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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 August 12 - 18 2007
In parallel to the psychological war taking place in the north through statements by Israeli, Syrian and Lebanese (Hezbollah) elements regarding the possibility of an upcoming war, last week saw growing signs of increased tension in the internal-Palestinian arena in the Gaza Strip. This refers to both Israel’s intentions as far as Hamas’ rule in the Gaza Strip is concerned, and – for the first time since mid-June – to far-reaching moves on the public level by Fatah and the Palestinian ... more |
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Week
of August 5 - 11 2007
The meeting of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Jericho in the beginning of last week and the declarations made by both sides that they intent to begin negotiations to determine the principles of permanent status, in addition to the ongoing preparations for an American-sponsored regional convention in the fall, are creating an internal-Palestinian agenda of an increased internal clash between Fatah and Hamas. This internal ... more |
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Week
of July 29 - August 4 2007
The past week has seen an optimistic spirit on the diplomatic front with the visit of US Secretary Condolisa Rice in the Jerusalem and Ramallah, with talks of holding a regional convention at the end of the current year and with the planned meeting of Israeli Prime Minister Olmert with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas next week in Jericho. However, the signs on the ground point to the contrary – that Salam Fayyad’s government in Ramallah isn’t stabilizing yet (the ... more |
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Week
of July 22 - 28 2007
The first cracks in the Fatah organization’s united front in the West Bank that were described here last week, have become this week clear and open maneuvers of Fatah senior leaders against one another. Last Friday Salam Fayyad, Prime Minister of the Interim Government, exposed in the Palestinian press his guidelines’ speech for the government that include seeking a political arrangement with Israel based on the 1967 lines and a "fair and agreed upon" solution to the ... more |
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Week
of July 15 - 21 2007
The PLO’s Central Council convened in Ramallah this past week with the aim of strengthening and backing up Palestinian President Abbas’ legitimacy, as well as institutionalizing Salam Fayyad’s Interim Government. The Council, in fact, did lay the groundwork towards the future steps of holding new early elections for the Palestinian Presidency and Parliament, the legislation of a new Elections Law (according to a new relative system that is expected to serve the Fatah ... more |
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Week
of July 8 - 14 2007
The "constitutional steps" taken by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) during the past month, throughout which the Emergency Government nominated by him and led by Salam Fayad was in office, reached their peak this past month. In a lightening move the Emergency Government resigned this past weekend and was immediately nominated anew by Abbas as an Interim Government. According to Abbas’ and Fayad’s constitutional interpretation, such a ... more |
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Week
of July 1 - 7 2007
After the Palestinian Constitution has been de facto suspended, a new dramatic move is causing a storm in the Palestinian political system. This move, led by Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen and by other senior leaders of Fatah, aims to replace the major personnel in the Palestinian Legislative Council (parliament). Last week Abbas published a presidential decree that declares an end to the current parliamentary session and the election of new persons for the roles of ... more |
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Week
of June 24 - 30 2007
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ official banning policy towards the Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip is starting to extract a heavy public price from him. The past two weeks saw Fatah’s and Abbas’ initial reactions to the Hamas’ takeover of Gaza about two weeks ago, which included constitutional steps of nominating an emergency government and de facto suspending the Palestinian Constitution, as well as additional steps of systematically hurting the Hamas organization in the ... more |
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Week
of June 17 - 23 2007
The past week was characterized by the reactions of Fatah and of the Middle Eastern arena to the Hamas’ takeover of the Gaza Strip, which has become a fact. These counter reactions include the establishment of an emergency government headed by Salam Fiyad and by a series of moves and presidential decrees by Abu Mazen that annul the results of the January 2006 elections which Hamas won and, in parallel, empty the Interim Palestinian Constitution – that has so far served as the basis ... more |
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Week
of June 10 - 16 2007
The events in the Gaza Strip and the overtaking by Hamas in less than a week of all the institutions and symbols of the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip have led to a dramatic change in the internal Palestinian power relations’ map and are expected to have long-range ramifications on the future of the Palestinian cause and on possible future arrangements. In addition to the tactical developments (that will be analyzed below), the defeat of Fatah and of its security forces and the ... more |
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