Communications

Recently, starting from the end of February, Palestinian Authority officials have declared their intention to stop security coordination with Israel. This decision was made in the beginning of March, at the 27th meeting of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

The political and media tempest generated in the Palestinian arena by Al Jazeera's disclosure of documents pertaining to Israeli-Palestinian peace talks abated very quickly. Publication of the documents by the Qatar-based network, which has connections with Hamas, was designed to stimulate public protest against the Palestinian Authority and undermine its status.

Anat N. Kurz and Emily B. Landau, in The Jerusalem PostAn appeal regarding the developments in Gaza was circulated a few days ago to people involved in EuroMeSCo, an extensive network of policy and security-oriented research institutes from the Euro-Mediterranean region, of which the Institute for National Security Studies is a member. The work carried out in the framework of...