There seems to be a clear pattern of violence since last year in West Bank and East Jerusalem. It starts with either Jewish or Palestinian extremists committing a violent act in areas known for extremism like Hebron or Itamar, with violence dramatically increasing from Jerusalem as a result of decades of Arab neighborhoods and as many as 80,000 of East Jerusalem residents cut off from basic services due to the fence. Last year it was when Hamas cell in Hebron not acting on orders from Hamas central leadership kidnapped 3 Jewish teenagers and killed them. In response a Palestinian teenager was kidnapped and burnt to death(3 suspects have been arrested and are currently awaiting trial, one of the suspects is from settlement of Geva Binyamin also know as Adam, unlike often in the case of Arab terrorists their homes won't be demolished). This and following crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank led to Operation Protective Edge during which cost of the lives of 2,200 Palestinians along with 66 Israeli soldiers and 6 civilians. It's important to note the background due to this pattern of violence that has emerged last year with the kidnapping of three settler teenagers and revenge killing of Palestinian teenager. The settlements in West Bank especially extremist ones like Kiryat Arba, Itamar, and Yitzhar(another settlement near Nablus) have constantly been attacking Palestinians for years and has increased over the years with roughly 399(93 cases in which Palestinians were injured and 306 cases where Palestinians property was damage) settler attacks an average of 1 attack each day against Palestinians committed each year from 2009-2013 four times the rate when UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs started monitoring this in 2006. It's why there is never quiet for both sides. It's also important to note until increase in violence in West Bank last year for several years after end of intifada there was a decrease in Palestinian attacks while settler attacks has increased. http://www.globalresearch.ca/settle...ign-of-terror-on-unarmed-palestinians/5366169 This is noted in The Jerusalem Fund's report called "When settlers attack", when it says From 2010 to 2011 there was a 39 percent increase in incidents of Israel Settler violence. In the five year period from 2007 through 2011 there has been a 315 percent increase.Conversely, over the same 5-year period, there has been a 95 percent decrease in Palestinian violence in the West Bank." The report also noted that "There is a noticeable shift in the proportion of violence as it occurs geographically in the West Bank. In the past, the southern part of the West Bank saw the largest number of instances but in recent years the northern part of the West Bank is becoming increasingly targeted and has overtaken the southern part of the West Bank in terms of number of attacks" This is consistent with this year due to Itamar along with East Jerusalem being the powder keg. This report also has described how severity of settler attacks has increased The report also noted that severity of attacks by settlers has increased noting there " is a noticeable increase in the frequency and proportion of arson attacks employed by violent settlers. This suggests that violent settlers are increasingly choosing this method of violence and will continue to do so. The percentage of arson among all attack types in 2005 was 6 percent and has risen to 11 percent in 2011." http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/32678 The report describes categories of attacks by settlers. One of them is vehicular attack, with report stating "This is the use of vehicles to attack Palestinian civilians or their livestock. Often the most vulnerable members of society fall victim to these types of attacks including children and the elderly.Shepherds and Bedouin who are often grazing their livestock in fields adjacent to roads have fallen prey to these types of attacks as well. These incidents are most prevalent in the Hebron governorate but also increasingly a problem in the northern governorates of Nablus, Qalqilya and Salfit along an Israeli settler road corridor. Vehicular attacks have claimed the lives of ten Palestinian civilians over the period covered by our data and left 208 more injured." Another category is shootings with reports stating "This is self-explanatory. Settlers are largely armed and have used firearms against Palestinian civilians. Geographically, this attack type is distributed throughout the West Bank with the largest number of incidents occurring in Hebron (24percent) and Nablus (32percent). Shootings have left fourteen Palestinians dead and 100 more injured during the period for which we have recorded data" Note this means for time period of data covered(2004-2011) 24 Palestinians were killed and 308 injured due to settler attacks. It's important to note how settlements like Yitzhar, Itamar, and Kiryat Arba view Palestinians. All 3 of these settlement's yeshivas are led by chief rabbis that have condonded, endorsed, or helped publish King's Torah which calls for non Jews including children to be killed. For example Kiryat Arba settlers openly venetrate Baruch Goldstein who in 1994 massacred 29 Palestinians and Meir Kahane who called for all Arabs including Israeli Arabs to be expelled from Israel. Dov Lior chief rabbi for yeshiva in Kiryat Arba wrote a rabbinical ruling that called Baruch Goldstein holier than victims of the holocaust. The rabbi for Itamar's yeshiva is Avihai Rontzki and was former chief rabbi of the Israeli military from 2006 to 2010. While chief rabbi for military it was noted that "another leaflet informed soldiers that cruelty is sometimes a "good attribute" and that all Palestinians were their enemy. Another asked: "Is it possible to compare today's Palestinians to the Philistines of the past? And if so, is it possible to apply lessons today from the military tactics of Samson and David?" It concluded: "A comparison is possible because the Philistines of the past were not natives and had invaded from a foreign land ... They invaded the Land of Israel, a land that did not belong to them and claimed political ownership over our country ... Today the problem is the same." In article Jeffery Goldberg he visited settlement of Yitzhar and when asking one of the settlers about olive trees cut down by settlers he responded with “What is an olive tree compared to the burial place of Joseph, the son of Jacob?” he said. To the farmer who supports his family with the tree, I said, the tree is important. “But the farmer is an Arab,” Liebman replied. “He shouldn’t be here at all. All this land is Jewish land. It is meant for the Jews by God Himself.” To know more of mindset of these extremist Jewish supremacist communities go to second link below. http://imeu.org/article/state-sanctioned-incitement-israels-extremist-rabbis http://www.politicalforum.com/middle-east/426817-very-good-article-jeffrey-goldberg-settlements.html This year the atrocity that has potential to start a power keg occurred in the Palestinian village of Duma located 15 miles southwest of Nablus where a house was firebombed on July 31st during middle of night causing a 18 month old child and his two parents later to die due to severe burns. This area is known for Palestinians and Israelis clashing with Jerusalem Fund's report noting that in the area of Nablus the most common attacking settlements are Yitzhar, Bracha, Alon Moreh, and Itamar. Yitzhar is also listed as the most dangerous settlement. Thursday Palestinian gunmen did a brutal revenge ambush on road between settlements of Itamar and Elon More causing two Israelis to die after their car was sprayed with bullets. Their four children were in the car during shooting and were not hurt. In retaliation a Palestinian vehicle was torched and a Palestinian vehicle on route 60 was pelted with stones(yet no live fire has been authorized against them). The ambush was claimed by Martyr Brigade a terrorist group formed during second intifada and is aligned with Fatah movement claimed responsibility. Attack was not ordered by Abbas as he's not interested in violence or causing another intifada as stated by Yoram Cohen current Shin Bet head. Martyr Brigade also may not have been done terrorist attack and is claiming it to increase creditably(or if they did acting independently they conducted attack to increase street credibility among Palestinians; similar to last year when a Hamas cell in Hebron acting independently from Hamas leadership) kidnapped 3 settler teenagers and killed them among Palestinians in wake of Duma price tag attack. Regardless Bibi probably should do administrative detection of Martry Brigade leaders, after all Bibi did use that after Duma attack and Martyr Brigade did claim responsibility for this savage attack. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4706354,00.html http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-C...as-not-responsible-for-inciting-terror-382145 This year along with last( there were several lone wolf attacks like an attack in November 2014 which a synagogue in Har Of was attacked causing 4 civilians and 1 police officer to die, in another lone gunmen attack the previous month a Palestinian from Silwan rammed into a crowd waiting at light rail station in Sheikh Jarrah causing 2 to die including a 3 month old girl) has seen an increase in attacks in East Jerusalem. Israeli neighborhoods and cars are subject to attacks by stones and Molotov cocktails. One of these stone attacks in neighborhood of East Talpoint causing Alexander Levlovitz to die due to Levlovitz losing control of his car causing him to crash. This is the outcome of neglecting Palestinian neighborhoods for decades. Here are some excerpts form article on this issue called "The Jerusalemites Israel doesn't like" "So here is a statistic: Some 75,000 people living in east Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods are served by a single postman. “Even if he was superman he couldn’t deliver everyone’s mail. That’s why he leaves mail at the supermarket or store and people need to go and find their letters there, because in the northern neighborhoods people don’t have mailboxes,” head of the Beit Hanina community center Hussam Wataad says. “If for example someone is sent a water bill,” he says, “but he doesn’t get the letter, then the charges just get bigger and there isn’t much to do about it. The office says they sent it, the man says he didn’t get it. Something that is basic in the west of the city, like getting mail, in east Jerusalem is not so obvious.” The roads are studded with potholes, the few sidewalks are in total disrepair, and there are almost no public parks. In Zur-Bakhar, a neighborhood of 15,000, a sewage system has never been installed. In parts of Beit Hanina, Shuafat, Silwan, Jabel Mukaber and Ras al-Amud - the deal stinks: Residents of Kfar Akab, for example, were fed up with the sewage and decided on their own initiative to install a sewage system – and to finance it from their own pockets. They didn’t even ask the municipality if they could – what would be the point? Building permits are also a rare item. To get one, residents must wait an average of five years if not longer." http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3253821,00.html Here are some more statistics on the situation in East Jerusalem Entire Palestinian neighborhoods are not connected to a sewage system and do not have paved roads or sidewalks; Almost 90 percent of the sewage pipes, roads, and sidewalks are found in West Jerusalem; West Jerusalem has 1,000 public parks, East Jerusalem has 45; West Jerusalem has 34 swimming pools, East Jerusalem has three; West Jerusalem has 26 libraries, East Jerusalem has two; West Jerusalem has 531 sports facilities, East Jerusalem has 33. http://www.btselem.org/jerusalem/infrastructure_and_services Not surprisingly poverty rate in East Jerusalem is astronomical with 75.4% of Palestinians and 83.9% of Palestinian children in East Jerusalem living below poverty rate an increase from 64% of population and 73% of children in 2006. There is also a shortage of some 30(18 miles) km with 8km more pipe expecting to being layed down this year. of sewage pipes; causing residents instead to use septic tanks. Palestinians are also permitted to build on only 17%(when they are 36.8% of population in Jerusalem) of the area of East Jerusalem, most of which has already been totally exhausted by previous construction and Between 2005-2009, only 13% of the Jerusalem housing units granted building permits were in Palestinian neighborhoods; in Jewish neighborhoods, there is an average of 20 square meters of housing per resident, compared to 11 square meters in Palestinian neighborhoods. In many of the Palestinian neighborhoods residents have to use their yards as cesspools for sewage since it's difficult to receive a permit to be connected to sewage network. 80,000 of residents in areas like Shurafat are part of Jerusalem but are cut from services like water due to the fence with consumption in these areas 20 cubic meters per capita per year which is below world's health organization's recommendation of at least 36.5 cubic meters per capita per year for adequate level of hygiene and health with Israeli average 70-100 cubic meters per capita per year. Estimated municipal budget for East Jerusalem in 2013 was 10-13% even though Palestinians are 36.8% of population in Jerusalem. Links below describes this and other issues like black sponge tipped bullets introduced last year causing Palestinians including children to go blind after being shot in the head. To be fair under mayor Nir Barkat of Jerusalem has approved a master plan for the Arab neighborhood of a-Sawahra. The master plan covers an area of 1,500 dunams and includes an option for building 2,200 housing units. However the master plan still has several years before it's started and completed. Jerusalem municipality also are advancing master plans for Arab neighborhoods of Beit Safafa, Sharafat, Sur Baher, Beit Hanina and Shuafat. The Jerusalem municipality also seems to realize that decades of neglect is one of the reasons for increase in violence in Jerusalem the last two years with report noting "the government approved, for the first time in its history, a five year plan for East Jerusalem with an overall budget of approximately NIS(New Israeli Shekel) 300 million. The explanatory notes to the plan stated that it is intended to address the security situation in Jerusalem and to promote socioeconomic development in the Palestinian neighborhoods" This year Nir Barkat added NIS 770 million was added to municipal budget. The report also noted of the government's 5 year plan "NIS 5.4 million will be invested in programs to prevent school dropout, despite the fact that according to the calculations of Association for Civil Rights in Israel the municipality’s education administration, at least NIS 15 million are required in order to address the unusual extent of school dropout in East Jerusalem" The Jerusalem municipality also admits that for decades Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem were neglected with municipality press release noting The Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem grew and developed over recent decades without any master plans or valid outline plans, by virtue of which the overall array of life in the neighborhood could be regulated (legal construction of housing, allocations for public needs, commerce and employment and an organized road system).” http://www.acri.org.il/en/wp-conten...olicy-in-East-Jerusalem_ACRI_May-2012_ENG.pdf http://www.acri.org.il/en/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/EJ-Facts-and-Figures-2015.pdf As long as Jewish supremacist settlements(a community like those would not be tolerated within green lines) that attack their Palestinian neighbors like Yitzhar, Kiryat Arba, and Itamar exist, and as long as East Jerusalem is an island of massive poverty often lacking basic services like water and sewage, and inequality(to be fair on this issue as noted above something is being done, however it's decades late with many of it's plans not going to happen for several years) I don't see how this cycle of violence and revenage attack by either sides will end.
Here is also further insight into settlers of Yitzhar "A month later a 22-year-old female resident of the settlement(Yitzhar) was arrested for incitement of violence due to her comments in a community email in which she said: "I support throwing rocks (at Jews, and of course on Arabs without question). In certain circumstances - even if the rocks lead to the death of a soldier!!!" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4521093,00.html
Israeli state terrorism and refusal to protect the Palestinian population from violent settlers has been endemic in the Palestine since 1967.
Granny says dem Palestinians is always `causin' trouble... Palestinians Set Fire To Joseph's Tomb October 16, 2015 - Palestinians set fire to a Jewish shrine in the occupied West Bank and an attacker disguised as a journalist stabbed an Israeli soldier as tensions ran high after more than two weeks of violence. See also: Abbas Is Deceiving Us All October 15, 2015 - Op-ed: What does the man who represents the Palestinian people really want? Does he support peace or terror? The master of winking is producing lies, without letting the facts get in his way.
The Blade Of Jihad... Blade of jihad: Extremists embrace the knife as tool of terror November 6, 2015 - The knife has replaced suicide bombings, car attacks and random shootings as the new tool of choice for waging jihad on Israel, with leaders blatantly calling for Palestinians young and old to take up the kitchen implement and kill.
