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Spotlight on Iran* (September 11 – September 25, 2016)

Senior Iranian officials accused the United States of responsibility for the collapse of the ceasefire in Syria. Jaberi Ansari, Iranian deputy foreign minister for Arab-African affairs, visited Syria last week, where he met with President Assad and the leaders of Palestinian groups in Syria. Iran rejected Saudi Arabian accusations that it had sent arms to
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (September 14-20, 2016)

After some five months of relative calm, there was an outbreak of a new wave of popular terrorism. There were eight attacks within five days (September 16-20, 2016). Seven of them were stabbing attacks and one was a vehicular attack.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (September 6 – 13, 2016)

This past week Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip were relatively quiet. The Women’s Boat to Gaza flotilla, composed of anti-Israeli women from various countries, some of them “famous,” is about to set sail. According to statements issued by the women organizing the flotilla, the boats are now anchored in Barcelona and are expected to
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Spotlight on IranSpotlight on Iran* (August 29 – September 11, 2016)

enior Iranian officials recently stated that Iran would not agree to cut off the support Iran gave through the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to the “resistance front” as part of the negotiations held with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). At least six IRGC fighters were killed in Syria during the past two weeks,
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 31 – September 6, 2016)

Palestinian popular terrorism continues. This past week stabbing attacks were prevented (in the Old City of Jerusalem and Hebron. This past week there was a series of shooting attacks (carried out by Gazans using light arms and one using a sniper rifle). They targeted IDF forces engaged in routine security activities near the border security
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 24 – 30, 2016)

The main terrorist event last week was a stabbing attack carried out during the pursuit of a Palestinian who threw stones at an IDF vehicle near the village of Yitzhar (south of Nablus). The local elections in Judea and Samaria are supposed to be held on October 8, 2016.
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