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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Losing Palestine
2015-10-31
A taste. Click on the headline to read the whole thing.
One of the most remarkable facts about the stabbings and protests that so dominate the headlines of the past few weeks is how few Paleostinians are actually participating in them: a few hundred, and at moments of dramatic mobilization -- such as the occasional "days of rage" called by Arab leaders -- perhaps a few thousand.
[IsraelTimes] The terrorism of the past month is not a new surge in Paleostinian opposition to Israel, but a howl against the pervasive Paleostinian sense that resistance has failed

Even four weeks into this latest surge in violence, in the fast succession of stabbings and protests and funerals and pronouncements, it can be hard to figure out exactly what this round of terror attacks is actually about.

There is no shortage of explanations, of course, but they usually say more about the explainer than the phenomenon they are explaining.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Read The Whole Thing.

It's a very good analysis. Somewhat lacking in a few, limited, areas. But very insightful overall.
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2015-10-31 06:29  

#2  Not to mention "Palestinians" are tired of ISIS grabbing all the headlines, Kim.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-10-31 04:15  

#1  I'd say it's pretty obvious. The cheques aren't arriving as frequently as before. Arabs and Iran have less cash to splash and are spending it elsewhere, Syria, Iraq, Yemen. And the West is tired of the Paleos just p1ssing the money away.
Posted by: phil_b   2015-10-31 03:36  

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