Written by P. David Hornik

[Note: the writing of this article required an intermission for a rocket attack on Beersheva from Gaza.]
On Monday the Palestinians were overwhelmingly voted into UNESCO—the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It’s a pity. Palestinian “education” consists largely ...
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Written by The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

This past week terrorist events focused on the stabbing of an Israeli by a Palestinian in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot. Two attempted stabbings were prevented at a junction south of Jerusalem and near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. For the third consecutive week, no rockets were fired ... Read more: Israeli Palestinian Confrontation, October 19-25, 2011
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Written by by Oded Eran, INSS, and Robbie Sabel, Hebrew University

The September 23, 2011 statement by the Middle East Quartet[1]may prove to be a landmark in the attempts to reach an Israeli-Palestinian agreement. The carefully worded statement is drafted in such a way as to allow it to serve as a basis for both parties to resume negotiations. From the Israeli ... Read more: An Israeli Initiative: Expanding on the Quartet Statement
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Written by Yoram Schweitzer, INSS
A rational analysis of the agreement signed between Israel and Hamas for the release of Gilad Shalit is best conducted far from the abundant rhetoric, touching photographs, and strong emotions that accompanied the extensive journalistic coverage of the event. In the course of this media event, ... Read more: The Israel-Hamas Prisoner Exchange: From Tactical Failure to Strategic Challenge
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Written by P. David Hornik

Editor’s note: Today, Frontpage presents our “Gilad Shalit edition,” which gives a platform to the different perspectives on this most difficult issue. While the article below supports the deal that freed Shalit, Steven Plaut’s piece in today’s issue,The “Prisoner Exchange” Absurdity, opposes it. ...
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Written by Joe Rowdy

The government of Israel has agreed to a transaction with the Hamas terrorist regime for the release of an Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, held hostage for more than five years. Read more: Don't Release Lady Terrorist Ahlam Ahlam Tamimi, , Proud of Killing 16, including infants
In exchange, Israel is asked to release more than one thousand prisoners, all of them terrorists, many of them ...
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Written by Right Side News

Events this week focus on the Egyptian-brokered agreement for the release of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. On October 11 the Israeli government convened a special meeting where a large majority of ministers voted to exchange 1,027 Palestinian terrorists for Gilad Shalit. Some of the ... Read more: Israeli Palestinian Confrontation, October 6-11, 2011
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Written by Zaki Shalom
INSS Insight No. 286 Read more: The Palestinian Statehood Bid and US Aid to the Palestinian Authority
When PA President Abbas formally submitted his bid for recognition of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders borders and
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Written by The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

Sporadic rocket and mortar fire attacking the western Negev continues. In addition, an IED was used to attack an IDF force patrolling near the Gaza-Israel security fence. In the northern Gaza Strip the Israeli Air Force struck a terrorist squad preparing to fire rockets into Israeli territory. Read more: Israeli Palestinian Confrontation,October 5, 2011
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