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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (May 22 – 28, 2013)

This past week there was quiet along Israel’s southern border. Violent confrontations and riots continued in Judea and Samaria The visit of American Secretary of State John Kerry ended without a breakthrough.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (May 14 – 21, 2013)

This past week one rocket hit was identified in Israeli territory, landing in the western Negev. Violent confrontations and friction continued in Judea and and Samaria. Following the abduction of seven Egyptian soldiers and policemen, the Egyptian security forces took steps on the ground making contact difficult between the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip.
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The Palestinian “Popular Resistance” and Its Built-In Violence

This study examines the concept of the Palestinian “popular resistance” (al-muqawama al-sha’abiya) as it was formulated during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, then adopted by the sixth Fatah conference in August 2009, and has since been implemented in Judea and Samaria by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (May 8 – 13, 2013)

This past week Israel’s south was quiet. The Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem, a terrorist organization affiliated with Al-Qaeda and responsible for rocket fire into Israeli territory, claimed that the new Hamas force had prevented its operatives from firing rockets and had even detained one of them. Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, spent three
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Hamas has introduced a program in Gaza Strip schools called Al-Futuwwa, which provides military training for tens of thousands of adolescent boys.

Hamas has introduced a program in Gaza Strip schools called Al-Futuwwa, which provides military training for tens of thousands of adolescent boys. Its objective is to raise a new generation of Hamas operatives and supporters, and to ensure Hamas’ future control of the Gaza Strip.*
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (May 1 – 7, 2013)

Rogue terrorist networks in the Gaza Strip continue their efforts to undermine the lull in the fighting achieved at the end of Operation Pillar of Defense. Attempts to carry out terrorist attacks using cold weapons (stones, knives, Molotov cocktails) continue in Judea and Samaria, part of the so-called “popular resistance.”
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