Abbas wants to crown extremist Maher Ghneim successor at Fatah conferenceDEBKAfile Exclusive Report July 27, 2009, 11:02 PM (GMT+02:00)  Abu Ghneim permanently exiled as extremist A backstage drama took place Monday, July 27, around US Middle East envoy George Mitchell's shuttle between Jerusalem, Cairo and Ramallah. It centered on the Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas' desperate attempt to bring off the first general conference of his Fatah faction in 25 years next Tuesday, Aug. 4, in Bethlehem and anoint "armed resistance" champion Maheir Abu Ghneim his successor. | ||
Gates visit to Israel marks US decision to turn up military heat on IranDEBKAfile Special Report July 26, 2009, 10:00 PM (GMT+02:00)  Israeli missile boats in Suez Canal July 2009 DEBKAfile's military and Washington sources report that President Barack Obama is getting set for some military arm-twisting against Iran spearheaded by Israel. This will be the main subject of defense secretary Robert Gates talks in Israel Tuesday, July 28 and was presaged by a strong message secretary of state Hillary Clinton broadcast to Tehran Sunday, July 28, over NBC. | ||
Obama backs off Mid East peace plan and confrontation with Israel
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
July 25, 2009, 1:23 PM (GMT+02:00)
Binyamin Netanyahu - slow to respond
A flock of US presidential emissaries descends on Israel this week. DEBKAfile's Washington sources report that their briefs reflect US president Barack Obama's new caution on his next Middle East steps. He has backed away from formulating a new Middle East plan which he was widely reported as preparing to unveil at the end of July and shied away from a showdown with Israel on such touchy issues as settlement expansion.
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Al Qaeda aimed for massacre of pro-US clan at Gaza wedding
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
July 24, 2009, 1:05 PM (GMT+02:00)
The al Qaeda cell newly installed in the Gaza Strip, which calls itself Jaljalat, regards the Palestinian Fatah as a pro-American stooge. It therefore sent three assailants on a shooting-grenade rampage against a wedding celebration of kinsmen of the Fatah strongman Mohammad Dahlan at the southern town of Khan Younes Tuesday, July 23, DEBKAfile's counter-terror sources report. Of the 61 celebrants injured, 10 are in critical condition.
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Hamas obliges all Gazan women to wear headscarves
DEBKAfile Special Report
July 26, 2009, 10:19 PM (GMT+02:00)
The new Palestinian woman in Gaza
The Palestinian Islamist Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip have enacted a new law obliging all women to cover their hair with the Muslim hijab. Sunday, July 26, "modesty patrols" were out on the streets and beaches of the Gaza Strip enforcing the new edict.
The Gaza Strip's slide into sharia law emphasizes its separation from the West Bank where secular modes are tolerated.
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