Baruch reports on Arab affairs for TPS.
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Islamic Jihad leader Ziad Nahle said in an interview last week that he foresees an all-encompassing war with Israel that would include rocket fire on all Israeli cities.
Some 36,000 Gazans have left the Strip in recent months, with the majority heading to Europe.
Qatar, Iran, Egypt, Hamas and Islamic Jihad are in a complex power play, as part of a war of prestige, allegiance and influence.
Islamic Jihad representatives met with the Abu ‘Arar family and offered them full compensation and a registry of the baby as a “Shahid” in exchange for their silence.
PA leaders have repeatedly vowed that they will dedicate their last penny to pay terrorists and hope the Europeans will foot the bill.
The residents have called for a mass demonstration against what they called “displays of normalization with the Zionists.”
Analysts have criticized this economic strategy, which they say is not supported by proper planning or emergency funding. The viability of such a move is almost impossible, they point out.


