The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas reiterates the Palestinian Authority’s refusal to recognize Israel as the national state of the Jewish people

In a speech given to the Preparatory Committee for the Palestine Youth Parliament, which convened in Ramallah on April 27, 2009, Palestinian Authority Chairman Abu Mazen said that the Palestinians were committed to the PLO’s obligations and that they were willing to carry on with the political negotiations based on the Arab Peace Initiative, the
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Hamas lashes out against the UNRWA chief in the Gaza Strip

The Hamas daily Felesteen has recently published an editorial by Mustafa Sawaf, its editor-in-chief, railing against the UNRWA chief in the Gaza Strip, John Ging.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (April 21-27, 2009)

This past week quiet continued in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. An important counterterrorism activity was the detention of a Palestinian terrorist from Khirbet Safa in the Mt. Hebron region who is suspected of stabbing a child to death in the community of Bat Ayn. This week as well the Egyptians carried out intensive
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (April 15-21, 2009)

This past week as well terrorist attacks of various types were carried out in different locations, apparently by lone terrorists not organized or directed by Palestinian terrorist organizations. On the diplomatic front, American envoy George Mitchell visited Jerusalem and Ramallah. During his stay, the fundamental disagreement over the two-state solution was again raised. At the
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The Palestinian Authority security services have recently exposed a Hamas terrorist network in Qalqilya

The Palestinian Authority security services conduct extensive counter-activities against military-terrorist networks belonging to the Hamas movement. Recently, the security services have exposed a laboratory and workshop for manufacturing explosives in Qalqilya.
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Basic disagreement concerning the two-state solution:

the Palestinian refusal to recognize the State of Israel as the national state of the Jewish people has resurfaced, as it did at the Annapolis meeting
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