Palestinian Territories

Intelligence Guidance (Special Edition): Israel
The following is an internal STRATFOR document produced to provide high-level guidance to our analysts. [more]
Israel: The United States, Iran and the Palestinians
The U.S. position that there is no immediate solution to the Iranian nuclear problem has led Israel to turn to a more domestic issue, namely, settlements in the West Bank. [more]
Geopolitical Weekly Free
The Utility of Assassination
February 22, 2010 2052 GMT
The recent assassination of a Hamas operative in the United Arab Emirates presents a good opportunity to examine the usefulness of assassinations in general. [more]
Egypt, Palestinian Territories: A New Wall and the Spurning of Hamas
Egypt's construction of a steel barrier aimed at preventing cross-border smuggling is a message that Cairo will no longer tolerate an Iranian proxy on its border. [more]
Video Dispatch: A Prisoner Swap in Israel
November 25, 2009 0038 GMT
Rumors of a prisoner swap involving Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit are swirling in the Middle East -- as are rumors that imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti will be included in the deal. [more]
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