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dThis is a compilation of interviews with This is a compilation of interviews with motion picture crew members who worked during Hollywood's independent age offilm and television production - from 1945 to 1980. A celebratory insiders' lookat the Tinselto and television production - from 1945 toGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-
Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called
550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration of
reoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threat
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of a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.
Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by international
law to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibility
of Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in the
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leg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50
dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,
but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.
A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel and
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Hamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.
But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahu
mounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threat
of a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinian
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the U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victory
of sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist who
was involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel and
Hamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on fire
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while he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8
Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start of
the air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinian
protesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilante
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actions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-media
calls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,
a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocideto
the U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacring
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residents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approached
the home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a fact
both sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.
Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,
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who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingand
waiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either from
an Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,
says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli woke
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up bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodes
somewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority President
Mahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.
In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badly
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needs to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbut
when youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,
setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a line
that physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said at
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least 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign creates
more than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on both
sides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settler
road after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.
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But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequences
ended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appeared
intent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And the
militant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertainties
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at play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli police
say the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored by
Arab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.
8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.
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Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,
the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revenge
attack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.
Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza will
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lead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopters
sliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediation
of Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launched
toward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming at
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Ben-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reporting
Going to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is of
Arab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel said
it attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliance
with Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,
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would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communities
both inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusual
step of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual danger
that going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyre
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all Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,
with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther up
the coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.
Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIV
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Muhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called
550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration of
reoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increase
the likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocket
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that gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by international
law to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibility
of Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyre
inside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out of
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the question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,
but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.
A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir was
dragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-
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Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,
Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actually
invading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels Iron
Dome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.
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Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysand
an established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier while
protesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amid
evidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50
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dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botched
assassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sides
BY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,
where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,
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firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reservists
to make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6
Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continue
to roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settler
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attacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of his
son, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.
A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched
165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boasted
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of activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel and
Hamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,
spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missiles
from Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.
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The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinian
protesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for National
Security Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestinians
it is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeance
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against Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocideto
the U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targets
in Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirens
in Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossad
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agent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.
Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.
But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahu
mounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start of
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the air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,
says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. After
years of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected
35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,
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a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.
In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victory
of sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist who
was involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a fact
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both sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a line
that physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefing
solidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,
then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either from
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an Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settler
road after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebook
page advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing beside
the Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority President
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Mahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And the
militant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of Mishka
Ben-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.
with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,
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setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.
8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as long
Netanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowded
Fanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on both
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sides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.
Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,
says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastaking
his charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appeared
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intent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launched
toward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anything
can happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on fire
while he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored by
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Arab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas
48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civilian
casualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilante
actions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revenge
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attack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the West
Bank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with Palestinian
Authority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacring
residents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediation
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Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even the
current campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have a
chance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli woke
up bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriously
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militant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israel
would be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israeli
beach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badly
needs to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attack
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says more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home by
Jewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measure
of calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said at
least 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliance
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with Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. The
more the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his leg
on July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.
But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual danger
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that going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamas
commandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,
albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertainties
at play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.
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Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrest
of the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the first
two days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.
Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increase
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the likelihood of heavier losseson both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels IronDome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel and
on the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli militaryhas taken the unusualstep of posting troops at the
exits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorismcomplicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza will
lead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyre
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inside the Green Line.How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amidevidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.
Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missilesreached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.
But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the craterwas 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming at
Ben-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir was
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dragged off the sidewalk nearhis East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550
Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, callingfor consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended his
hard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign on July 7,then called up 40,000 reserviststo make credible the threatof a Gaza invasion. Actuallyinvading, as Israel did in 2008,would dramatically increasethe likelihood of heavier losses
on both sides. But even thecurrent campaign createsmore than the usual risk of civiliancasualties, either froman Israeli air strike in crowdedFanning the flames Palestinianprotesters clash with Israelisoldiers in Hebron on July 6Gaza or from a Hamas rocketthat gets past Israels Iron
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Dome missile-defense shieldand lands in a school. Themore the situation deteriorates,the more you have achance for extremists on bothsides of getting into these vigilanteactions or terrorism,says Benedetta Berti, an analystat the Institute for NationalSecurity Studies in Tel Aviv.Jewish extremists continueto roam Palestinian communitiesboth inside Israel andon the West Bank, where a22-year-old nearly lost his legon July 5 in one apparent revengeattack; Tariq Aedli wokeup bleeding beside a settlerroad after being grabbed frombehind and drugged. Afteryears of largely ignoring settlerattacks on the Palestiniansit is obliged by internationallaw to protect, the Israeli military
has taken the unusualstep of posting troops at theexits of the more notoriouslymilitant Jewish settlements.But that may not be enough.Encouraged by social-mediacalls for revengea Facebookpage advocating vengeanceagainst Palestinians collected35,000 likes in two daysandan established tolerance forhate speech, the real possibilityof Jewish terrorism
complicates the usual dangerthat going to war in Gaza willlead to violence on the WestBank. Of course, if it explodessomewhere, it explodes everywhere,says Ryad Msaeh,a Palestinian standing besidethe Nablus hospital bed of hisson, who had been shot in theleg by an Israeli soldier whileprotesting. In the end theyreall Palestinians, even if theyreinside the Green Line.
How bad can it get? Israelwould be lucky if the consequencesended with PalestinianAuthority PresidentMahmoud Abbastakinghis charge of genocidetothe U.N. Security Council,as he threatened to do July 9.A third intifadeh is not out ofthe question, especially amid
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evidence that Hamas had decidedto go all out. The Hamascommandos whom army helicopterssliced up on an Israelibeach near Gaza on July 7 appearedintent on massacringresidents of a nearby kibbutz.In the first 36 hours of theoffensive, Israel struck 550 targetsin Gaza, leaving at least 50dead, and militants launched165 rockets toward Israel,with only minor casualties.Still, both Hamas and Israelhave continued to negotiate,albeit through the mediationof Egypt, which Hamas badlyneeds to please. And themilitant group already hasgrounds for declaring a victoryof sorts. In 2012, Hamas boastedof activating air-raid sirensin Tel Aviv with its rocket attacks,but this time its missiles
reached 40 miles farther upthe coast, to Zikron Yaakov.But another rocket attacksays more about the uncertaintiesat play. This one, launchedtoward Jerusalem on July 7, approachedthe home of MishkaBen-David, a former Mossadagent turned spy novelist whowas involved in the botchedassassination attempt of a seniorHamas operative in 1997.A neighbor says the crater
was 40 yards from the house.Hamas wasnt aiming atBen-Davidits missiles lackany guidance systemsbutwhen youre firing blind, anythingcan happen. Thats a factboth sides should remember.with reportingGoing to Extremes Israel andHamas face o in Gaza, driven byradicals on both sidesBY KARL VICK/TEL AVIVMuhammad Abu Khdeir wasdragged off the sidewalk near
his East Jerusalem home byJewish extremists. Israeli policesay the men killed the16-year-old a few minutes later,setting the boy on firewhile he was still breathing.Rioting broke out inJerusalem within hours,spreading quickly to majority-Palestinian cities across Israel,
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where 1 in 5 residents is ofArab descent. The July 6 arrestof the Jewish suspects failedto reduce tensions, but a measureof calm was restored byArab-Israeli business leaders,who in one case formed a linethat physically separated protestersand police.But Hamas proved less temperate,firing scores of missilesfrom Gaza in what it called550Number of sites Israel saidit attacked in the firsttwo days of its offensive.Palestinian officials said atleast 50 people were killed.8Briefingsolidarity with the martyrs.The pressure on Netanyahumounted: his Foreign Minister,Avigdor Lieberman, calling
for consideration ofreoccupying Gaza, ended hishard-right partys alliancewith Netanyahus Likud.Finally, after giving Hamas48 hours to cease firingandwaiting twice as longNetanyahu ordered the start ofthe air campaign