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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
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Week
of October 21 - 27 2007
For the first time since contacts between Israel and the Palestinian Authority headed by Mahmoud Abbas started regarding the possibility of convening the Annapolis Conference, the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority entered this week into public clashes. Elements within the Israeli government leaked news of a supposed conspiracy by an armed group from within Fatah to assassinate Prime Minister Olmert during his visit to Jericho a few weeks ago. On the other hand, Abbas ... more |
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Week
of October 14 - 20 2007
After a number of weeks in which optimistic statements were made by both the Israeli and the Palestinian sides regarding the planned Annapolis Convention and its possible outcomes, this week optimism has subsided, as more detailed negotiations between the two teams are exposing the gaps between their respective positions as well as their internal political limitations. The Palestinian Authority speakers headed by Mahmoud Abbas, who continue to state that the talks are "serious ... more |
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Week
of October 7 - 13 2007
The preparations taking place over the past few weeks toward the Convention in Annapolis, as well as the ongoing negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government, both provide a better opportunity than even before to identify the various political streams within Hamas. The preparations for the convention in Annapolis are exposing the differences in approach between three major axes within the movement. These differences have been in ... more |
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Week
of September 30 - October 6 2007
The preparations towards the international convention in Annapolis, US at the end of next month are entering into higher gear and are manifested in increased high-level meetings between Israelis and Palestinians. In addition, there is also increased involvement of US President Bush, who has to increasingly refer to the convention specifically and to the conflict between the sides more generally. US Secretary of State Rice is expected to come to the region once more in ... more |
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Week
of September 23 - 29 2007
The past week, with the discussions in the UN General Assembly in New York and the speeches given by US President George Bush, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Zipi Livni and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, as well as reports regarding advanced negotiations towards the upcoming convention in the US later in the fall, are leading to Hamas significantly stepping up its attacks on the convention in general and on Abbas and his Prime Minister Fayyad in ... more |
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Week
of September 16 - 22 2007
On the eve of the planned trip of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the US (where he is expected to meet with US President Bush in New York on Monday), the layout of the Palestinian and Israeli political arena is beginning to clear, towards the planned convention this fall. Abbas is going to the States with a clear demand that the aim of the convention will supersede a mere non-committing declaration of intents – as the Israeli government prefers – and, instead, raises the demand ... more |
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Week
of September 9 - 15 2007
This week clearly showed the growing signs of distress among the Hamas’ senior leadership in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, as well as the deepening internal and external political siege on the organization. On the internal front it became clear this week that all the Palestinian organizations, including Fatah, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Popular Front for the Liberation ... more |
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Week
of September 2 - 8 2007
This past week was marked by the continuation of internal struggles in the Gaza Strip and by the continuous attempts of Fatah to organize a civil rebellion in the Strip, which would undermine the Hamas’ ability to manage the Gaza Strip and to institutionalize its rule over it. The most evident sign of these attempts are the mass prayers and mass marches that are organized by Fatah activists and by activists from other factions within the PLO and that take place simultaneously in various parts of ... more |
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Week
of August 26 - September 1 2007
In continuation to last week’s report regarding early signs of an organized civil rebellion against Hamas’ regime in the Gaza Strip, throughout the past week the internal security situation within the Gaza Strip has been considerably and consistently escalating, while both sides- Hamas and Fatah, have been escalating their declarations and moves. Fatah’s demonstrational Friday services, which have so far been concentrated in one area, were held simultaneously in several ... more |
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Week
of August 19 - 25 2007
This past week, nine weeks after the Hamas’ takeover of the Gaza Strip last June, has been the hardest week for the Hamas organization as far as its internal situation within the Gaza Strip is concerned. In addition to the security escalation vis-à-vis Israel around the borders of the Gaza Strip (13 Palestinians, of them 10 armed men, were killed this past week in the IDF operations in the Gaza Strip), a series of moves orchestrated by Salam Fayyad’s government in Ramallah and by the ... more |
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