Incitement and Delegitimization

Riots and public disturbances continued in Hebron this past week, a response to the Israeli government’s declaration of the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb as national heritage sites. The riots spread to the Temple Mount and various neighborhoods of East Jerusalem. The leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas met with top-ranking Iranian and Syrian Read more...

This past week rocket and mortar shells were fired sporadically from the Gaza Strip into the western Negev. The Palestinian Authority maintained its refusal to re-launch negotiations, lowered its expectations and focused its efforts on trying to convince the Europeans to exert pressure on Israel. Read more...

This week terrorist events focused on the attempted attack on a convoy of Israeli diplomats in Jordan, employing an IED detonated along their route. There were no casualties.. In the Gaza Strip, Hamas continues its policy of restraint and enforces it on the other terrorist organizations. The de facto Hamas administration is preparing to present Read more...