The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (April 14-21, 2010)

The western Negev was quiet this week. Hamas senior Moussa Abu Marzouq announced that there was a consensus not to launch rockets Khaled Mash’al, the head of the Hamas political bureau, praised the path of “resistance” and stressed that Hamas would continue to abduct Israeli soldiers—“Gilad Shalit is neither the first nor the last”. Isma’il
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (April 7-13, 2010)

During the past week the western Negev was quiet. Terrorist squads continued their attempts to confront IDF forces engaged in preventive counterterrorism activities along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip. Hamas’ security services continue their attempts to prevent rogue terrorist organizations from carrying out attacks The de facto Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip and
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The Palestinian Authority still allows and even encourages shaheeds to be turned into role models:

In Ramallah a street is named after Yahya Ayash, the Hamas operative called “The Engineer.” He was behind suicide bombing attacks which killed several dozen Israeli civilians and were intended to sabotage the Oslo accords.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (March 24-April 6, 2010)

During the past two weeks rocket fire from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory increased. There were two prominent incidents, one in which an IDF officer and soldier were killed (March 26) and one in which a Thai worker was killed in a village in the western Negev (March 18). Hamas continues its policy of
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (March 16-23, 2010)

This past week there was a significant increase in the amount of rocket fire which targeted the western Negev. However, there was a decrease in the rioting in Jerusalem, Hebron and other points of friction in Judea and Samaria. This past week anti-Israeli incitement continued in the Palestinian Authority, even as the PA tried to
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Turning Shaheeds into Role Models: Fatah unofficially inaugurated the Dalal al-Magribi Square in Al-Bireh, named after a Fatah terrorist who participated in the mass-murder attack on Israel’s Coastal Road (1978)

Three months ago the Palestinian Authority announced that on March 11, 2010, an official ceremony would be held in the town of Al-Bireh (in the vicinity Ramallah) to inaugurate the Dalal al-Magribi Square.
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