The Wave of Terror Is a Reaction to the Failures of the Palestinian National Movement
"The possibility that Israel cannot be dislodged . . . is simply too monstrous to accept."
October 29, 2015
"The possibility that Israel cannot be dislodged . . . is simply too monstrous to accept."
The stabbings, shootings, and other attacks that Israelis have suffered in recent weeks are not—as is often claimed—responses to economic misery, the building of houses in Jewish settlements, or any particular action taken by Israel. Rather, argues Haviv Rettig Gur, they are a frustrated response to the complete and persistent failure of the Palestinian national movement to achieve anything at all, whether through Arab wars on Israel, intifadas, missiles, or negotiations:
"The possibility that Israel cannot be dislodged . . . is simply too monstrous to accept."
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The stabbings, shootings, and other attacks that Israelis have suffered in recent weeks are not—as is often claimed—responses to economic misery, the building of houses in Jewish settlements, or any particular action taken by Israel. Rather, argues Haviv Rettig Gur, they are a frustrated response to the complete and persistent failure of the Palestinian national movement to achieve anything at all, whether through Arab wars on Israel, intifadas, missiles, or negotiations:
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