News of the Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation
April 22-29, 2008

(left) Direct hit on a house in Sderot, April 29 (Photo Zeev Tractman, courtesy of Din Veheshbon Communications, Sderot, April 29). (right)The scene of the attack at the Nitzanei Shalom industrial area, near Tulkarm (Photo courtesy of ZAKA, April 25).

May 1, 2008
By Thomas Renard
The Jamestown Foundation

Terrorist activities in Europe increased dramatically in 2007, according to the annual report published by Europol, the European Union’s criminal intelligence agency [1]. Terrorists carried out—or attempted to carry out—583 attacks last year, a 24 percent increase from the previous year. Accompanying this increase in terrorist activities was an increase in counter-terrorist operations: 1,044 individuals were arrested for terrorism-related offenses, a 48 percent increase compared to 2006.  Continue to article

April 30, 2008
By Fred Burton and Scott Stewart

The Taliban’s April 27 attack against a ceremony commemorating Afghanistan’s independence has gotten a lot of media attention. One reason driving the coverage is that the attack took place during an event broadcast on live television that was attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai and an array of local and foreign dignitaries, including the U.S. and British ambassadors and the NATO commander in Afghanistan.