The Palestinian Authority (PA)

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (November 3-9, 2010)

This past week one rocket hit was identified in the Gaza Strip. In response the Israeli Air Force attacked terrorist targets. IAF aircraft also struck a car, killing an operative affiliated with the global jihad. According to the IDF Spokesman’s website, he had been involved in carrying out terrorist attacks in the Gaza Strip and
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Fathi Hamad, the Hamas administration’s interior minister, revealed that as many as 700 Hamas military-security operatives were killed during Operation Cast Lead.

Fathi Hamad, the Hamas administration’s interior minister, revealed that as many as 700 Hamas military-security operatives were killed during Operation Cast Lead. The number, consistent with Israel’s examination, is significantly higher than the biased numbers given in the past by Hamas and used by the Goldstone Report to defame Israel.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (October 27-November 2, 2010)

This past week the relative quiet in the western Negev continued. No rockets were fired.2 Mortar shells were fired An attack attempted by an Al-Qaeda network in Yemen was prevented after the organization airmailed bombs to two synagogues in Chicago (October 29, 2010). A suicide bombing attack was carried out in Istanbul (October 31, 2010)
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Mahmoud al-Zahar, senior Hamas figure, recently attacked the West’s values and permissive lifestyle

Mahmoud al-Zahar, senior Hamas figure, recently attacked the West’s values and permissive lifestyle (i.e., secularism, gender equality, tolerance of homosexuality) and expressed adherence to the goal of the annihilation of the State of Israel through jihad.
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The Viva Palestina convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip and was given festive ceremonies by senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures.

The Viva Palestina convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip and was given festive ceremonies by senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures. They stressed the Hamas themes of the establishment of a Palestinian state instead of the State of Israel and glorified shaheeds of the Palestinian terrorist campaign.
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Egyptian authorities refused to allow 17 activists from the Viva Palestina convoy to enter the Gaza Strip.

Egyptian authorities refused to allow 17 activists from the Viva Palestina convoy to enter the Gaza Strip. Those denied entry included Viva Palestina leader George Galloway, several activists who had been aboard the Mavi Marmara, Muslim Brotherhood activists, and participants in the confrontation with Egypt’s security forces in January 2010.
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