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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. |