The Third Intifada – Council on Foreign Relations

Posted by Matt in March 18th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Chaos, Council On Foreign Relations, Improvements, Intifada, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Leadership, Palestinian Politics, Palestinian Territories, Palestinians, Popularity, Security Forces, Supervision, Uprising, Violence, West Bank

The Palestinian territories are descending into chaos, but many in Washington seem unconcerned. The Palestinians in the West Bank have too much to lose from a new uprising, some are arguing, given the recent moderate improvements in their daily lives. Others assert that the Palestinian Authority Security Forces, trained under American supervision, will prevent the [...]

Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza on alert against Palestinian threats

Posted by Matt in March 15th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Arab Communities, Debkafile, Espionage, Factions, Fatah, Gaza Strip, Halil, Hamas, Israeli Arabs, Israelis, jerusalem, Mahmoud Abbas, Muslim Leaders, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Violence, Palestinians, Rage, Rivers Of Blood, Terrorism Security, West Bank

Although Monday, March 15, went by without an unusual level of Palestinian violence, aside from sporadic rock-throwing incidents against Israelis, Fatah factions opposed to Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas called on the Palestinians of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as well as Israeli Arabs to mark Tuesday as a “Day of Rage.”
In the [...]

Fears that Iran Wants to Trigger Mideast War

Posted by Matt in March 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Israel, Middle East, War, Allies, Confrontation, Economic Sanctions, Envision, Fears, Gaza, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Mideast War, Neighbors, New War, Nuclear Activities, Sanctions On Iran, Syria, tehran, United States, West Bank, World Citizen

As the United States steps up its campaign to impose economic sanctions on Iran, fears are growing in Washington and in the Middle East that Iran will try to trigger a new war in the region in order to shift attention from its nuclear activities, throw the U.S. and its allies off balance, and put [...]

Candid camera sex scandal shocks Palestinians

Posted by Matt in February 12th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Off-Topic, Candid Camera, Candid Camera Sex, Channel 10, Chief Of Staff, Corruption, Fahmi, Hebrew, Hidden Camera, Husseini, Intelligence Officer, Israeli Tv, Mahmud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, Ramallah, Ramallah West Bank, Seeking A Job, Sex Scandal, Shocks, West Bank, West Bank Palestinians

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinians were shocked on Thursday after Israeli TV aired a graphic video showing a senior official caught on a hidden camera soliciting sex from a job applicant.
The video, parts of which aired on Israel’s Channel 10 earlier this week, was shot by former Palestinian intelligence officer Fahmi Shabaneh, who has accused [...]

At the mouth of the volcano – Haaretz – Israel News

Posted by Matt in January 27th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Explosion, Gaza Strip, haaretz, Intifada, Iran, Israel, Israel News, Lebanon, Policeman, Signs, Swords, Verbal Barbs, Volcano News, West Bank, West Bank Palestinians

Signs indicative of an impending explosion are coming from every side: from Iran, Lebanon, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and also Israel, which is on its own against them all. Instead of trying to calm the situation, the region’s leader are sharpening their swords and trading verbal barbs. The evident weakness of the “world’s [...]

Hamas Officials’ Deaths Stoke Tensions – WSJ.com

Posted by Matt in December 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Beirut, Bomb Blast, Deaths, Hamas, Hamas Militants, hezbollah, Israel Israel, Israeli Raid, Jewish Settlers, Lebanon, Militant Group, Relative Calm, Southern Beirut, Spate, Syria, Tensions, Violent Attacks, West Bank, West Bank City, Wsj

The Palestinian militant group Hamas said Sunday that two of its members were killed and at least two others were wounded in a bomb blast in southern Beirut.
It is the latest in a series of attacks against Hezbollah and Hamas militants in Lebanon and Syria that many in the region blame on Israel. Israel denies [...]

DEBKAfile – New Hamas West Bank commanders set to revive anti-Israel terror

Posted by Matt in December 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, anti-israel, Bank Israel, Debkafile, Extremists, Fatah, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Israel, Jabary, Military Sources, Missile Barrage, Muhammad, Palestinian Authority, Suicide Attacks, Terror Attacks, Terror Campaign, Terrorist Activity, West Bank, WestBank

Since early 2007, Hamas has refrained from orchestrating terrorist activity against Israel from the West Bank, focusing mainly on its missile barrage against southwestern Israel from the Gaza Strip. Now, DEBKAfile’s military sources report, the Palestinian extremists have changed course. Hamas’ military chief Muhammad Jabary has established a new regional West Bank command corps for [...]

Is the West Bank Getting Ready for a Third Intifada?

Posted by Matt in December 15th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Middle East, Declarations, demonstrations, Fatah, Fence, Intifada, Israel, Israel News, Launch, Palestinians, Struggle, ThirdIntifada, West Bank

The conference comes in the wake of a series of declarations made by Fatah officials, according to which the movement has taken a strategic decision to launch a third intifada. Fatah is calling on Palestinians to stage wide-scale, grassroots demonstrations in the West Bank against settlements and the separation fence, though the party insists that [...]

Israel’s Home Front Command simulates chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) strike | Bio Prep Watch

Posted by Matt in December 15th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Ambulances, Chemical Substance, Exercises, Home Front Command, Israel Nuclear, Israeli Response, Israeli Weapons, Jerusalem Neighborhood, Jordan West, Magen David Adom, Medical Center, Neighbors, Nuclear Missile, Nuclear Retaliation, Nuclear Weapons, Succession, Syria Lebanon, Three Missiles, West Bank, West Bank And Gaza

How should one respond to a nonconventional attack? Doesn’t nonconventional bring forth nonconventional? Should an enemy of Israel use a nonconventional attack, then the appropriate Israeli response is nuclear.
How should Israeli use nuclear weapons? Does it makes sense to use nuclear weapons in a limited way?
I suggest that should Israel use nuclear weapons in a [...]

The West Bank’s third intifada approaches | GlobalPost.Com

Posted by Matt in November 30th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Champion, Christmas, Fears, Intifada, Rain, Streets Of Bethlehem, Tension, ThirdIntifada, Walid, West Bank

Rain on the streets of Bethlehem can’t cool simmering tension.
“The city seems a bit livelier than it was the run-up to last Christmas,” I said.
“Yes,” said Walid, who also happens to be a Palestinian weight-lifting champion (he dead-lifts 680 pounds). “But underneath, it’s very dangerous and everyone fears a Third Intifada.”

West Bank | Third Intifada