The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

This past week the western Negev was quiet. In Judea and Samaria there was an increase in the number of Israeli vehicles attacked with stones and Molotov cocktails. The decision of the Israeli government to include the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb in a project for the preservation of national heritage sites led Read more...

An IDF soldier sitting in his car near the Tapuah junction in Samaria was stabbed and killed by a terrorist who served as an officer in the Palestinian police force. Sporadic rocket fire continued into the western Negev this past week. It can now be revealed that in December 2009 the Israeli security forces prevented Read more...

This past week sporadic rocket fire continued from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. Two rocket hits were identified in open areas near Israeli villages. In response the Israeli Air Force attacked targets in the southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas will respond positively to the American suggestion to indirect negotiations with Israel Read more...

This week barrels of explosives were discovered on the Ashqelon and Ashdod beaches. Apparently the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip were planning to blow them up near an Israeli Navy boat. The western Negev was quiet Senior Hamas legal figures presented the main arguments of Hamas’ response to the Goldstone Report. Read more...