Palestinian attack on Israel may change the conflict, analysts say
'It is the end of the doctrine of conducting the Israeli war in enemy territory'
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'It is the end of the doctrine of conducting the Israeli war in enemy territory'
AMMAN: Persistent clashes in the West Bank between Palestinians and Israeli settlers have forced the international community to intervene. But talks in Jordan between senior Israeli and Palestinian security officials appear to have done little to ease tensions or halt hostilities. During a summit in Jordan’s resort town of Aqaba on Sunday, Israeli and the Palestinian officials
Israel and the West Bank were gripped by violence this week. Its roots predate Israel’s new far-right government, but the government’s ministers and goals are fueling tensions.
From the blog of Vas Shenoy at The Times of Israel
AMMAN: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s announcement of the first parliamentary and presidential elections in 15 years has raised hopes of an end to longstanding divisions, but skeptics doubt it will bring about serious change. According to decrees issued by the presidential office on Friday, the Palestinian Authority, which has limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, will hold legislative elections on May 22 and a presidential vote on July 31. Hanna Naser, head of the Palestinian Central Elections Commission, told a packed press conference a day earlier that the decrees w...