The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (October 27-November 3, 2009)

This past week one rocket was fired into the western Hamas maintains its policy of restraint. Another rocket was fired at the Kiryat Shemonah region from south Lebanon. American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a joint press conference. Secretary Clinton said that the United States accepted the Israeli
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The interior minister of the de facto Hamas administration describes the support his office gives the terrorist organizations operating in the Gaza Strip.

His description contradicts the claim the Hamas administration made to the Goldstone Committee, according to which it had no direct or indirect links to the terrorist organizations.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (October 20-27, 2009)

The past week’s events focused on a new wave of public disturbances in Jerusalem. The most prominent political event was an announcement by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas that presidential and Palestinian Legislative Council elections would be held on January 24, 2010, throughout “Palestine” (Judea, including East Jerusalem, Samaria and the Gaza Strip).
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (October 12-20, 2009)

This week a small number rockets were fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip. Hamas continues its policy of restraint. The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted the Goldstone Report and its recommendations. Hamas was quick to adopt decision, The Palestinian Authority said it would promote the implementation of the Report in international legal
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Palestinian, Iranian and international reactions to the Human Rights Council’s decision to endorse the findings of the Goldstone Report (Update No. 1)

After two days of deliberations (October 15-16), the Human Rights Council in Geneva endorsed the Palestinian proposal to adopt the Goldstone Report and its conclusions.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (October 6-12, 2009)

This past week there was a decrease in the amount of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. The situation in Jerusalem calmed down as well. The Palestinian Authority and Mahmoud Abbas, the objectives of a vicious incitement campaign undertaken by Hamas, are actively working to bring the Goldstone Report before the UN
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