This is CBSI in the world I'm John Batcher with Malcolm Home Line and we're very pleased

to welcome our good colleague, Yosi Cooper-Vascer, director of the Project on Regional Middle

East Development in the Jerusalem Center.

Yosi, Lyon's den is the name of the gang that has been in the news, devoling people for

some months.

The last time we spoke, Lyon's den was apparently deteriorating, but again, is it back together?

Are there more like Lyon's set on the West Bank?

Good evening to you.

Good evening, Malcolm, good evening, John.

Yes, Lyon den is the skill of the eye on the, it's an ongoing battle and even though

it was hit quite severely by ongoing attempts by Israel to fold their terror plans, there

are still capable of launching terror attacks here and there and they are not alone.

There are groups like Lyon's den, in other cities, Lyon's den is operating from Nablus,

there are other groups operating from Jounin and from other places in the areas controlled

by the Palestinian Authority.

That's a problem, the Palestinian Authority is not in a very, in a position and it doesn't

have the will neither the capability to deal with these groups and Israel has to do it itself.

And we are carrying out operations in the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority

nominally, almost on a daily basis.

Malcolm, are these groups really independent operations?

Is Iran trying to challenge and undermine Abbas further or do you see these as really

lone wolves of some have said, trying and or are they trying to dismantle the organized

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