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MEMRI Daily Brief No. 548 - A Nobel Prize For Terror And Other Absurdities - 11/30/23

It is anyone's guess how exactly or when the Hamas-Israel War in Gaza will actually end. There is great external pressure on Israel to stop its response to Hamas's October 7 invasion. There is also a great internal pressure on the Israeli government by the Israeli people to continue fighting. Winners and losers are subjective categories and especially so in dynamic, conflict-ridden situations but, leaving aside the two immediate belligerents we can certainly judge who or what – at this ...

Amb. Alberto M. Fernandez

Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1723 - As Hamas Visits Its 'Closest Friend' Moscow, Questions Surround Russia's Knowledge Of, Involvement In October 7 Hamas Attack: A Review Of Russia-Hamas Ties and Strategic Relationship - 11/08/23

Introduction Hamas's surprise October 7, 2023 terror attack, in which over 1,400 were brutally murdered and another 241 (at last count) taken hostage, will go down in infamy. As Hamas leader abroad Khaled Mashal boasted on October 26 on Egypt's Sada Elbalad TV, the Russians told him that this attack would be taught in military academies. 1 In the immediate aftermath of the attack, everyone, including military experts on TV, were quick to comment on its primitivity, pointing to the use of ...

Steven Stalinsky, Ph.D.

Special Dispatch No. 10943 - Senior Hamas Official Osama Hamdan: If We Could Turn Back Time, We Would Carry Out The October 7 Attack On Israel All Over Again - 11/07/23

In an interview with Lebanese journalist Marlene Khalifeh, senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said that his organization's October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel was part of its strategy to put an end to Arab countries' normalization with Israel. Stating that if there was a way to turn back time, Hamas would carry out the attack again, he added that the only hostages Hamas was holding in Gaza were Israeli solders and that the civilians had been captured by other elements with "confidence" in ...

MEMRI Daily Brief No. 536 - Qatar – Enabler Of Islamist Terrorism And A Dishonest Broker - 11/01/23

Hamas political bureau head Isma'il Haniya with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Aal Thani (Source: qudspress.com) A few days ago, Qatari Ambassador to Washington Meshal Aal Thani, the brother of Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Aal Thani, published an article in the Wall Street Journal claiming that Qatar is an honest broker that is a victim of a campaign of disinformation. Is that so? What any vegetable seller in the Arab world knows, most Westerners, including their governments at the ...

Yigal Carmon

No. 10588 - Mosab Hassan Yousef, Son Of Senior Hamas Leader In The West Bank: Hamas Leader In Gaza Yahya Sinwar Once Beheaded A Man Using A Bathroom Sink, Now He Hides Under Al-Shifa Hospital And Uses Patients As Human Shields - 10/30/23

Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas leader in the West Bank Sheikh Hassan Yousef, said in an October 30, 2023 video that he posted on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) that Hamas is evil and that Israel cannot afford to give it what it wants. He said that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar orchestrated the October 7 attack in order to take Israeli hostages so he could "blackmail" Israel and the international community into releasing 5,000 terrorists. He said that Sinwar had once ...

Special Dispatch No. 10875 - 'Al-Akhbar' Daily: U.S. Working With Egypt, Qatar To Broker Release Of Civilian Hostages In Return For Humanitarian Aid; Hamas: Not All Hostages Are In Our Hands; Long Ceasefire Is Needed - 10/16/23

Amid the ongoing fighting between Isael and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which broke out following Hamas' October 7 deadly attack on Israeli localities near the Gaza border, Ibrahim Al-Amin, editor of the pro-Hizbullah Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar , wrote that the U.S. is holding talks with Egypt and Qatar in a bid to advance a deal for the release of civilian hostages. Under this deal all the civilians held by Hamas, including ones with American and other non-Israeli citizenship, as well as Gazans ...

Special Dispatch No. 10872 - Qatar Enabling Hamas' War Against Israel - 10/15/23

The Qatar-Hamas alliance goes back years. Qatar has financed Hamas' military buildup and harbored its leaders, who live in Doha to this day. Qatar is also enabling Hamas' current war against Israel, launched with a large-scale surprise attack on October 7, 2023 in which over 1,300 Israelis were killed, over 100 were abducted, including women, children, infants and elderly people, and thousands were wounded. (See MEMRI reports: A Statement By The President And Founder Of MEMRI On The Hamas ...

Special Dispatch No. 10865 - On Social Media, Arab Intellectuals Condemn Hamas' Widescale Attack On Israel, Saying It Serves Iran's Agendas, Hinders Peace Efforts, And Brings More Pain And Suffering To Palestinians - 10/13/23

After Hamas's widescale attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, some Arab intellectuals have taken to social media platforms to strongly condemn it. They are asserting that the attack is aligned with Iran's regional agendas, hinders peace efforts and initiatives, and intensifies the suffering of the Palestinian people. They emphasized that the distressing videos showing the brutality of the attack, the abuse of Israeli civilians, and the abduction of elderly people have had a catastrophic impact ...

Special Announcements No. 1400 - The MEMRI Weekly: October 6-13, 2023 - 10/13/23

The following are links to reports from MEMRI's Special Dispatch Series and Inquiry and Analysis Series , as well as to transcripts from the MEMRI TV Project , released during the past week. MEMRI REPORTS Special Dispatch No. 10868 – Reactions In Bangladesh To Hamas Attack In Israel – Bangladeshi Religious And Political Groups Protest Against Israel, Information Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud: 'We Do Not Support The Killing Of Civilians, Whether It Is Palestine Or Israel' , October 13, 2023 MEMRI TV ...

Special Dispatch No. 10851 - Emirati 'Al-Arab' Daily: Qatar's Offers To Mediate Between Hamas And Israel Are Meant To Cover For Its Harboring Of Hamas Arch-Terrorists - 10/11/23

An October 10, 2023 article in the London-based Emirati daily Al-Arab addressed the Qatari offer to broker a prisoner-exchange deal between Hamas and Israel following Hamas' large-scale attack in which some 1,200 Israelis were killed, thousands were wounded and dozens were abduced to the Gaza Strip. The article states that Qatar's mediation offer is meant to cover for the fact that it harbors Hamas leaders, especially the head of the organization's political bureau, Isma'il Haniya, who, ...

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