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Which Palestinian government is getting recognized?
Norway, Spain and Ireland have moved to formally recognize Palestine as a state. There was a discussion about what Spain specifically was recognizing, but the answers focused heavily on the land ...
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Why did Israel invade the Gaza strip from the north and not the south?
Given Israel's stated goal in the war is destruction of Hamas, why did they attack the Gaza strip from the North instead of from the South? The latter seems more sensible since taking Rafah first ...
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Why isn't hunger in Gaza interpreted as "Israel needs to win quickly"? [closed]
As I write this question, there's a famine going on in Gaza as a result of the Israel vs. Hamas 2023-2024 war. As far as I'm aware, Israel has surrounded Hamas, but has not launched a final offensive ...
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Have any Hamas officials ever opined in regard to Gaza-Sinai State (aka "Greater Gaza") proposal?
According to Al-Jazeera in 2017 Israel and the Trump administration worked on a deal that would see an establishment of a Palestinian state in Gaza and parts of Northern Sinai (possibly exceeding the ...
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How does the proposal to designate 60% of Gaza's agricultural land as security buffer zones align with international law and norms?
On Tuesday, during a conference held in the Knesset to examine
possibilities for postwar Gaza, Gamliel said: “At the end of the war,
Hamas rule will collapse. There are no municipal authorities; the
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Can someone be an armed guard in Gaza without being Hamas?
CNN:
The IDF last week also released photos and video showing young men holding guns in the air – militants handing in weapons after their surrender from Kamal Adwan hospital, it alleged. But the ...
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Demographics of Hamas military wing [closed]
Are there any data on demographics of Hamas military wing: Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades? More precisely:
What is the age distribution?
How many of fighters have served time in Israeli prisons and ...
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Palestinian politicians speaking against Hamas
From Ex-Hamas minister: 'People in Gaza say that Sinwar and his men destroyed us':
According to a Shin Bet investigation, Yousef Almansi, the former Hamas communications minister, criticized the ...
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What do we know about Hamas’s abuse of the Gazan population?
A ynetnews.com opinion piece reads:
The claim "ethnic cleansing" also lacks a basis in reality. Those learned academicians base their claim on the removal of civilians in Gaza from the ...
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What military strategies has Israel used, and chosen not to use, in Gaza?
What military strategies has Israel used to try to eliminate terrorism originating in Gaza, and how effective were they? Or where can one learn about them? This includes its current strategy.
What ...
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Why won't Israel allow more aid into Gaza?
Israel needs to do more to allow fuel and other aid into Gaza, the
U.S. said on Tuesday as Israel's offensive against Hamas in southern
areas of the Palestinian enclave intensified.
"The level of ...
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Has Hamas verifiably used civilian infrastructure for military purposes in the past? [duplicate]
Whether al-Shifa hospital etc. host Hamas weapons and tunnels is under current dispute. However these are not new claims by the Israelis. For years and through multiple rounds of the conflict they've ...
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Why are statements from the "Gaza Health Ministry" taken without a grain of salt?
Western media is constantly reporting casualty figures from the Gaza ministry of health. However the ministry is fully controlled by Hamas and cannot be considered impartial. So why are the casualty ...
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Did Hamas & PIJ manage to smuggle in substantial numbers of fully assembled rockets after 2014?
In 2014, the IDF gave a breakdown of their estimates of the Hamas rocket arsenal. Interestingly, in the 45km range rockets, the whole-piece smuggled ones dominated, but in the 75km range, it was ...
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Did any Muslim country officially express disagreement over America's plan to have the Palestinian Authority govern over the Gaza Strip?
"The cooperation between the Palestinian and Israeli [security]
services is extensive and has withstood any challenge. Every time
Mahmoud Abbas has wanted to suspend security cooperation, the
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