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                        Weekly 
                          Bulletin 
                          The Weekly Bulletin, focusing on the West Bank, serves 
                          as the basic component of all service packages. An extensive 
                          document distributed every Monday, the Weekly Bulletin 
                          provides information regarding the previous week’s 
                          most pertinent political and security developments and 
                          enables clients an understanding of the current atmosphere 
                          on the Palestinian street. | 
                       
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                  Week 
                    of December 2 - 8 2012  The main event of the past week was the historic visit to the Gaza Strip by Khaled Masha’l, the head of the Hamas Politburo, and his participation in a series of events marking the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the organization. The celebrations also... more | 
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                  Week 
                    of November 25 - December  1 2012  The dominant event of the past week, needless to say, was the admission ofPalestine by the UN General Assembly as a “non-member observer entity.” This step has symbolic importance as well as practical importance. The recognition appears to be an irreversible... more | 
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                  Week 
                    of November 18 - 24 2012  Israel’s “Pillar of Defense” operation in the Gaza Strip, which ended this week with a ceasefire mediated by Egypt, has created political shock waves that are extending far beyond the... more | 
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                  Week 
                    of November 11 - 17 2012  The first weekend of Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip, which Israel has called “Pillar of Defense” in English (and “Pillar of Cloud” in Hebrew), and which Hamas in the Gaza Strip is... more | 
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                  Week 
                    of November 4 - 10 2012  The past week saw an escalation in the diplomatic confrontation between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government, against the background of the plan of the PA and its Chairman Mahmud A’bbas to appeal to the... more | 
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                  Week 
                    of October 21 - 27 2012  The major event of the past week was the visit to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday by the Qatari Emir, Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani. As noted in previous reports, the visit marks a significant change in Qatari policy toward... more | 
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                  Week 
                    of October 14 - 20 2012  The past week was dominated by the upcoming visit to the Gaza Strip by theQatari Emir, Hamad Bin Khalifah Al-Thani. The visit is due to take place this coming Tuesday, according to official announcements and preparations by the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip and by Qatar and Egypt. The visit is expected to mark a strategic change in the... more | 
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                  Week 
                    of October 14 - 20 2012  The past week was dominated by the upcoming visit to the Gaza Strip by the Qatari Emir, Hamad Bin Khalifah Al-Thani. The visit is due to take place this coming Tuesday, according to official announcements and preparations by the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip and by Qatar and Egypt. The  visit is expected to mark a strategic change in the... more | 
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                  Week 
                    of October 14 - 20 2012  The past week was dominated by the upcoming visit to the Gaza Strip by theQatari Emir, Hamad Bin Khalifah Al-Thani. The visit is due to take place this coming Tuesday, according to official announcements and preparations by the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip and by Qatar and Egypt. The  visit is expected to mark a strategic change in the... more | 
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                  Week 
                    of October 7 - 13 2012  The first stage of the local elections in the West Bank is due to take place next Saturday. PA Chairman Mahmud A’bbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad initiated the elections in order to reinforce the legitimacy of the PA, against the background of the Arab Spring and given the... more | 
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