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Geography and Politics: During the visit of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to an UNRWA school in the Gaza Strip, a wall map of “Palestine” which ignored the existence of the State of Israel was temporarily hidden.

On June 28, 2016, the UN secretary general went to the Gaza Strip for a visit lasting several hours. While there he was taken to a number of places, including UNRWA’s al-Zeitun school in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 29 – July 5, 2016)

On June 30 and July 1, 2016, towards the end of the Muslim religious month of Ramadan, there was series of stabbing and shooting attacks in which two Israelis were killed. As in the previous wave of terrorist attacks, the Hebron region was the focal point for attacks and a base for attackers.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 22-28, 2016)

This past week tension increased on the Temple Mount in the wake of Palestinian riots. On June 28, 2016, Israel and Turkey signed a reconciliation agreement to end the crisis that began with the Mavi Marmara flotilla. In an initial response to the agreement, the Palestinian foreign minister expressed support for any effort to lift
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 8 – 14, 2016)

On June 8, 2016, two Palestinians terrorists carried out a shooting attack in a restaurant in a popular shopping and entertainment complex in the heart of Tel Aviv. In accordance with instructions from the political leadership, the Israeli security forces razed the house in Yatta of the Palestinian terrorist who murdered Dafna Meir on her
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Four People Killed in Shooting Attack in Sarona Market in Tel Aviv

On the evening of June 8, 2016, two Palestinian terrorists carried out a shooting attack in the Sarona Market in the center of Tel Aviv. They opened fire at people in a restaurant and at passersby. Four Israeli civilians were killed and seven wounded, three of them seriously.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 1 – 7, 2016)

This past week the trend towards a decline in terrorist attacks continued. Prominent were two shooting attacks targeting Israeli vehicles in Judea and Samaria. The Rafah crossing opened for the third time this year. On June 3, 2016, a conference was held in Paris to promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, attended by representatives from 29
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