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RAFAH — Hamas has issued a statement of thanks to American university students for their unwavering support over the past few weeks, promising that, in return, the deaths of university students in the coming global intifada would be relatively quick and painless. "Our cold hearts have been warmed by the unquestioning loyalty of American college students," said Hamas spokesman Muhammed Muhammed Al-Muhammed Muhammed to reporters. "As a token of our gratitude, we will shoot you and blow you up instead of cutting your heads off while raping you when we globalize our glorious intifada and cleanse the world of all...

BETHLEHEM, Israel -- As the war in the Gaza Strip continues, some fear a third intifada (armed Palestinian uprising) may be brewing. Forty-six miles away from the fighting against Hamas terrorists in Gaza, there's another battle some say is being dangerously ignored by the world. "My big concern right now is this -- is that the West Bank is being neglected with the riots that are being done every single night, almost now 13, 14 nights in a row," Pastor Steven Khoury, with Holy Land Missions, told CBN News. Khoury, a prominent Christian Arab who lives in Bethlehem, worries the...

What really happened in the Middle East Vasko Kohlmayer The Terrorism Awareness Project, an offshoot of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, has put out an excellent overview of the history of the Israeli Palestinian conflict called What Really Happened in the Middle East. A straightforward presentation of facts, this ten-minute multimedia production cuts through all the noise, passions and dissembling that have made this subject so difficult to understand and should be seen by all those interested in this problem. Like almost everything that bears Horowitz's imprimatur, this eye-opening presentation is highly instructive and superbly executed. What really happened in...

Abbas to call for end to armed intifada By Aluf Benn Israel disappointed Palestinian PM doesn't plan to address uprooting terror in his summit speech Israeli government sources who have seen the draft of the speech planned by Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas for the end of tomorrow's Aqaba summit say they are disappointed that instead of addressing the need to uproot terror, Abbas will say the armed intifada must end and Palestinians should resort to "peaceful methods." According to the draft of the speech seen by Israeli officials, Abbas plans to say "we will invest all our efforts, using...