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counterterrorism
Terror attacks have dropped considerably in recent weeks, Shin Bet says
There has been a “considerable decline” in the number of terror attacks committed by Palestinians in recent weeks, the Shin Bet security service told the Israeli Cabinet.
Intel changes, public awareness needed to prevent Paris-like attack in US
The series of terrorist attacks that killed at least 129 in Paris pose a couple of major challenges for the United States, Jewish officials and security experts said.
U.S. police officials study counterterrorism in Israel
Counterterrorism officials from five U.S. cities met with their counterparts in Israel. Ten officials from five major cities — New York; Los Angeles; Oakland, Calif.; Austin, Texas; and Houston — met in mid-October with representatives of Israel\’s police, the Jerusalem Post reported. The tour focused on \”technological and operational advances in counterterrorism,\” according to the American Jewish Committee\’s Project Interchange, which organized the tour.
State terrorism report praises Israel, counts settler attacks as terror
The U.S. State Department\’s annual report on terrorism said Hamas and Hezbollah continued to destabilize the Middle East, described Israel as a \”resolute\” partner in counterterrorism and listed as \”terrorist incidents\” extremist settler attacks on Palestinians.
Israeli appointed to top U.N. counterrorism position
An Israeli who worked as a government attorney was appointed a leader in the United Nations Security Council\’s counterterrorism effort.
Senators chide Clinton on Israel’s exclusion from counterterrorism forum
U.S. Sens. Joseph Lieberman and Mark Kirk have written a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressing their disappointment with Israel’s exclusion from the inaugural meeting of the Global Counterterrorism Forum.
Roman Holiday
On Yom Kippur, my wife Sally and I went to shul just around the corner from the Vatican. It was a visit we will not soon forget. The imposing Comunita Ebraica di Roma Synagogue (the Great Synagogue of Rome) sits just off the Piazza del Firori close to the Tiber River and spitting distance from Vatican City across the river in one direction, and Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum in the other.