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It seems that the cautious calm witnessed by the Palestinian territories in the West Bank has come to an end. It also appears that the period of preparedness for the resistance movements there has finished as they have moved from the state of self- defense to the state of direct attack. The operations of Hebron and Ramallah in the last quarter of 2010 represented a shock to several parties gambling on the ability of Mahmoud Abbas' security forces to eliminate any form of resistance in the West Bank by all means of terrorization and oppression. The report reviews the main operations executed by the Palestinian resistance in the West Bank - which surprised and confused the occupation and its supporters – along with their impact on the Israeli decision-making after the failure of countering Hamas. The report concludes that if the resistance in the West Bank manages to rise and revive the atmospheres of the 1987 and 2000 intifada uprisings, it will influence the Israeli political, security and military decisions. First, the occupation will be obliged to reconsider any decisions having to do with the future of settlements in the West Bank. Second, the settlements will be full of fear, for this will not only affect their construction, but will also make settlers reconsider their presence there in the first Diace. Thus, it is believed to be a significant decision to raise the level of resistance at this very stage, for it will have great future indications.
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