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*** 10-Jun-16 World View -- Israel deploys hundreds of troops to West Bank, cancels entry permits
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Turkey bans fertilizer sales after two terror bombings
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Police headquarters in Mardin after bombing on Wednesday (Reuters)
As we described yesterday,
Turkey
suffered two major terror attacks in two days, a bombing in Istanbul
on Tuesday, and a bombing on police headquarters in the province of
Mardin in southeast Turkey on Wednesday.
Both bombings targeted the police. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
has taken credit for Wednesday's bombing, but no one has taken credit
for Tuesday's bombing in Istanbul.
Both bombings were perpetrated by means of fertilizers containing
ammonium nitrate. Turkey's authorities have seized over 60,000 tons
of fertilizer containing ammonium nitrate, and have temporarily
suspended the sale of fertilizers containing ammonium nitrate after a
series of bomb attacks across the country. Hurriyet (Ankara) and Deutsche Welle
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**** Israel deploys hundreds of troops to West Bank, cancels entry permits
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Israeli authorities have identified the perpetrators of the shooting rampage in Tel Aviv on Wednesday
as two cousins, Khaled Mohammad Makhamrah, 22, and his
cousin Mohamad Ahmad Makhamrah, 21, from the West Bank town of Yatta,
near the city of Hebron. One was wounded during the gunfight, and
both have been arrested.
Since the attackers were "lone wolves," not part of Hamas or any other
organized Palestinian group, Israel's response options were limited to
actions which take "collective punishment" on Palestinians in general.
It's thought that the attacks were timed for the start of the Islam's
holy month of Ramadan, and there are concerns that other terror
attacks are planned for Ramadan. Israel's military is deploying
hundreds of additional troops to the West Bank, including soldiers
from infantry and special forces units. Among other actions, the
Israeli troops completed blocked roads leading in and out of Yatta.
Normally, Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are permitted to
enter Israel during Ramadan to visit relatives, or to pray at the
al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. However, 83,000 permits have been
canceled. Entering or leaving will only be permitted for humanitarian
and medical cases.
The two cousins belong to the large Makhamreh clan. Israel's
government is suspending 204 work permits used by the Makhamreh clan
to enter Israel.
Because Israel's options are so limited, these "collective punishment"
responses have been implemented, but they're likely to further
infuriate Palestinians who will not be able to visit their families or
work during Ramadan. This will inevitably lead to more terror attacks
and more collective punishment.
On the other hand, Israelis have been infuriated by the celebrations
of many Palestinians in the streets of both the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip, and on social media. Hamas published a statement terming the
attack the first good tidings of Ramadan, while promising that more
such tidings would come. YNet News (Israel) and AP and al-Jazeera
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**** Israel cracks down on Palestinian workshops producing guns
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Handmade 'Carlo' gun produced in the West Bank (AP)
In yesterday's article,
I quoted a
news source as saying that the attackers "used improvised firearms: an
imitation of the Swedish-made Carl Gustav recoilless rifle, which was
used primarily in the 1950s and ’60s, and which is known on the
Palestinian street as the Carlo."
Several readers wrote to me to point out that that's not possible.
The Carl Gustav recoilless rifle is an 84mm antitank weapon, generally
requiring two men to operate, shooting rocket-boosted warheads.
The actual weapon used by the attackers was a homemade clone of the
9mm Carl Gustav M/45 submachine gun, developed by Swedish state-owned
Carl Gustav Arms company in 1945. It has a relatively simple design,
requiring little more to build than two steel tubes welded together,
along with other spare parts. In the West Bank, it's known by its
street name "Carlo," with hundreds of the guns in circulation.
They've been used several times by Palestinians attacking Israelis.
Israeli security forces are cracking down on metal workshops in the
West Bank suspected of manufacturing the Carlo. The quality of the
workmanship varies from gun to gun, depending on the materials and the
manufacturer. But in the last few months it's emerged as as the
weapon of choice for Palestinian attackers, including the Tel Aviv
attackers on Wednesday. AP and World Guns (Russia) and World Guns
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Turkey, Mardin, Istanbul,
Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK,
Israel, Tel Aviv, West Bank, Hebron, Yatta, Ramadan,
Khaled Mohammad Makhamrah, Mohamad Ahmad Makhamrah,
al-Aqsa mosque, Jerusalem, Hamas, Carl Gustav, Carlo
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Turkey bans fertilizer sales after two terror bombings
- Israel deploys hundreds of troops to West Bank, cancels entry permits
- Israel cracks down on Palestinian workshops producing guns
****
**** Turkey bans fertilizer sales after two terror bombings
****
Police headquarters in Mardin after bombing on Wednesday (Reuters)
As we described yesterday,
Turkey
suffered two major terror attacks in two days, a bombing in Istanbul
on Tuesday, and a bombing on police headquarters in the province of
Mardin in southeast Turkey on Wednesday.
Both bombings targeted the police. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
has taken credit for Wednesday's bombing, but no one has taken credit
for Tuesday's bombing in Istanbul.
Both bombings were perpetrated by means of fertilizers containing
ammonium nitrate. Turkey's authorities have seized over 60,000 tons
of fertilizer containing ammonium nitrate, and have temporarily
suspended the sale of fertilizers containing ammonium nitrate after a
series of bomb attacks across the country. Hurriyet (Ankara) and Deutsche Welle
****
**** Israel deploys hundreds of troops to West Bank, cancels entry permits
****
Israeli authorities have identified the perpetrators of the shooting rampage in Tel Aviv on Wednesday
as two cousins, Khaled Mohammad Makhamrah, 22, and his
cousin Mohamad Ahmad Makhamrah, 21, from the West Bank town of Yatta,
near the city of Hebron. One was wounded during the gunfight, and
both have been arrested.
Since the attackers were "lone wolves," not part of Hamas or any other
organized Palestinian group, Israel's response options were limited to
actions which take "collective punishment" on Palestinians in general.
It's thought that the attacks were timed for the start of the Islam's
holy month of Ramadan, and there are concerns that other terror
attacks are planned for Ramadan. Israel's military is deploying
hundreds of additional troops to the West Bank, including soldiers
from infantry and special forces units. Among other actions, the
Israeli troops completed blocked roads leading in and out of Yatta.
Normally, Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are permitted to
enter Israel during Ramadan to visit relatives, or to pray at the
al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. However, 83,000 permits have been
canceled. Entering or leaving will only be permitted for humanitarian
and medical cases.
The two cousins belong to the large Makhamreh clan. Israel's
government is suspending 204 work permits used by the Makhamreh clan
to enter Israel.
Because Israel's options are so limited, these "collective punishment"
responses have been implemented, but they're likely to further
infuriate Palestinians who will not be able to visit their families or
work during Ramadan. This will inevitably lead to more terror attacks
and more collective punishment.
On the other hand, Israelis have been infuriated by the celebrations
of many Palestinians in the streets of both the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip, and on social media. Hamas published a statement terming the
attack the first good tidings of Ramadan, while promising that more
such tidings would come. YNet News (Israel) and AP and al-Jazeera
****
**** Israel cracks down on Palestinian workshops producing guns
****
Handmade 'Carlo' gun produced in the West Bank (AP)
In yesterday's article,
I quoted a
news source as saying that the attackers "used improvised firearms: an
imitation of the Swedish-made Carl Gustav recoilless rifle, which was
used primarily in the 1950s and ’60s, and which is known on the
Palestinian street as the Carlo."
Several readers wrote to me to point out that that's not possible.
The Carl Gustav recoilless rifle is an 84mm antitank weapon, generally
requiring two men to operate, shooting rocket-boosted warheads.
The actual weapon used by the attackers was a homemade clone of the
9mm Carl Gustav M/45 submachine gun, developed by Swedish state-owned
Carl Gustav Arms company in 1945. It has a relatively simple design,
requiring little more to build than two steel tubes welded together,
along with other spare parts. In the West Bank, it's known by its
street name "Carlo," with hundreds of the guns in circulation.
They've been used several times by Palestinians attacking Israelis.
Israeli security forces are cracking down on metal workshops in the
West Bank suspected of manufacturing the Carlo. The quality of the
workmanship varies from gun to gun, depending on the materials and the
manufacturer. But in the last few months it's emerged as as the
weapon of choice for Palestinian attackers, including the Tel Aviv
attackers on Wednesday. AP and World Guns (Russia) and World Guns
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Turkey, Mardin, Istanbul,
Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK,
Israel, Tel Aviv, West Bank, Hebron, Yatta, Ramadan,
Khaled Mohammad Makhamrah, Mohamad Ahmad Makhamrah,
al-Aqsa mosque, Jerusalem, Hamas, Carl Gustav, Carlo
Permanent web link to this article
Receive daily World View columns by e-mail
Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal
John J. Xenakis
100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum
Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe
