Research on the internet in Palestine

Oded Yaron, Ha'aretz, Palestinian internet users stuck between Fatah, Hamas and Israel
23 Nov 09 "Israel has a hand in these problem, Ben-David argues. Israel prevents equipment meant for bettering the internet industry from entering the Palestinian Authority - equipment such as servers and routers. Moreover, Israel is delaying giving a permit to Wataniya, a second cell phone and internet provider in the West Bank, which bolsters the existing company PalTel's monopoly. Ben-David says that "according to the Oslo accords, PalTel is required to pass the communication lines outside the West Bank and through Israel."

The report's available for download at Global Information Society Watch 2009 Report. I haven't read this one yet...

Jund Ansar Allah

Peter Beaumont, The Observer, Hamas destroys al-Qaida group in violent Gaza battle, 16 Aug 09 "The group's website, which shows videos of the preparations for the attack on Israel, much of it focusing on men on horseback or loading horses with mines, makes clear that Jund Ansar Allah allied itself closely with the ideals of global jihad as opposed to Hamas, which is more closely focused on Palestinian nationalism."

Al-Jazeera, Several dead in Gaza mosque clash, 15 Aug 09

BBC News, Profile: Jund Ansar Allah , 15 Aug 09 "Hamas officials have also blamed the "outlaws" for the bombings of several internet cafes, seen as a source of immorality, and of a wedding party attended by relatives of the West Bank-based Fatah leader, Muhammad Dahlan."

Tariq Alhomayed, Asharq Alawsat, Hamas: Extremism Breeds Extremism "Today we are able to say to the Muslim Brotherhood affiliated Hamas movement in Gaza, its members throughout the Arab world, and especially its defenders, from the writers in the Gulf media to the internet "Mujahedeen," that you reap what you sow, that extremism only breeds extremism, and that so long as Hamas underestimates the situation, things in Gaza will only get worse." Opinion piece. Also see Asharq Alawsat, Who was Abu Noor al-Maqdisi?, 16 Aug 09

Palestine

Guardian, Middle East: 'Almost every prisoner is told to get money or weapons', 29 Jul 08 "Mahdi Khanfar, a 35-year-old graduate in urban development, still trembles at the memory of his arrest by the Palestinian Authority's mukhabarat (intelligence service) in May. "The mukhabarat asked me about Hamas and weapons. They put me in a zinzana [a small windowless cell] at mukhabarat headquarters in Jenin and started hanging me with my hands tied behind my back."

worldtribune.com, Al Qaida bombs hit Gaza cell phone stores, beauty salons, 6 Nov 07 " After a lull of several months, Palestinian sources said, Al Qaida has resumed bombings of Internet cafes and cellular phone stores. They said the campaign was being conducted with the help of the opposition Fatah movement.

""The aim is to destabilize the Hamas regime," a security source said."