The Palestinian Authority (PA)

This past week there were three rocket violations of the lull arrangement. Delivery of merchandise from Israel to the Gaza Strip through the crossings continued uninterrupted. No progress was made in the negotiations for the release of Gilad Shalit or in contacts for the opening of the Rafah crossing. In the internal Palestinian arena, violent Read more...

This past week the lull arrangement was maintained and deliveries of goods continued into the Gaza Strip through the crossings without interruption. Since the series of explosions at the end of July, Hamas has continued its suppression of Fatah in the Gaza Strip. At least 180 Fatah operatives fled to Israel in the wake of Read more...

This past week the lull arrangement was maintained. The terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip refrained from firing at the western Negev towns and villages, and there was a steady from of merchandise into the Gaza Strip. Normal daily life in the Gaza Strip was interrupted by a series of explosions killing and wounding both Read more...