Israeli-Palestinian Geopolitics and the Peace Process

In 1967, Israel — fearing a coordinated strike by the Arabs and seeking to rationalize its defensive lines and create strategic depth — launched an air and land attack against its neighbors. The war gave Israel control of Palestinian enclaves the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, among other territories. The aftermath of the war affects the geopolitics of the region 41 years later.

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The Geopolitics of the Palestinians
June 19, 2007 1831 GMT
Hamas, a radical Islamist political group, forcibly seized control of Gaza from rival Fatah, an essentially secular Palestinian group. Now, for the first time, the two distinct Palestinian territories — the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — no longer are under a single Palestinian authority. [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]
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