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This past week one rocket and one mortar shell hit were identified in the western Negev. In response the Israeli Air Force attacked two Hamas terrorist targets in Gaza City and a vehicle carrying senior Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades operatives. The Arab League’s monitoring committee said in an announcement that renewing the direct negotiations would Read more...

This past week two rocket hits were identified in the western Negev. The Viva Palestina aid convoy reached Syria after a stay in Turkey. Convoys and activists from Jordan, the Gulf States and North Africa are expected to join it in the Syrian port of Latakia. The convoy intends to sail to El Arish (if Read more...

This week the moratorium on construction in the settlements in Judea and Samaria ended. Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu called on Mahmoud Abbas to continue the direct talks to reach a historic peace agreement within a year. Mahmoud Abbas said that Israel had to choose “between peace and the settlements,” and that if the moratorium Read more...

This past week nine mortar shells were fired into Israeli territory, eight on one day. Some of them contained phosphorus. An aid convoy organized by Viva Palestina left for the Gaza Strip. It is currently in France and from expects go to Italy, Turkey, Greece and Syria. From the Syrian port of Latakia it expects Read more...

This past week there was an increase in the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip targeting the western Negev. On September 14 a summit meeting was held at Sharm el-Sheikh attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The American secretary of state and president of Egypt also attended. On Read more...

This past week events focused on the relaunching of the direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in Washington. The opening session was accompanied by shooting attacks carried out by Hamas and targeting Israeli vehicles in Judea and Samaria: An attack southeast of Hebron killed four Israeli civilians. In another shooting attack in eastern Read more...