(Jerusalem Post) Barry Rubin - There has been a formal cease-fire since February 2005, but the Palestinian terror war against Israel continues. In the five months between February 8 and July 8, Palestinians carried out 812 attacks on Israeli targets. In thousands more cases attacks were disrupted by Israeli arrests or defensive operations. Nearly half (47%) of these attacks have been claimed by Fatah, the ruling group in the PA, into whose hands the international community now proposes to place $3 billion in aid. Continuing casualties on the Palestinian side are due to the continuing war conducted by Palestinian political organizations. If the Palestinians stopped all attacks on Israel, Israel would not conduct any operations against the Palestinians. But even when Israel stops all military operations against the Palestinians, the attacks continue.
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