\"Ramallah as a Center of Terror\" is the name of a paper released today by the IDF Spokesman. It details terrorist attacks emanating over the last 17 months from Ramallah, five miles north of Jerusalem, in which Arabs killed 78 Israelis. Excerpts from the report:
\"The Ramallah area is composed of two main sectors: the lower city of Ramallah and the city of el-Bira (a separate municipality) to the east. South of the city is the el-\'Amari refugee camp and to its north is the town of Bir Zeit... and the Jalazoun refugee camp [across the street and to the northwest of Beit El]. Ramallah is one of the two major Palestinian seats of power [in addition to Gaza]...
\"Since the beginning of the current conflict, Ramallah has stood out as a major center of terrorist activity against Israeli civilians and security personnel...
\"...The Palestinian Authority security forces established their headquarters in the city... [They] have played an active role in major terrorist attacks... The mutual relationship existing between the Fatah in Ramallah and members of the security forces (often on a personal basis, due to the fact many security force personnel were originally from the Fatah) has blurred the distinction between the Palestinian security forces and the Fatah. The former participate actively in terror operations, either as individuals or on an organizational level (e.g., Force-17).
\"The major terrorist organization operating out of Ramallah is the Fatah, headed by Arafat. Marwan Barghouti, Sec\'y.-Gen. of the Fatah, who is also head of the Tanzim, serves directly under him. Many senior Fatah leaders have established themselves in Ramallah. Fatah is responsible for a long list of deadly terrorist attacks (suicide operations, shooting attacks, kidnappings and bombings) which took the lives of many dozens of Israelis...
\"Other terrorist organizations operate from the city, among them Hamas [and] the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine... The remaining Palestinian terrorist organizations, such as the Islamic Jihad, maintain \"representatives\" in Ramallah. They cooperate together and with the official security forces of the Palestinian Authority.\"
\"The Ramallah area is composed of two main sectors: the lower city of Ramallah and the city of el-Bira (a separate municipality) to the east. South of the city is the el-\'Amari refugee camp and to its north is the town of Bir Zeit... and the Jalazoun refugee camp [across the street and to the northwest of Beit El]. Ramallah is one of the two major Palestinian seats of power [in addition to Gaza]...
\"Since the beginning of the current conflict, Ramallah has stood out as a major center of terrorist activity against Israeli civilians and security personnel...
\"...The Palestinian Authority security forces established their headquarters in the city... [They] have played an active role in major terrorist attacks... The mutual relationship existing between the Fatah in Ramallah and members of the security forces (often on a personal basis, due to the fact many security force personnel were originally from the Fatah) has blurred the distinction between the Palestinian security forces and the Fatah. The former participate actively in terror operations, either as individuals or on an organizational level (e.g., Force-17).
\"The major terrorist organization operating out of Ramallah is the Fatah, headed by Arafat. Marwan Barghouti, Sec\'y.-Gen. of the Fatah, who is also head of the Tanzim, serves directly under him. Many senior Fatah leaders have established themselves in Ramallah. Fatah is responsible for a long list of deadly terrorist attacks (suicide operations, shooting attacks, kidnappings and bombings) which took the lives of many dozens of Israelis...
\"Other terrorist organizations operate from the city, among them Hamas [and] the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine... The remaining Palestinian terrorist organizations, such as the Islamic Jihad, maintain \"representatives\" in Ramallah. They cooperate together and with the official security forces of the Palestinian Authority.\"