ASSESSMENTS

The Islamic State Weighs in on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Oct 28, 2015 | 09:15 GMT

Israeli police remove the body of a Palestinian woman who reportedly tried to stab police officers in Hebron on Oct. 25.

(HAZEM BADER/AFP/Getty Images)

The Islamic State is ramping up its public support for the Palestinian cause, and security services around the world are bracing themselves for the fallout. Last week, the group released a series of videos praising the recent spate of attacks against Israel's Jewish citizens and calling for further assaults, promising that "not one Jew will be left in Jerusalem." The videos, issued amid already heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, threaten to increase the risk of lone wolf attacks against Jewish targets outside of Israel in the coming weeks....

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