The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Terrorism and the Internet: the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Internet Network*

The PIJ makes extensive use of the Internet in the battle for hearts and minds it wages against Israel. In addition, the PIJ uses the website to disseminate its ideology and reinforce its position in the internal Palestinian arena. While the PIJ has a smaller Internet presence than Hamas, it is making an effort to
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (September 20-24, 2012)

The focus of this past week’s events was an incident on the Israeli-Egyptian border in which an IDF soldier was killed. An Israeli Air Force strike prevented a terrorist attack from the Gaza Strip via the Sinai Peninsula. These incidents show once again that the threat of terrorism from the Israeli-Egyptian border is growing more
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (September 12-19, 2012)

Rocket fire into Israeli territory continues. Three rocket landings were detected in open areas this past week. There were no casualties and no damage was caused. Terrorist organizations operating in the Middle East, particularly Hezbollah and Hamas, joined the wave of anti-American protests sweeping the Arab and Muslim world over the film Innocence of Muslims
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (September 5-11, 2012)

This past week four long-range rockets landed in Israeli territory near the town of Netivot and the city of Beersheba. For the past ten days there have been violent public protests in Judea and Samaria, with hundreds of demonstrators taking to the streets to protest the cost of living.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 29-September 4, 2012)

This past week there was an increase in rocket hits targeting the western Negev; 12 hits in all were identified. One of them, a Grad rocket with a range of about 20 kilometers, or almost 12.5 miles, landed near the southern town of Netivot. The de-facto Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip announced a change
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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 22-28, 2012)

This past week terrorist events focused on rocket fire (six identified hits) targeting the western Negev shortly before the opening of the new school year. On August 28 the Haifa District Court dismissed a civil claim lodged by the family of Rachel Corrie, an activist belonging (ISM), who was run over by an IDF bulldozer
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