Major IDF operation in Gaza back on the agenda
Amos Harel & Avi Issacharoff - Haaretz - Why would the breach in the wall expedite an Israeli operation? Because the absence of stability contributes to escalation and the loss of control. The action has bolstered the confidence of Hamas` military wing. This operational success may lead them to take more risks. 
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=25076

 Israel may target Hamas heads
Herb Keinon & Yaakov Katz - Jerusalem Post - According to the officials, Israel has in recent weeks gradually stepped up its response to the Kassams, first targeting only those involved in firing rockets, (...) then going after symbols of Hamas power in Gaza, such as the strike on a Hamas police installation in Khan Yunis on Thursday that killed seven people [if they would kill 7 Israeli policemen it would be called "terrorism" - ed.]
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=25077

 Hamas members more highly skilled, better equipped than before
Hanan Greenberg - Y-Net - "We can see Hamas` progress every time they come into contact with IDF soldiers in the Strip," the defense official said. "We can see that they are more highly skilled people who are better equipped than before and they operate like an army." 
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=25070

 Electricity Shortages in the Gaza Strip: Situation Report
OCHA - U.N. - Already before the new punitive electricity cuts started this week at the order of Minister of Defence Ehud Barak, the majority of Gazan households had power cuts of at least eight hours per day, some having no electricity for as long as 12 hours a day. This is the situation since in June 2006, following the capture of an Israeli combat soldier by Palestinian militants, Israeli aircraft destroyed the six transformers of Gaza’s only power plant.
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=25071

 STOP IT!
Gush Shalom ad - Stop this madness! Stop making life in Sderot and Gaza unbearable! Talk with Hamas! CEASE FIRE!!! 
 http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/weekly_ad/1202427269/

 Silwan residents protest settler excavations under homes
Dozens of residents of Silwan protested the ongoing Israeli excavations, which damage their homes and streets. Excavations are conducted by the particularly agressive El`ad settler association, seeking to "uncover Jerusalem`s Jewish past" and all to happy with the damage caused to its Arab present. "Rabbis for Human Rights" published a call to support the Silwan residents and take part in the protest. 
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=25075
 
 Anti-wall protests: large demo in Al-Khadr, live bullets in Bil`in
ISM - About 500 Palestinian demonstrators, joined by a handful of Israeli and international supporters, marched towards the construction site of Israel’s separation wall in the village of Al-Khadr on Friday, in what organizers say is one of the largest weekly demonstrations in the West Bank. 
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=25072

 The Report was submitted; Now What?
Yesh Gvul ad - "...among part of the political and military leadership a mindset has crystallized, that the Age of Wars is over... according to such analysis, there was no need to get ready for war, but on the other hand no need to enthusiastically seek paths towards long-term, stable agreements with our neighbours" [excerpt from Winograd report] 
 http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=25073

 Blair `shocked` by Dichter fears of arrest in U.K.
Barak Ravid - Haaretz - Tony Blair, the Quartet`s envoy to the Middle East, expressed surprise on Friday when Public Security Minister Avi Dichter told him he feared he would be arrested should he travel to the U.K. Dichter canceled a trip to Britain in December over concerns he would be arrested due to his involvement in the decision to assassinate the head of Hamas` military wing in July 2002, which resulted in the killing of fifteen civilians, nine of them children. 
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