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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (May 8 – 13, 2014)

This past week Israel’s south was quiet. In Judea and Samaria violent “popular resistance” activities continued. The Israel Security Agency said in an announcement that in April 2014 a terrorist abduction for purposes of bargaining was prevented. Hamas and Fatah began mutual gestures to implement their reconciliation agreement. Tactical steps were taken (permission to distribute
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (April 30 – May 7, 2014)*

One rocket hit was identified in the western Negev. In Judea and Samaria Palestinian violence continued (throwing stones and Molotov cocktails), part of the so-called “popular resistance.” In northern Israel a young girl was stabbed to death. Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of the Palestinian Authority (PA), and Khaled Mashaal, head of Hamas’ political bureau, met in
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The funeral held in Al-Bireh for two senior Hamas terrorist operatives, brothers whose remains were returned to the Palestinian Authority by Israel, was exploited by Hamas for a show of force in Judea and Samaria

The funeral held in Al-Bireh for two senior Hamas terrorist operatives, brothers whose remains were returned to the Palestinian Authority by Israel, was exploited by Hamas for a show of force in Judea and Samaria – although Hamas continues its commitment to the internal Palestinian reconciliation.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (April 24 – 29, 2014)

Israeli Air Force (IAF) aircraft struck a Palestinian terrorist operative in the Gaza Strip who was apparently planning to launch rockets into Israeli territory. April 29, 2014, was the final day of the nine-month Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
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Following the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation, Hamas may maneuver between adherence to its fundamental positions and its desire to benefit from the agreement which may serve its internal political and media purposes

The reconciliation agreement signed with Fatah on April 23, 2014, poses for Hamas the basic problem familiar from the past regarding its approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (April 14 – 23, 2014)

The focus of terrorist events this past week (the Israeli Passover holiday) was the murder of an Israeli citizen in a shooting attack as he was driving to Hebron. Next week on April 29, 2014, the nine months allotted for the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations will expire. In the internal Palestinian arena, delegations of Fatah and Hamas
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