By Eric Fingerhut
JTA
January 21, 2009
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Barack Obama told Ehud Olmert and three other Middle East leaders he is determined to stop Hamas from smuggling arms.
According to a statement from White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, the new president placed phone calls Wednesday morning to Olmert, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and King Adullah of Jordan.
The statement said that Obama “emphasized his determination to work to help consolidate the cease-fire by establishing an effective anti-smuggling regime to prevent Hamas from rearming, and facilitating in partnership with the Palestinian Authority a major reconstruction effort for Palestinians in Gaza.”
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via Obama stresses commitment to stop Hamas arms smuggling | JTA – Jewish & Israel News
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Waqf Minister: Israel used Gaza invasion as chance to confiscate West Bank lands
Date: 20 / 01 / 2009 Time: 13:42
Jerusalem – Ma’an – Land confiscations in the West Bank are continuing, said Minister of Waqf and Religious Affairs Jamal Bawatneh, and soon there will be no land to hold a Palestinian state.
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via Maan News Agency.
h/t: Shadi Fadda
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Dandelion Salad 
same ol shit, different day.
Excellent comment, Roxanne.
Here’s another recent story: http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=35286
West Bank settlers seize farmland south of Hebron
Date: 25 / 01 / 2009 Time: 17:10
تكبير الخط
What type of bullshit is this? Hamas is the democratically elected government of Gaza. They are importing weapons to defend themselves the hugely superior force of the Israelis. Why is it not arms smuggling when US ships weapons to the criminal terrorist illegally created state of Israel?
Looks like more of the same to me. He didn’t speak to anyone from Hamas either.