The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Vehicular Attacks: A Lethal, Easily-Executed Type of Attack Most are carried out by lone operatives unaffiliated with terrorist organizations although sometimes inspired by them

The vehicular attack carried out on the Nice promenade on Bastille Day, July 14, 2016, claimed the lives of 84 people and wounded 200. It was the most lethal vehicular attack ever carried out, no less lethal than most of the other terrorist attacks carried out in Europe during the past year. However, unlike the
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (July 13 – 19, 2016)

his past week terrorist event focused on the stabbing attack in Gush Etzion and an attack prevented in Jerusalem. The Palestinian media reported that Facebook had removed pages affiliated with Hamas in Judea and Samaria. A Hamas spokesman said it was not the first time Facebook had removed Hamas pages.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (July 6 – 12, 2016)

This week there were more shooting and stabbing attacks in Judea and Samaria. Several civilians and soldiers were wounded. The Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces initiated a broad security operation to put an end to anarchy and ensure security.
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The Social Networks as a Source of Inspiration and Emulation, and a Platform for Expression of Palestinian Terrorists: The case of Muhammad Tarayrah, who murdered a 13 year-old girl in her sleep in Kiryat Arba

In the early morning hours of June 30, 2016, a Palestinian terrorist climbed over the security fence around the Givat Harsina neighborhood in Kiryat Arba. He advanced about 150 meters (about 165 yards) to a house on the outskirts of the neighborhood, entered the bedroom Hallel Yaffa Ariel, a 13 year-old girl, and stabbed her
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Geography and Politics: During the visit of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to an UNRWA school in the Gaza Strip, a wall map of “Palestine” which ignored the existence of the State of Israel was temporarily hidden.

On June 28, 2016, the UN secretary general went to the Gaza Strip for a visit lasting several hours. While there he was taken to a number of places, including UNRWA’s al-Zeitun school in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 29 – July 5, 2016)

On June 30 and July 1, 2016, towards the end of the Muslim religious month of Ramadan, there was series of stabbing and shooting attacks in which two Israelis were killed. As in the previous wave of terrorist attacks, the Hebron region was the focal point for attacks and a base for attackers.
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