jeeps by Hamas security officials. MORE
United Nations internal inquiry finds that Israeli military actions killed 44 Palestinian civilians in seven United Nations schools during 2014 conflict in Gaza and that no weapons were found in those buildings; notes that other vacant UN-run schools had been used by Hamas to store weapons; Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon criticizes Israel for attacks and Hamas for misuse of facilities; weighs whether to seek reparations from Israel alone or from Palestinian militants as well. MORE
Federal Judge Brian M Cogan upholds verdict finding Arab Bank liable for supporting 24 terrorist attacks after allowing money linked to Hamas to be sent through its banks; grants bank's motion to remove two attacks from case, due to insufficient evidence; denies bank's motions for new trial and expedited appeal. MORE
Amnesty International report accuses Palestinian groups, including military wing of Hamas, of war crimes and flagrant disregard of civilian lives during summer 2014 war in Gaza. MORE
Nicholas Kristof Op-Ed column underscores degree of misery for Palestinians in Gaza six months after latest Israeli conflict there, with thousands of homeless people enduring harsh winter conditions; notes that plight of Gazans is result of Israeli siege on one side, closing of border with Egypt and continued provocations toward Israel by Hamas; warns that another war may be brewing. MORE
Three Israelis and six Palestinians are indicted in connection with smuggling ring that provided unauthorized raw materials to Gaza; Israeli authorities say materials were intended to build military infrastructure for Hamas. MORE
Dalia Shurrub, who lives in southern Gaza, is prohibited from seeing her fiance Rashed Sameer Faddah, who lives in West Bank, because of border restrictions; thousands of Palestinians are suffering from separation of two territories especially since Hamas took power in Gaza in 2007; exits through Israel are strictly controlled, limited only for humanitarian cases. MORE
Israel's state comptroller says investigation is underway into moves by military and political leaders during 50-day war with Hamas in Gaza in 2014; statement is country's latest attempt to stop International Criminal Court inquiry into its conduct. MORE
Competing checkpoints run by Palestinian Authority and militant group Hamas at border of Gaza and Israel have come to represent fragmentation among Palestinians and breakdown of reconciliation pact established in 2014; pact, signed in April, was intended to establish consensus government, but divisions have remained. MORE
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