Israel Assesses No Intifada

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Israel's intelligence community has determined that the
Palestinian Authority would avoid a military confrontation with Israel in
2012.
Israeli sources have told U.S. officials and analysts that the PA was
not interested in what they termed a "third intifada" or uprising, in the
West Bank. They said PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and the ruling Fatah movement
would threaten and encourage civilian unrest, but avoid the suicide bombings
and other lethal attacks that took place a decade ago under his predecessor,
the late Yasser Arafat.