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Attack from Gaza is third in 24 hours, after two rockets land near Sderot; comes on same day as visit to Strip by Europe's top diplomat, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. Attack from Gaza is third in 24 hours, after two rockets land near Sderot; comes on same day as visit to Strip by Europe's top diplomat, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. A Thai greenhouse worker was killed on Thursday afternoon when a Kassam rocket fired by Gaza terrorists hit the Netiv Ha’asara area. The man, in his 30s, was evacuated to Ashkelon’s Barzilai Hospital, where he was...

Where Hamas and Fatah may each be accusing the other of being guilty of showing lack of unity in what is now being called the “Jerusalem Intifada”, they both fully support the violence called for against Israel and Jews in general. The difference in opinions is to how wide the violence should spread and who gets the credit. Hamas wants a general Intifada throughout the West Bank and against Israel from Gaza while Fatah, sometimes mistakenly referred to as the Palestinian Authority, wants the violence only in the Israeli controlled areas of the West Bank. The reasons given for the...