Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Fighel - ICT Senior Researcher The Nature of the Threat
[1] Muhammad Dahlan is a Fatah leader, the former head of the Palestinian Preventative Security Force in the Gaza Strip and Arafat’s protégée. [2] See Ely Karmon, "Iran–Syria-Hizballah–Hamas: A Coalition against Nature. Why does it Work?" Proteus Monograph Series, Volume 1, Issue 5, May 2008, Center for Strategic Leadership, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA., USA, at http://www.carlisle.army.mil/proteus/docs/karmon-iran-syria-hizbollah.pdf. [3] http://www.daralhayat.com/special/dialogues/ [4] Ibid. [5] http://www.daralhayat.com/special/dialogues/08-2008/Item-20080829-0f7cf21e-c0a8-10ed-01bf-ee336cd96a38/story.html [6] http://www.daralhayat.com/special/dialogues/ [7] Ibid. [8] Seventh Arab League Summit Conference, Resolution on Palestine, Rabat, Morocco, October 28, 1974. http://www.weltpolitik.net/texte/policy/israel/Arabliga_1974.pdf [9] Al-Ayyam, January 8th 2007 [10] www.palestine-info.info, January 8th 2007 [11] MA’AN News Agency, De facto government dismiss Palestinian UN representative, 13 / 11 / 2007. http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=26281 [12] Israel allows Fatah men return to West Bank,21 November 2008. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3626576,00.html [13] http://www.okaz.com.sa/okaz/osf/20080928/Con20080928231047.htm [14] Ibid [15] Ibrahim Al Ghausha, “Juzur al Khilaf Bain Fatah wa Hamas” (The roots of conflict between Fatah and Hamas) Al Majd, 29 September 2008. See http://www.almajd.net/article/details/details.asp?id=2843. [16] Statement of The Activities of The Sixteenth Session of The Palestine National Council-February 1983,in MECS, Vol. VII, 1982-1983,pp.317-321. [17] Fears in PA: Gaza May Turn into Taliban-Style Emirate, MEMRI Special Dispatch Series No.1633, June 26,2007 [18] Al-Jazeera, June 20th 2007. [19]Yousef Al-Qazzaz, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (PA), June 19, 2007. [20] Al-Hayyat Al-Jadida, January 9th 2007 [21] http://www.daralhayat.com/arab_news/levant_news/02-2008/Item-20080226-5773fc52-c0a8-10ed-017c-4324294e94c0/story.html [22] http://www.haaretz.com/hasite/pages/ShArtPE.jhtml?itemNo=1016741&contrassID=2&subContrassID=21&sbSubContrassID=0 [23] . http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3586971,00.html [24] Felesteen, 6 November 2008.”Diwan el Fatwa Wal Tashri’ Yu’alen ‘An I’adat Mashru’ Kanoun el ‘Uqubat” http://www.felesteen.ps/index.php?action=showdetail&nid=40449. [25] Ibid. [26] Introducing new penal codes based on Islamic religious law. http://www.navyseals.com/11-14-08-daily-update. See also http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e009.htm. [27] http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/12/24/62699.html [28] Al Hayat, http://www.daralhayat.com/arab_news/levant_news/12-2008/Item-20081224-6a2f6538-c0a8-10ed-00be-61084ec62dfc/story.html [29] http://www.alsbah.net/mynews/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17696 [30] http://www.alsbah.net/mynews/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17683 [31] “Jaljalat” Islamic idiom, taken from the ancient Islamic ethos and narratives. Posted on affiliated Al Qaeda web sites in a triumphal poem video clip in which “the Islamic peal will tremble the western world”. See Jaljalat Jihadi version nasheed (Islamic song). http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107206.Also Islamic Jihad video clip”Saraya Al Quds Jaljalat” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EiXr2Rou3A&feature=related [32] Surah xiii. 13,14. [33] Al-Ayyam, 12 January 2008. [34] Testimony of Steven Emerson Before the United States House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 9, 2008,p.17. http://intelligence.house.gov/Media/PDFS/Emerson040908.pdf. [35] Yoni Fighel, "Sheikh Abdullah Azzam: Bin Laden´s Spiritual Mentor,” International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), 27 September 2001. [36] Yoni Fighel and Yael Shahar, “The Al-Qaida-Hizballah Connection”, February 26, 2002 in ICT Web Site http://212.150.54.123/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=425 [37] The Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement, 18 August 1988. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/hamas.htm [38] Ibid [39] Aljazeera TV, 11 March 2007 [40] Tariq Alhomayed, "Gaza: Following Afghanistan's Footsteps", October 6, 2008. http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=2&id=14308 [41] Ibid.