The Palestinian Authority (PA)

This past week Hamas initiated a series of popular protests accompanied by a media campaign to make international public opinion aware of the Gazans’ plight. The highlight was supposed to a human chain of tens of thousands of Gaza Strip residents which would stretch along the Israel-Gaza border from Beit Hanoun in the north to Read more...

Rocket and mortar shell fire targeting western Negev towns and villages continued this past week. In Judea and Samaria there was an increase in stabbings, shootings, rock throwing and Molotov cocktails. On February 12 Imad Moughnieh, mastermind Hezbollah terrorist operative, was killed in Damascus by a bomb planted in his car. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah Read more...

The week ended with a five-day escalation of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. More than 60 hits were identified in Israel territory, most of them in Sderot. Tension increased between Hamas and Egypt, even after the border fence was resealed. The Egyptians regard the recent events as a threat to national security and an Read more...