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This past week clashes continued in the western Negev. Two rocket and six mortar shell hits hit Israeli territory. American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that both Israel and the Palestinians wanted the Americans to continue their efforts. Read more...

The situation in the western Negev heats up: this past week two rockets and a mortar shell fell in Israeli territory. Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives planting an IED near the Gaza Strip security fence were killed by IDF forces. An IDF force was shot at near the Karni crossing, used for the passage of Read more...

Senior Palestinian figures continue criticizing the incentive package proposed by the United States to Israel in return for freezing construction in the settlements. During a Fatah Revolutionary Council meeting, Mahmoud Abbas again stated that if the negotiations failed, the Palestinians would appeal to the United States and the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state Read more...

This past week four rockets (including one Grad rocket) and six mortar shell (including a shell containing phosphorous) were used to attack the western Negev. In the political sphere contacts were maintained between Israel and the United States and deliberations continued inside the Israeli political arena about signing an agreement for a package of American Read more...

This week quiet in the western Negev continued. Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu announced that in his latest meeting with American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a new American initiative had been worked out for the resumption of the peace talks. Read more...