Militant group Hamas shows softer side???

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The BBC feel that this is worthy of reporting:-

Militant group Hamas shows a softer side as a wedding planner
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...ast/default.stm

Very touching!

Here's a list of successful terrorist attacks in Israel since the beginning of intifada. See how many Hamas has claimed responsibility for (although they're all much of a muchness), and the type of targets they hit. Now ask yourself if a 'political' Israeli group had perpetrated similar acts against the Palestinians, would they be shown as also organising joyous weddings by the BBC?
www.adl.org/Israel/israel...ael_attacks.asp

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Consider this Headline
Hamas 'to blame' for Gaza unrest and notice the inverted commas around the words 'to blame'. This is because Palestinian militant groups have issued a statement blaming the Islamic resistance movement Hamas for a recent wave of violence in the Gaza Strip. But because a Hamas spokesmen "dismissed the statement as carrying no weight. ", the BBC put a disclaimer around it.
Funny I've never noticed them doing that when Palestinians claimed Israel committed some atrocity or other, and the IDF or government denied it.

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According to a BBC article today, Hamas will end truce with Israel

The Palestinian militant group Hamas has declared that it will not extend an informal ceasefire that expires at the end of this year.
A spokesman said the nine-month-long truce could not be renewed after Israel killed a leader of its military wing in an air strike in Gaza on Tuesday.

Thousands attended the funeral of Fawzi Abu al-Qara in the Jabaliya refugee camp on Wednesday.

Israel says it will continue its strikes until militants are disarmed.

Hamas has always reserved the right to hit back if Israel continues to target its members, but will not retaliate immediately, Hamas spokesman Mushir al-Masri told reporters.

"In the face of this Zionist aggression, no one should dream about the renewal of this truce," Mr Masri said.

"The quiet will finish at the end of this year."

So we are to assume from this article that Hamas have been good little boys and girls for the last 9 months. A brief search of BBC archives shows another article in September, just over a month ago, Hamas releases video of hostage

Palestinian militant group Hamas has released a video of a bound and blindfolded Israeli businessman it says it kidnapped and later killed.
The body of 51-year-old Sasson Nuriel, who vanished last week, was found near Ramallah in the West Bank on Monday.
Hamas said it had planned to trade him for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, but decided to kill him after Israel began raids in the West Bank.

AND

Meanwhile, shrapnel found in the bodies of people killed in last week's blast in northern Gaza came from Hamas' homemade rockets, the Palestinian Authority has said.

Its forensic report said the shrapnel resembled that used by the Palestinian militant group in its Qassam rockets.


Findings discredit Hamas' claim that Israel caused the Jabaliya blast

Hamas blamed Israel for the Jabaliya blast that killed at least 15 people, a charge Israel denies. The incident has led to a dramatic upsurge in violence.

The forensic report was published by the interior ministry's explosive unit.

The Palestinian Authority said Hamas militants mishandled the home-made weapons during a big rally in the Jabaliya refugee camp on Friday.

Hamas had earlier said Israeli planes had fired missiles into the crowd.

Following the blast, the group fired dozens of rockets into southern Israel, injuring several people.

What 'quiet' is supposed to be ending following this truce?