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"We are sons of Jenin," said one of the Islamic Jihad fighters, who identified himself as Abu Salah. Islamic Jihad is a Palestinian faction sworn to destroying Israel and replacing it with an Islamic state. Many of the Palestinian attackers who have killed Israelis in Israel and the West Bank came from the area. Sometimes the transfers involve criminals and sometimes legitimate or semi-legitimate businesses help to move funds to the West Bank, the militant sources said. Much of the weaponry used by the Jenin fighters comes from Israel itself, stolen and sold on through criminal gangs, Israeli officials say.

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☆ Factbox: FACTBOX Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian faction with rockets and Iranian backing
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Following are some facts about Islamic Jihad:* Founded in the late 1970s by Fathi Shiqaqi and Abdel-Aziz Odeh, Islamic Jihad gained support among Palestinians disillusioned with Yasser Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). * Islamic Jihad has the second-biggest armed network in Gaza after that of the enclave's governing militant group Hamas. Islamic Jihad does not disclose such information. * Unlike Hamas, Islamic Jihad has not contested Palestinian parliamentary elections and appears to have no ambition to form a government in Gaza or the West Bank. * Islamic Jihad is designated a terrorist group by Israel, the United States and European countries.

☆ The Palestinian president and his unfulfilled quest for a state
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

He was an early member of Fatah, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) faction that dominated Palestinian politics for decades. He became leader of both when Arafat died in 2004, and a year later was elected president of the Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited sovereignty in the West Bank. Behind them were U.S. President Bill Clinton, Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, applauding warmly. When the Palestinian leadership returned from exile to Gaza after the Oslo Accords Abbas was upbeat, promising: "I will live in Palestine." Hamas routed Fatah in a civil war in Gaza, leaving Abbas with control of Palestinian-administered areas in the West Bank but there have been no Palestinian elections since.

☆ At war for decades, Lebanon and Israel edge towards a rare deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A general view shows the Lebanese-Israeli border as seen from the southern Lebanese village of Khiam, Lebanon October 11, 2022. Some 100,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes in Palestine during the war arrive in Lebanon as refugees. 1978Israel invades south Lebanon and sets up an occupation zone in an operation against Palestinian guerrillas. 1985Israel establishes an occupation zone in southern Lebanon, about 15 km (nine miles) deep, after it pulled back from a line further north, controlling the area with a proxy force, the South Lebanon Army. 2000Israel withdraws from southern Lebanon, ending 22 years of occupation.

☆ Cunoscutul jurnalist american Larry King a decedat
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-23 | by ( Borodin Victoria | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Cunoscutul jurnalist american Larry King s-a stins din viață, din cauza complicațiilor date de COVID-19, scrie Mirror. Decesul Larry King în vârstă de 87 de ani vine după mai mulți ani în care a luptat cu probleme de sănătate, inclusiv cancer pulmonar și de prostată. Timp de 25 de ani a prezentat emisiunea „Larry King Live”. Larry King a părăsit CNN în 2010. Ulterior, a lansat emisiunea „Larry King Now”, în 2012, pe ORA TV, un canal pe internet plătit, fiind unul din fondatorii acestuia.

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