![]() ![]() In a rare move that highlighted the tensions, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Wednesday ordered units of border guards deployed to help police keep order. While the rapidly escalating conflict has brought images familiar from 2014 Israel-Hamas war, the past day has also seen a startling new factor: A burst of fury from Israel’s Palestinian citizens in support of those living in the territories and against Israel’s recent response to unrest in Jerusalem and its current operations in Gaza.Īmid those protests, communal violence erupted in several mixed Jewish-Arab Israeli cities, including the burning of a Jewish-owned restaurant and a synagogue, the fatal shooting of an Arab man and attacks on Arab-owned cars. When will it be time for the Palestinians to change the channel? They may be doing that now. The more dead Palestinians the PA can point to, the more points they score with the anti-Semites at the UN. ![]() Their population is the most important extras in this drama as they willingly act as human shields for Palestinian fighters. They will store rockets in schools, daring Israel to attack them. Since no one else in Israel wants to form a government, Netanyahu will probably cobble together another coalition in what is rapidly turning into an emergency.Įvery few years, the Palestinians try to start a war with Israel to gain sympathy and the opportunity for some top-flight propaganda. The people of Israel like him just fine and continue to place their trust in his leadership. Netanyahu doesn’t care that he has an image problem in the West. The hero of this drama, although not very heroic, is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has responded to the unprovoked rocket attacks with airstrikes by the Israeli air force. ![]()
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