Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
The Gaza conflict has shown that the Trump-Netanyahu policy has utterly failed | Patrick Cockburn
Dividing up Palestinians between Jerusalem, Gaza, the West Bank and Israel has produced four different variants of the Israel/Palestinian conflict
www.independent.co.uk
Israeli police efforts to evict Palestinians from the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Jerusalem and their use of stun grenades and tear gas in al-Aqsa mosque led to Hamas firing rocket barrages from Gaza. This in turn provoked protests by Palestinians in Israel on a larger scale than anything seen since the second intifada 20 years ago. On the West Bank, protesters poured into the streets in every town and the internationally recognised Palestinian Authority was mocked and marginalised.
Trumps attempt to appease his crazy evangelical base has backfired and probably made it worse. Adult leadership in Washington needs to be matched in Tel Aviv to see any progress. But dont hold your breath.