{"id":6556,"date":"2018-03-30T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thediplomaticenvoy.com\/?p=6556"},"modified":"2018-04-12T19:31:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T23:31:46","slug":"roadside-bomb-targets-palestinian-prime-ministers-convoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2018\/03\/30\/roadside-bomb-targets-palestinian-prime-ministers-convoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadside Bomb Targets Palestinian Prime Minister\u2019s Convoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>By Shamel Dishack<br \/>\n<\/b><b><i>Staff Writer<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prime Minister (PM), Rami Hamdallah\u2019s, convoy was a target of a roadside bomb that wounded several of his security guards. The attack took place in Northern Gaza at Beit Hanoun, an Israeli controlled Erez checkpoint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rami Hamdallah is the Prime Minister of the West-Banked based Palestinian National Authority (PA). He was on a visit to open a water treatment facility in Hamas territory when the attack took place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Prime Minister has escaped unharmed and later appeared on live television at the opening of a wastewater treatment in<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, reports <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/03\/explosion-hits-palestinian-pm-rami-hamdallah-enters-gaza-180313083301418.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Al Jazeera<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Since then, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack on the PM\u2019s motorcade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the attack, Hamas mounted a heavy investigation to unravel the conspirators and bring them to light. On March 22, Hamas led security forces stormed into a compound and engaged in a heavy firefight with the alleged suspect and other accomplices. The counter-operation would result in the deaths of two members of the Hamas security forces, the suspect behind the bombing, and an accomplice of his, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-israel-palestinians-arrests\/suspect-in-palestinian-assassination-attempt-among-four-dead-in-gaza-shootout-hamas-idUSKBN1GY14K\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reuters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The attack, the subsequent investigation and counter operation have added strains on Hamas-PA relations. Tensions are now high and threaten to undermine months of reconciliation attempts. Although both sides agree that the attack was less personal and more aimed at deteriorating the deal brokered last October, people have been blaming one another for the attack and questioning the events that transpired after.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When news broke out about the roadside bombing in Northern Gaza, President Mahmoud Abbas of the PA blamed Hamas for the explosion, with a spokesman of the PA questioning Hamas\u2019s interpretation of the attack and saying that the group must bear \u201cfull criminal responsibility\u201d for the assassination attempt, Reuters reports. Even when the alleged suspect was killed in a firefight, the PA proceeded to accuse Hamas of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">distorting<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the scenario of the counter operation in order to cover its traces behind the attack, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/pa-hamas-claims-that-it-killed-convoy-bombing-suspect-are-illogical\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Times of Israel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On March 15, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) responded to the assassination attempt by shelling Hamas positions with tank rounds and airstrikes, reports <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/explosive-device-detonates-on-gaza-border-israel-strikes-hamas-post-1.5911490\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Haaretz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Palestinian News Network reports that the targeted posts sustained no casualties and that Hamas denied accusations by the PA and IDF. The United States later joined the accusations when Washington sent a letter to PM Hammdallah. According to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Arab-Israeli-Conflict\/Letter-from-the-White-House-to-PA-Prime-Minister-Hamdallah-546904\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Jerusalem Post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, in the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Arab-Israeli-Conflict\/Letter-from-the-White-House-to-PA-Prime-Minister-Hamdallah-546904\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">letter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> sent on March 15, Senior Advisor Jared Kushner expressed his sympathies and urged the PA and Fattah to consider a Gaza without Hamas, calling them \u201cunfit to govern Gaza\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Regardless of whom the perpetrators subscribed to, the attack has sent shockwaves to the recent attempts to merge the West Bank and Gaza together. In October 2017, Hamas and Fattah signed a reconciliation agreement that saw to end the decade long schism, reports <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/03\/hamas-security-forces-killed-operation-arrest-pm-attacker-180322105448040.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Al Jazeera<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Since then, neither side had fully implemented the deal due to conflicting demands by the two political parties. Many foreign policy experts do not see a positive conclusion to the reconciliation according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/israel\/2017-10-16\/hamas-and-fatahs-step-forward-takes-palestine-step-back\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Foreign Affairs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The attack on the motorcade is another \u00a0episode in the efforts to reach a conclusion to the Palestinian divide. Nevertheless, talks of the Palestinian national project continues amidst sporadic violence and senseless casualties.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah\u2019s, convoy was a target of a roadside bomb that wounded several of his security guards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1349,382,388],"tags":[455,1377,1378],"class_list":["post-6556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-march-2018","category-international-news","category-mid-east","tag-palestine","tag-rami-hamdallah","tag-roadside-bomb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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