The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict(September 8-15, 2009)

Relative quiet continues in the western Negev. However, attacks on IDF patrols and Israeli civilians near the security fence continue. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet with George Mitchell, the American envoy to the Middle East, on September 15 in an effort to make it possible for the President of the United
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (September 1-8, 2009)

Attacks continued along the Gaza Strip border this past week. Terrorist networks launched rockets and mortar shells into Israeli territory and shot at IDF forces and civilians operating near the security fence. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak authorized the building of 445 new living units in settlement blocks in Judea and Samaria.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 25 – September 1, 2009)

This past week there was a slight increase of attacks initiated by terrorist networks operating in the Gaza Strip. A rocket was fired at the western Negev and in two separate incidents Israeli civilians working near the Gaza security fence were shot at. In response the Israeli Air Force attacked a tunnel in the northern
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Exposure of a Hezbollah network in Egypt: state of affairs, implications, and reactions in Egypt and in the Arab and Muslim world

In late 2008, Egyptian security services exposed a Hezbollah network which operated on Egyptian soil.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 18-25, 2009)

In the northern Gaza Strip the IDF opened fire at three suspicious Palestinians who were apparently trying to plant an IED near the security fence, killing one. Following the incident two mortar shells were fired into Israeli territory. In response the Israeli Air Force attacked a tunnel to smuggle weapons into the Gaza Strip from
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 12-18, 2009)

This week the sixth Fatah conference ended with the election of the Central Committee and the Revolutionary Council, Fatah’s two most important institutions. On the ground, relative quiet continued in the western Negev. On August 14 inside the Gaza Strip an exceptional event occurred in Rafah when Hamas’ security forces confronted operatives of an Islamist
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