The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

This past week events focused on the IDF’s action inside the Gaza Strip near the security fence. . Israel, in response, closed the Gaza Strip crossings. The escalation was a difficult test, the first of its kind, for the continuation of the lull arrangement. On the internal Palestinian front, on the eve of the opening Read more...

This past week Hamas violated the lull arrangement again when a group of terrorists tried to plant an IED near the Gaza Strip security fence and fired two anti-tank missiles at IDF soldiers. Preparations continued for opening the national reconciliation conference in Cairo. Senior Fatah, as well as Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist organization figures, Read more...

The focus of terrorist events this week was the fatal stabbing of an 86-year old Israeli man in the Gilo section of southern Jerusalem. In Judea and Samaria there were many instances of Molotov cocktails thrown at Israeli security forces. This past week close to 600 security forces of the Palestinian Authority deployed in the Read more...