Israeli-Palestinian Geopolitics and the Peace Process

Israel
The Geopolitics of Israel: Biblical and Modern
May 4, 2008 1533 GMT
The first in a series of monographs on the geopolitics of countries that are currently critical in world affairs. (With STRATFOR maps) [more]
A plume of smoke rises over Gaza
Israel, Gaza: Fighting In Tel Hawwa
January 15, 2009 1832 GMT
Despite continued fighting on the outskirts of Gaza City in Tel Hawwa, a major Israeli thrust into the heart of Gaza City is increasingly unlikely. (With Stratfor map) [more]
GRAPHIC: Palestinian Monograph Display
The Geopolitics of the Palestinians
January 15, 2009 1757 GMT
This is the sixth in a series of monographs on geopolitics currently critical in world affairs. (With STRATFOR maps) [more]
Israeli armored personnel carriers push toward the Gaza Strip
Israel, Gaza: A Temporary Cease-Fire, but Fighting Continues
January 7, 2009 1845 GMT
The Israeli offensive against Hamas saw its first temporary cease-fire Jan. 7, but the fighting continues. (With Stratfor map) [more]
Smoke rises after an Israeli Air Force strike
Israel, Gaza: Israeli Ground Operations Expand
January 6, 2009 2031 GMT
Israeli ground operations in the Gaza Strip expanded significantly overnight and into Jan. 6. [more]
Smoke rising over a mosque in the Gaza Strip
Israel, Gaza: Fighting Remains Light
January 5, 2009 1734 GMT
With Israel Defense Forces having surrounded Gaza City, engagement between Hamas and Israeli troops remains relatively limited -- so far. (With Stratfor map) [more]
Israeli troops entering Gaza
Gaza: Early Details of the Israeli Offensive
January 3, 2009 2302 GMT
Israeli troops moved into Gaza after darkness fell Jan. 3. (With Stratfor map) [more]
Israeli tanks positioned near Gaza
Israel, Palestinian Territories: The Gaza Ground Incursion
January 3, 2009 1859 GMT
Israel reportedly has begun a ground invasion of Gaza after eight days of airstrikes. (With Stratfor map) [more]
Israeli Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer (L) and Egyptian Oil Minister Sameh Fahmi
Egypt, Israel: A New Pipeline and Institutionalizing Camp David
May 1, 2008 2242 GMT
A new natural gas pipeline linking Israel and Egypt opened May 1. (With Stratfor map) [more]
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal speaking in Syria
Israel, PNA: A Cease-Fire Unlikely to Last
April 22, 2008 1806 GMT
Egypt and Hamas have drafted a cease-fire proposal for Hamas and Israel, according to media reports April 22. [more]
deposed PNA prime minister & hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
PNA: Israel Ready to Eliminate Hamas Leadership?
February 19, 2008 2148 GMT
Egyptian officials advised former Palestinian National Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders to relocate to Cairo and give up their political responsibilities because Israel is determined to eliminate them. [more]
EGYPT-GAZA -- BORDER FENCE REPAIRS
Israel: Hamas and the Dimona Suicide Bombing
February 4, 2008 1229 GMT
Although Hamas is not saying whether it was involved in the Feb. 4 suicide bombing in Dimona, Israel, it has much to gain by it. [more]
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood supporters protest the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
Egypt: Navigating the Gaza Crisis
January 29, 2008 1909 GMT
The Muslim Brotherhood, the Egyptian Islamist opposition organization, has sponsored numerous anti-government demonstrations since the Jan. 23 breaching of the Egyptian-Gaza border. [more]
Palestinians cross a knocked-down border wall into Egypt
Egypt: The Palestinian Flood
January 23, 2008 1810 GMT
Tens of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza crossed the Egyptian border Jan. 23 looking for food and other provisions after Hamas gunmen demolished the metal wall at the Rafah crossing. [more]
Ehud Olmert
Israel: Olmert on Eggshells
January 17, 2008 1716 GMT
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reportedly will give in to the Shas party's demands on preventing the division of Jerusalem. [more]
Israeli Yisrael Beitenu party leader Avigdor Lieberman
Israel: Olmert's Fracture
January 16, 2008 1839 GMT
The Israeli government is cracking apart due to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s efforts to secure a land-for-peace deal with the Palestinians. [more]
Palestinian Pilgrims at Egypt-Gaza Border
Egypt: Cairo's Gaza Problem
January 11, 2008 2120 GMT
Egypt is fiercely resisting any outside interference in Gaza security. As Cairo wakes up to its traditional role in the region, Israel and the United States will need to adjust in dealing with a much more assertive Egypt. [more]
MAP - Middle East
Annual Forecast 2008: Beyond the Jihadist War -- Middle East
January 8, 2008 1758 GMT
The United States may have lost the Iraq war in military terms, but it has won the ensuing chaos in geopolitical terms and all but won the jihadist war that began Sept. 11, 2001. This is one section of the Annual Forecast 2008. [more]
Hamas supporter
Israel: Considering a Hamas Truce Offer
December 21, 2007 1536 GMT
Israeli officials said Dec. 20 that Israel is considering a truce offer from Hamas delivered by Egypt. [more]
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal
PNA: Hamas Transfers Gaza Strip to Abbas' Control
December 11, 2007 1428 GMT
Exiled Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal agreed to give Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas control of the Gaza Strip. [more]
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