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Source: http://www.intelligence.org.il/eng/sib/2_05/iran_hez.htm
Increased Iranian and Hizballah Efforts to Sabotage Abu Mazen
(Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center at the Center for Special Studies) During the past year Iran and Hizballah have increased the activation of Palestinian terrorist operatives in Israel and the PA-administered territories. Political and security officials in the PA said efforts had recently been increased to disrupt the current calm and to sabotage Abu Mazen's attempts to enter into a dialogue with Israel. To put an end to the Hizballah activity, the PA has initiated a media attack to expose the methods used by Hizballah to incite terrorist operatives in the territories to further violence. The Palestinian security apparatus and gunmen in the West Bank told an AP reporter in Ramallah that Hizballah was the worst threat to the truce with Israel. The reporter wrote on Feb. 9, 2005: "One retired militant told AP that a Hizballah recruiter called him just a day before the Mideast summit in Egypt, told him the cease-fire wouldn't last and offered him a generous payment if he returns to violence. A squad of five or six militants typically receives $5,000 to $8,000 a month for expenses, including bullets, weapons, cell phone calling cards, and spending money." In addition, a Palestinian delegation headed by 'Abd al-Fattah Hamail, a former PA minister, was sent to Beirut to meet high-ranking Hizballah members in an attempt to clamp down on Hizballah terrorists in the territories.