Hamas

The Board of Peace plan for Gaza: Will it really disempower Hamas? - opinion

That August 17 meeting brought Netanyahu together with the three-man team of Kushner, Mladenov, and Sir Tony Blair. They had just returned from an unprecedented negotiating session in Egypt.

US President Donald Trump poses with the signed agreement at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.
Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

An enemy from within: How Gazan militias became Hamas’s new nightmare - analysis

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house that was pre-warned by the Israeli military to evacuate before the strike was carried out late on Wednesday, in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, July 16, 2026.

IDF, Shin Bet capture Hamas's Head of Internal Security during joint operation in Gaza Strip

An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 41, prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during the ongoing conflict with Iran August 4, 2026.

US strikes Iranian targets in Bandar Abbas after US Embassy warns of ‘potential for escalation’


Durban’s legacy: How NGOs helped mainstream anti-Israel hatred - opinion

Durban’s anti-Israel campaign created a blueprint for NGO activism that continues to fuel hatred of Israel and Jews.

 PRO-PALESTINIAN SUPPORTERS demonstrate outside the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.

Regional geopolitical shifts felt as Mecca agreement, Israel-Greek pacts develop - analysis

The two events happening on the same day are a coincidence, because both have been in the works for some time. However, it is symbolic of how the Middle East is being reshaped.

Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud prepare to pose for a picture before the first committee meeting under the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement.

The Barghouti ‘myth’: Why Palestinians still want a leader they barely know - interview

Asked how it was possible that a man with limited communication to the Palestinian people could enjoy such popularity, Milshtein explained that it was his absence that allowed his popularity to grow.

A Palestinian man walks past graffiti showing Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti in Bethlehem, West Bank.

Protest marking anniversary of 'Beautiful Six' hostages' deaths held at Prime Minister's Residence

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum announced the deaths of "The Beautiful Six" shortly following their murder at the hands of Hamas terrorists in August 2024.

Activists from the Women Demand Life movement demonstrate in front of the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem to mark the two-year anniversary of the return of "The Beautiful Six," August 31, 2026.

'Only a smokescreen': Hamas condemns rising settler violence, Ben-Gvir's treatment of prisoners

According to Hamas, the Israeli government’s condemnations of the attacks are "nothing more than a smokescreen” meant to ease international pressure.

Israeli settler extremists throw stones at a dirt road at the Palestinian village of Kusra, in the West Bank, in an attempt to block the movement of Palestinians and Israeli forces, August 12, 2026

Trump says Iran is 'failed nation' as Iranian official calls latest attacks 'limited' confrontation

Bessent says Iran is lashing out amid economic pressure of sanctions • US says no ships hit mines in Strait of Hormuz • Hezbollah shifts to guerrilla warfare

An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 151, launches from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during the ongoing conflict with Iran July 31, 2026.

Voices from the Arab press: Weighing Iran's decline, Israel's strategy and Infantino's Arab support

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses of the Arab media around the world.

IRANIAN PROXY: University student treads on US, Israeli, and UK flags during a parade at Sana’a University campus to show support for the Houthis, in Yemen, July 22.

How are Gazan gangs affecting the strip amid Israel, US election cycles? - analysis

Hamas remains the decisive power as things stall despite efforts from multiple directions to shift the Gaza Strip's status quo.

Palestinians carrying flags, body bags during a funeral ceremony in Gaza City on August 20, 2026.

NHS doctor denies posting social media support for Hamas in London court

She also denied one count of stirring up racial hatred in written material and a further count of using words that were threatening or abusive.

NHS doctor Rahmeh Aladwan denies expressing support for Hamas on social media.

Israel raids homes of terrorists’ families, seizes hundreds of thousands in PA funds

Police raided several homes, including that of Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Abad, who was involved in an attempted suicide attack in Jerusalem in 2002.

Jewelry, cash, and car keys seized from Hamas terrorists and their families in an Israeli operation on August 26, 2026.