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Tuesday July 17, 2012 7:10 PM (EST+7)
Hamas executes three Gaza men for murder
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GAZA, July 17 (Reuters) - Three men convicted of murder were hanged in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the territory's interior ministry said.
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 Palestinian Hamas security officers participate in a rally in Gaza City, Jan. 15, 2010. (AP/Hatem Moussa)
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Multimedia
 al-Jazeera Int: Dining with Terrorists, Fighting Occupation Pt. 1
March 8, 2009 9:03 AM (EST+7)
al-Jazeera Int: Dining with Terrorists, Fighting Occupation Pt. 2.
March 8, 2009 9:34 AM (EST+7)
Al-Jazeera Int: Town sees rare Palestinian unity
Jan. 20, 2010 9:26 AM (EST+7)
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 Documents
 Fateh and Hamas Reconciliation Agreement, May 4 2011
Gisha - Who Turned out the Lights in Gaza?
Hamas Covenant (1988)
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Publications
An Issue and an Audience: A Series of Seminars
Analysis of Palestinian Public Opinion on Politics: Political Beliefs and Preferences of People Who Trust Fatah and People Who Trust Leftist Factions
Analysis of Palestinian Public Opinion on Politics: Popular Trust and Distrust in Palestinian Politicians and Factions
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Background
Cairo talks
Civil society (Palestinian)
Egypt wall
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Resources
"After Annapolis," Bitterlemons Dec. 3, 2007
“Hamas gains in teachers union election,” Jerusalem Post
“Suicide and Other Bombing Attacks in Israel Since the Declaration of Principles (Sept 1993),” Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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A total of 14 Palestinians have now been executed since the Islamist group Hamas seized the Gaza Strip in 2007 from Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction.
No details of the murder cases were given and the Hamas-run ministry identified the executed men only by their initials.
Under Palestinian law, Abbas is supposed to have the final say on whether executions are carried out, but Hamas runs its justice system without consulting the president.
Human rights groups have repeatedly condemned the use of the death penalty in Gaza. Hamas rejects such criticism.
The executions were carried out "in accordance with our religion (and the) rulings of Palestinian law," the ministry statement said.
Gaza courts have handed out 30 death sentences since 2007, many of them to people convicted of helping Israeli security forces. (Reporting by Nidal Almughrabi, Editing by Ori Lewis and Andrew Heavens)
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Palestinian Hamas security officers participate in a rally in Gaza City, Jan. 15, 2010. (AP/Hatem Moussa)
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