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On September 1 the Washington summit meeting is expected to relaunch direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. On August 31, 2010, the eve of the summit meeting in Washington, a shooting attack was carried out on an Israeli vehicle by Hamas terrorists southeast of Hebron. Four Israeli civilians were killed. Hamas’ military wing Read more...

This past week no rockets were fired into the western Negev. The Lebanese women’s ship Maryam has not yet left the port of Tripoli. The PLO’s executive committee announced its agreement to relaunch direct negotiations in Washington. Hamas strongly denounced the renewal of the negotiations, and its senior figures launched a media attack against the Read more...

This past week two Qassam rockets and two mortar shells were fired into the western Negev. The various terrorist organizations continued their attempts to attack IDF forces. Various pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas networks and organizations in the Arab countries and the West continue expressing their intentions to send flotillas to the Gaza Strip. Read more...

This past week there was quiet in the western Negev and along the Israeli-Lebanese border. Articles in Egypt’s establishment press strongly attacked Hamas, accusing it of responsibility for the rocket fire at Eilat. According to media reports the Lebanese women’s ship Mar Iam was supposed to set sail from Lebanon to Cyprus on August 8. Read more...

Events this past week focused on the rocket fire from the Sinai Peninsula targeting Eilat and Aqaba, and from the Gaza Strip targeting Ashqelon and the western Negev. The Arab League’s monitoring committee gave the Palestinian Authority a green light to hold direct negotiations with Israel subject to Mahmoud Abbas’ decision regarding a date for Read more...

This past week there was an increase in rocket fire attacks on western Negev population centers. In response Israeli Air Force planes attacked three terrorist targets. The international community is still probing the Mavi Marmara flotilla and its outcome. The Palestinian Authority continues dealing with direct negotiations with Israel. So far it has been decided Read more...