CIAO DATE: 09/2008
March 2008
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Qassam rockets -- unsophisticated weapons manufactured in garages and backroom laboratories -- have transformed the strategic equation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These crude rockets give Palestinian terrorist organizations the capability to strike deep into Israeli territory, throwing the security assumptions behind future peace negotiations into doubt.
Resource link: PolicyWatch #1352: Weapon of Terror: Development and Impact of the Qassam Rocket [PDF] - 12K