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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Written by Shimon Stein and Ephraim Asculai
INSS Insight No. 285, October 4, 2011
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference convened on September 19, 2011 in Vienna for its annual meeting. Common to these conferences is the injection of politics into the discussions, i.e., proposals by the Arab nations, headed by ...
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Written by Robbie Sabel
Political commentators have written that although in his September 2011 UN speech Palestinian President Abbas delivered a vitriolic diatribe against Israel, the speech also contained an historic renunciation of Palestinian territorial claims beyond the June 4, 1967 borders. Read more: The Palestinian Bid for Statehood: Wherein Lies the State?
Indeed President ...
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Written by The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

On September 23 the Palestinian move in the UN culminated with the lodging of an appeal to the Security Council, delivered through the Secretary General, to recognize "Palestine" as a full member. The Security Council has begun deliberations, which are likely to take a number of weeks or even ... Read more: Israeli Palestinian Confrontation, September 27, 2011
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Written by Daniel Greenfield
In late February, the Israeli Knesset passed the NGO Funding Transparency Bill by 40 to 34. It had been a long journey for the bill, which despite, its neutered, state was still a declaration of war by the conservative Likud Party against the shadow NGO empire that was the Soros way.
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Written by IPT News

A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent Palestinian Authority officials a powerful message Tuesday: There will be severe consequences for any attempt to have the United Nations recognize an independent Palestinian state based on Israel's June 4, 1967 borders. Read more: Hearing: U.S. Must Respond if UN Declares Palestinian State
That could range from the closing of ...
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Written by The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center

The Palestinian Authority launched a propaganda campaign to support its appeal to the UN. The campaign is intended to show internal Palestinian support for the move, strengthen international support and calm Israeli apprehensions (by downplaying the issue of the "right of return"). It will probably ... Read more: Palestinian Authority's Propaganda Campaign and Appeal to UN
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Written by Rick Moran

As the United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood approaches, Israel has been forced to face security and diplomatic crises that challenge the peace and stability of the entire Middle East, as well as undermine the carefully wrought network of alliances that has kept the Jewish state from ...
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