Overview

Israel’s south remains quiet. In Judea, Samaria and east Jerusalem violence and terrorism
continue in the so-called “popular resistance.” In the “popular resistance” riot held in Kafr
Qadoum, the secretary general of Fatah in Nablus threw stones at IDF soldiers.

This past week terrorist operatives of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
(DFLP) held training exercises which included simulations of taking over an IDF post and
abducting an IDF soldier. The other terrorist organizations also regularly practice such
exercises as part of their post-Operation Protective Edge training.

Prof. William Schabas announced his resignation as chairman of the UN Human Rights
Council commission of inquiry. It came in the wake of Israeli accusations that he was biased
because he had worked as a consultant for the PLO. He was replaced by the American Mary
McGowan Davis.

This past week Mahmoud Abbas issued an edict establishing a high national committee to
monitor PA appeals to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, chaired by Saeb
Erekat. One of its four subcommittees will be responsible for preparing a “settlements file” and
an “aggression in the Gaza Strip file” (i.e., “the Operation Protective Edge file”).

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