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Following its shock victory in Palestinian elections Hamas looks set to be involved in democratic government for the first time.

There is a virtual civil war going on in Palestine, with Hamas and Fatah jockeying for power - and tearing each other to pieces in the process. So neighboring Israel should be really worried; right? I wonder.

In Palestine, Hamas gunmen attacked a security stronghold of the rival Fatah faction on Tuesday, resulting in eight people being killed and threatening the stability of the Palestinian Unity Government.

Hamas has asserted that while there are still concerns about more sectarian violence in Gaza and Palestine, it has taken control.

The Palestinian militant groups-- such as Hamas, al-Aqsa Martyr Brigade and Islamic Jihad-have carried out the war philosophies of Chinese legend Sun Tzu to perfection.

With airplanes and tanks, the Israeli military struck against the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in Palestine on Wednesday, killing mostly gunmen but also at least one child and a civilian.

The International Crisis Group has released a new report on the situation in Gaza since the takeover by Hamas.

Renewed fighting between factions Hamas and Fatah has resulted in many Palestinian deaths.

The following is a short feature piece on the Palestinians who fled Gaza during the Hamas-Fatah clashes in June. The article focuses on those who have settled in the West Bank and are facing difficulties either returning to Gaza or rebuilding their lives.

Israeli forces have captured 33 leaders of the militant Hamas group and a Palestinian Cabinet minister as of Thursday morning.

Beyond news headlines, independent documentaries gain perspective across the rift of Israel and Palestine. Including, Promises, The Inner Tour, Gaza Strip, Jenin - Jenin, Until When... and The Wall.

The Palestinians appear to be embarking on their own peculiar version of a "two state solution." Having tired of sharing power with Al Fatah, Hamas has decided to take over the Gaza strip by force. Al Fatah will still (at least for the time being) run the West Bank.

There is drama and anxiety in West Bank over the capture of Gaza by Hamas and yesterday's dissolution of the government by president Abbas.

Hamas Muslim extremists are burning bibles, destroying crosses and terrorizing the tiny population of Christians in the Gaza strip.

The recent brutal and violent takeover of control in the Gaza Strip by Hamas is further evidence that appeasement does not work. This essay shows how appeasement in the present amplifies violence in the future and explains the roots of the current Middle East crisis.

After Islamic militants in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip launched a few primitive Qassam rockets into Israel Wednesday morning, Israel struck back by destroying two rocket launchers.

The Bush administration is ready to lift economic and diplomatic sanction against the government since the new formation does not include the Islamic group Hamas.

The two state solution proposed to bring peace to the Palestinians and Israelis has broken amidst the Palestinian Civil War and now it appears that the original two states have morphed into three.

Thursday morning, smoke and ash fill the air of Gaza City. Israel has launched an air strike that successfully destroyed a Hamas base of operations in which Hamas's Executive Force has resided.

"This year, we will provide the Palestinians with more than $190 million in American assistance, including funds for humanitarian relief in Gaza," said Bush.

The false interpretaion of Islamic doctrines leads to the strapping explosives to one's body and becoming a Shaid (matyr) in the explosive act against the innocent and the reward is Paradise.

Even the Hamas was freely elected in within the Palestinian Authority, the West does not want it to govern the Palestinian people. American foreign policy has a history of paying lip service to democracy, but only when the results come out in its favor.

For many generations there has been a constant conflict in the Middle East. The conflict has taken many lives, caused numerous arguments and is still yet unresolved. Although many solutions have been proposed, none have produced a reasonable resolution.

President Bush discussed the creation of a Palestinian state and overall levels of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process during a visit to the Middle East this week.

World leaders and political pundits have speculated that the January 9, 2005 Palestinian elections may have set up some new opportunities for renewed Middle East peacemaking efforts. This is encouraging. However, I suspect that Middle East peace will depe

conflict in the middle East from 1999 to present

Islamism, while always a political force in the Middle East, has in the past three decades experienced an upsurge in power. Interestingly, it seems that the very successes of the Islamist groups have helped impede democratic advances.

Recent events in the Middle East indicate that the real issue is who gets to be in power. It is not about religion or America.

America has the same right to defend itself against terrorism as does America. President Bush should not criticize Israel for attacks on terrorists.

The planned attack of the first pregnant suicide bomber was thwarted by the Israel Security Agency. The number of women jihadists, some of them mothers, is on the rise.

Traditional family and clan groups are increasingly challenging Hamas' control of the Gaza Strip.

Hamas has issued an ultimatum to those holding Alan Johnston, the BBC's correspondent in Gaza, threatening to free him by force if he is not released by the end of the day.

Hamas 1987-2006 Research into Hamas, events and facts. From its begining in 1987 to events in 2006.

Acting Speaker of Palestinian Legislative Council calls for annihilation of U.S. and Israel in sermon at mosque in Sudan.

U.S. media coverage of January's election of Hamas to a majority of Palestinian Parliament seats is demonstrably biased. In this paper, I demonstrate that it is all but impossible to find impartial coverage of Palestinian politics.

Israel had to go to war with Hezbollah and Hamas in order to keep its citizens safe from terrorist attacks. The refusal of Hamas and Hezbollah and its patrons in Iran and Syria to recognize Israel's right to exist is the root of the Middle East conflict.

I thought in searching google I may find other organizations that have taken a hard stand against terrorism like the Free Muslim Coalition and NAMED terror organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah.

The issue of the founding of Israel and the possibility of Palestinian land restitution promises to keep that part of the world a powderkeg for decades to come.

The article give a background to the name coined 'The Land of
Palestine" - a country that has changed borders in varied histories of the Middle East.

In the grand scheme of things, Terrorism in 2005 is less about fearing for your life, and more about fighting misconceptions and remaining sane in a world that's become absurdly convoluted.

For those of you who wonder why it's so hard to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, look no further than the latest star of Hamas TV, Farfur the Martyr Mouse.

As "Kasam" rockets continue to rain on the Israeli city of Sderot and the kibutzim near by and as the radical Islamic Palestinian terror group "Hamas" and "Islamic Jihad" take control over Gaza.

Egyptian cleric Ayman al-Zawahri, Al Qaeda's No. 2 man, urged the Moslems of the world to support Hamas in its Palestinian struggle against President and Fatah member Mahmoud Abbas and against Israel.

Around the world, terrorism is becoming an everyday occurrence. What we have been witnessing in far away places like Northern Ireland, Libya, Israel and Palestine, is now taking place within our own borders.

Five years ago, Israeli soldiers killed three Western civilians and critically injuring one. Today the world have less knowledge about life in Palestine because of this. The Palestinian experience is further marginalized and the Israeli account even more dominant.

The leaders of the Palestinian political faction Hamas called for a "national dialogue" with their foe, the Fatah party, after realizing that the international community is seeking to choke them off.

(Humorous) Political and military analysts insist that there is no credible link between Ismail Haniyeh's recent call for peace, and routine Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip.

During the recent crises in the Middle East the issue of Palestinian being held in Israeli prisons and their human rights gained lot of media attention.

This paper examines the political theories of Realism and Liberalism, including their strengths and weaknesses, and how they explain terrorist activity.

At a second Palestinian refugee camp named Ain al-Hilweh, Islamic militants have been struck at again, with their gunmen killing two Lebanese soldiers yesterday. The militants also lost two men.