The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

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...

The lull arrangement continued this past week as well. While Sderot residents celebrated a food festival, Hamas operatives continued training and holding military displays. Making statements to their members intended for Israeli ears as well, terrorist organization spokesmen said that they were exploiting the lull to raise their preparedness for a new military round against Read more...

The violent confrontations between Jews and Arabs in the northern Israeli city of Acre prompted a wave of reactions from the Palestinian terrorist organizations, Hezbollah and the Arab media. Read more...

Generally speaking, the lull arrangement was observed in the Gaza Strip and no exceptional events were reported during the Jewish High Holidays. The average amount of merchandise delivered into the Gaza Strip from Israel declined owning to the smaller number of working days caused by the holidays, but there was no shortage of goods or Read more...