Is Israel winning the war against the Palestinians?

The Jerusalem Report recently reported Death of an Intifada writing about the Intifada "Everybodys either dead or in prison," says Nidal Jallad, who is hanging around the store shortly before Aweideh makes his entry. "It's over. We've had enough.

While MAARIV reports of a Threat of mutiny in PA security forces noting Mobarakh warned that unless their demands are met, thousands of Palestinian security personnel will join the mutiny, which could develop into a full scale revolt.

And today Truth News reports: Drop in Palestinian Terror Reflects IDF Success in Snuffing Out Intifada

While the Gaza front remains very active, there are hopeful signs that the violent Palestinian intifada is waning in Judea/Samaria, where the IDF's counter-terror measures and the partially completed security fence have significantly reduced the number of terror attacks emanating from the West Bank.

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First, the completed portions of the security fence have kept out numerous suicide bombers, with only three serious attacks inside Israel this year claiming 29 lives. In comparison, last year there was a total of 23 suicide bombings that killed over 180 people. The army says there were 25 such attacks in 2002, which killed 147 people.

Praising the fence in an interview with The Jerusalem Post this week, the head of the Gilboa regional council said, "Instead of 600 terrorist incidents per year around here, in the last five months we've had zero. Tens of thousands of illegal Palestinian workers would cross through here every year; in the past five months, you've got it, zero. And guess what? Theft is way down too."

Finally, the Palestinian terror militias have been severely weakened over recent years, with most of their leaders and field commanders killed or captured. Others have fled the territories or spend all their time and energy evading arrest, instead of planning attacks.

Which is part of Israels stated strategy.

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What makes the noticeable drop in terror even more remarkable is that Hamas in particular has been under pressure to carry out revenge attacks for the targeting of their two top leaders, Ahmed Yassin and Abdul Aziz Rantissi.

Dr. Shimon Bar, an expert on Hamas, said that the group's leadership is so devastated there is no one to talk to even if the Palestinian Authority wanted to make a deal with them. "When an organization loses its head it cannot operate as a unified organization and loses its strategy," Bar said. "But there is nothing irreversible in the Middle East," he cautioned.

However controversial Israels policies are they seem to be working.
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