The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Incitement and encouragement for terrorist attacks in Hamas TV shows during Ramadan

The Palestinian terrorist organizations, especially Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), produce their own television series for Ramadan, competing for attention. The audiences have a wide range of online outlets to choose from, and tend to watch programs offering entertainment, dramas and comedies produced and disseminated by media giants in Turkey, Egypt and the Persian Gulf countries. During the past few years Hamas and the PIJ have made efforts to improve the quality of the programs they produce and raise their ratings. One of their methods is to link them to local current events, especially the "heroic achievements" of the armed "resistance" [terrorist attacks] in the "struggle" against Israel. Hamas' media department series for Ramadan 2023, called "The path of sacrifice," was devoted to Palestinian terrorist operatives who carried out attacks. Their objective was to ramp up anti-Israeli incitement and encourage terrorist attacks in Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem and inside Israel. Following Hamas policy, the incitement was aimed not only at its own operatives but at the operatives of all the armed terrorist organizations, as well as Palestinians who have no organizational affiliation and on their own initiative attack with simple, easily available weapons, such as knives and vehicles. The series' emphasis was on terrorist attacks in Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem and inside Israel without reference to terrorism from the Gaza Strip.
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Spotlight on Iran (April 13-27, 2023)

תקציר World Jerusalem Day rallies exploited by the Iranian leadership to express Iran's continuing support for the Palestinians. The Iranian supreme leader praised the Palestinian "resistance" to Israel and declared that the "Zionist regime" would become weaker as the "resistance" became stronger. The Iranian foreign minister held a telephone call with the secretary-general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and with the chairman of Hamas' political bureau to assure them of Iran's support for the Palestinians. The president of Iran spoke with chairman of the Yemeni Houthi's supreme political council and invited him to visit Tehran.
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Spotlight on Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (April 19-23, 2023)

During the past five days Palestinians carried out one terrorist attack. No casualties were reported but the bus was damaged. The Israeli security forces continued intensive counterterrorism activities in Judea and Samaria, focusing on Nablus and Jenin The number of rock- and Molotov cocktail-throwing attacks decreased significantly. About 120,000 worshippers participated in the morning holiday prayer on the Temple Mount. Then they chanted slogans in support of Hamas and the "resistance". The Gaza Strip remained relatively calm. Mahmoud Abbas paid a visit to Saudi Arabia, where he met with Crown Prince A Hamas delegation visited Saudi Arabia at the same time. Apparently the delegation did not meet with representatives of the Saudi Arabian government.
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World Jerusalem Day: again a platform for incitement, threats, and the defamation and demonizing of Israel and the United States

This year's Jerusalem Day events took place against the background of the extreme tension in Jerusalem, especially on the Temple Mount, the anti-Israeli incitement and provocation and in the shadow of a series of major terrorist attacks. At several events speakers gave militant speeches threatening Israel. The main events were held in Iran. Similar events were held in Lebanon. In the Gaza Strip the main rally was held in Gaza City, and in Judea and Samaria a rally was held in the Jenin refugee camp. Events were also held in Yemen, Pakistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Turkey, South Africa, London and New York. Unlike previous years and despite the threats against Israel, the events were not exploited for a display of Iranian, Hezbollah or Palestinian terrorist organization military force and there were no parades of ballistic missiles or other weapons, as had been customary in Iran
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Spotlight on Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (April 3-18, 2023)

During the past two weeks Palestinians carried out nine terrorist attacks in Judea, Samaria and inside Israeli. A mother and her two daughters and a tourist from Italy were killed. The Israeli security forces continued their counterterrorism activities,. The main arenas were Jericho, Nablus and Jenin.On the night of the Passover Seder and in the following days dozens of rockets were fired at Israeli territory, atypically from three different arenas. The pretext for the rocket fire was the riot at al-Aqsa mosque. Isma'il Haniyeh, head of Hamas' political bureau, paid a visit to Lebanon, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leader Ziyad al-Nakhalah paid a visit to Iraq.. The Palestinians scored a political achievement in the UN, and on May 15 the General Assembly will mark Nakba Day.
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Rocket Fire Targeting Israel

/from three different arenas. In response IDF aircraft and artillery attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, south Lebanon, the rocket launchers and several other targets in southern Syria, including a military facility of the Syrian army's . The pretext for the rocket fire was the riot at al-Aqsa mosque when Israeli police and Palestinians clashed on the night of April 4, 2023. For the Palestinians, Hezbollah and other Arabs the incidents signified the so-called "unity of the fronts," a Palestinian-Hezbollah strategy employed against Israel, and they regard the events as a "victory" They also claim that firing rockets from three arenas revealed their ability to "conquer" Israel .
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