The Palestinian Authority (PA)

Weekend escalation in the Gaza Strip

On December 5 and 6 seven rockets and eight mortar shells were fired, continuing the erosion of the lull arrangement, consistently violated by the Palestinian terrorist organizations since the beginning of November.
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Reactions in the Arab and Muslim world to the terrorist attacks in Mumbai (Preliminary report)

At the level of political leadership, the Arab and Muslim world condemned the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and expressed solidarity with the Indian government, including terrorism-sponsoring countries like Iran and Syria.However, in commenting on the reasons for the terrorist attack, the Iranian and Syrian propaganda was quick to exploit the event to assail the United
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict December 2, 2008

This past week events centered around the mass-casualty terrorist attacks at many different points in Mumbai, India. At least 195 were killed and more than 300 wounded. Among those killed were five Israelis and one Jewish woman, all of whom were at Nariman House, the Chabad center, one of the attackers’ targets. Rocket and mortar
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The erosion of the lull arrangement continues:

The erosion of the lull arrangement continues: following the death of a terrorist squad operative in an IDF preventive activity, the terrorist organizations fired mortar shells into Israel, one of which hit the IDF base near Nahal Oz. Eight soldiers were wounded, one of them critically.
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News of Terrorism and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict November 18-25, 2008

The erosion of the lull arrangement continued this past week with sporadic daily rocket and mortar shell fire. Hamas spokesmen publicly announced the movement’s readiness to continue the arrangement until December, but in the meantime they do not impose a complete cease fire on the other terrorist organizations. In the internal Palestinian arena, Mahmoud Abbas
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Recently, Hezbollah conducted a military exercise north and south of the Litani River, blatantly violating Resolution 1701.

The exercises conducted by Hezbollah since the second Lebanon war are intended to send a message of strength to Israel and to the Lebanese government, emphasizing Hezbollah’s role as “the defender of Lebanon”.
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