{"id":171975,"date":"2011-03-24T11:57:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T11:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.moldova.org\/2011\/03\/24\/how-israel-should-respond-to-the-recent-palestinian-terror-acts-218502-eng\/"},"modified":"2011-03-24T11:57:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T11:57:15","slug":"how-israel-should-respond-to-the-recent-palestinian-terror-acts-218502-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/how-israel-should-respond-to-the-recent-palestinian-terror-acts-218502-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"How Israel should respond to the recent Palestinian terror acts"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The recent Palestinian terror acts against Israeli civilians raises several questions, particularly about the timing of the attacks.<\/p>\n

Today on March 23rd, a bomb blast in a cowardly terrorist attack in Jerusalem killed one and injured more than 20 other Israeli civilians,. The bomb, which was packed with more than a kilogram of explosives and shrapnel, was left on the sidewalk near the city’s central bus station and might have been trigged by remote control just as a bus drove. One woman who was critically injured in the blast later died, according to several reports.<\/p>\n

In addition, on March 19, Palestinian militants in Gaza fired more than 50 rockets into Israel. This was considered the heaviest barrage in two years, Israeli officials said.<\/p>\n

Furthermore on March 12, a terrorist infiltrated the West Bank settlement of Itamar, southeast of Nablus, early Saturday and brutally stabbed five family members to death. The shocking attack occurred around 1 am as the terrorist entered the family home and murdered three children aged 11, 3, and an infant along with their parents. The victims were apparently sleeping as the killer came in.<\/p>\n

These terror attacks that occurred after a period of relative calm are likely to be attempts by the Palestinian terror groups to divert the attention of the recent Arab revolutions to the Palestinian cause as many of these revolutions did not put the Palestinian issue on their priority list. On some occasions, as the Friday prayer by Sheikh Youssef Al-Quaradawi in Tahreer square in Cairo, the Palestinian issue was mentioned; however, it was certainly not the theme of these revolutions that focused predominantly on local national issues and problems.<\/p>\n

It is likely that the Palestinian Jihadist groups attacked Israel repeatedly during this particular time in an attempt to force Israel to respond in a strong military manner that would provoke widespread Arab anger against Israel. The objective would be to bring back attention to the Palestinian cause and unite the revolutions under a common cause against the Jews and Israel.<\/p>\n

It was wise that Israel was not dragged until the moment of writing this Op-Ed in this path as an immediate devastating military attack on Gaza or the West Bank would play into the agenda of the Palestinian radical groups such as Hamas and others. Military retaliation is certainly needed; however, what can be a more painful deterrent to the Palestinian Radical groups is that the Israeli government declared its intention to build new settlements. This "they kill, we build" strategy could be a big deterrent move on the Palestinian radical groups and many of their supporters.<\/p>\n

In brief, the recent Palestinian terror acts on Israel are likely an attempt by Islamic radical Palestinian groups to provoke a strong immediate military retaliation from Israel to bring back the Palestinian issue to the attention of the "Arab street" since it had been largely overshadowed by recent revolutionary events across the Middle East and North Africa. The Israeli government may need to show some self-constraint at the moment to avoid helping this agenda of the radicals. However, the Israeli government MUST not stay silent and should:<\/p>\n

1- Delay the military response for some time – as an immediate military action can work for the benefit of the agenda of the Palestinian radicals by diverting the anger in the Arab street and uniting it against Israel.<\/p>\n

2- Declare that Israel will respond in a very strong military manner in a time that it will see as appropriate for this retaliation and that the Israeli response will make the radical groups regret that they attacked Israeli civilians.<\/p>\n

3- Take a decision to build a new settlement in response to every attack that occurred on Israeli civilians. Ideally, Israel also should declare that some of these new settlements will be named after the names of the victims of terror to honor them and remember their names.
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Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>The recent Palestinian terror acts against Israeli civilians raises several questions, particularly about the timing of the attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":171974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The recent Palestinian terror acts against Israeli civilians raises several questions, particularly about the timing of the attacks.<\/p>\n

Today on March 23rd, a bomb blast in a cowardly terrorist attack in Jerusalem killed one and injured more than 20 other Israeli civilians,. The bomb, which was packed with more than a kilogram of explosives and shrapnel, was left on the sidewalk near the city’s central bus station and might have been trigged by remote control just as a bus drove. One woman who was critically injured in the blast later died, according to several reports.<\/p>\n

In addition, on March 19, Palestinian militants in Gaza fired more than 50 rockets into Israel. This was considered the heaviest barrage in two years, Israeli officials said.<\/p>\n

Furthermore on March 12, a terrorist infiltrated the West Bank settlement of Itamar, southeast of Nablus, early Saturday and brutally stabbed five family members to death. The shocking attack occurred around 1 am as the terrorist entered the family home and murdered three children aged 11, 3, and an infant along with their parents. The victims were apparently sleeping as the killer came in.<\/p>\n

These terror attacks that occurred after a period of relative calm are likely to be attempts by the Palestinian terror groups to divert the attention of the recent Arab revolutions to the Palestinian cause as many of these revolutions did not put the Palestinian issue on their priority list. On some occasions, as the Friday prayer by Sheikh Youssef Al-Quaradawi in Tahreer square in Cairo, the Palestinian issue was mentioned; however, it was certainly not the theme of these revolutions that focused predominantly on local national issues and problems.<\/p>\n

It is likely that the Palestinian Jihadist groups attacked Israel repeatedly during this particular time in an attempt to force Israel to respond in a strong military manner that would provoke widespread Arab anger against Israel. The objective would be to bring back attention to the Palestinian cause and unite the revolutions under a common cause against the Jews and Israel.<\/p>\n

It was wise that Israel was not dragged until the moment of writing this Op-Ed in this path as an immediate devastating military attack on Gaza or the West Bank would play into the agenda of the Palestinian radical groups such as Hamas and others. Military retaliation is certainly needed; however, what can be a more painful deterrent to the Palestinian Radical groups is that the Israeli government declared its intention to build new settlements. This "they kill, we build" strategy could be a big deterrent move on the Palestinian radical groups and many of their supporters.<\/p>\n

In brief, the recent Palestinian terror acts on Israel are likely an attempt by Islamic radical Palestinian groups to provoke a strong immediate military retaliation from Israel to bring back the Palestinian issue to the attention of the "Arab street" since it had been largely overshadowed by recent revolutionary events across the Middle East and North Africa. The Israeli government may need to show some self-constraint at the moment to avoid helping this agenda of the radicals. However, the Israeli government MUST not stay silent and should:<\/p>\n

1- Delay the military response for some time – as an immediate military action can work for the benefit of the agenda of the Palestinian radicals by diverting the anger in the Arab street and uniting it against Israel.<\/p>\n

2- Declare that Israel will respond in a very strong military manner in a time that it will see as appropriate for this retaliation and that the Israeli response will make the radical groups regret that they attacked Israeli civilians.<\/p>\n

3- Take a decision to build a new settlement in response to every attack that occurred on Israeli civilians. Ideally, Israel also should declare that some of these new settlements will be named after the names of the victims of terror to honor them and remember their names.
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