I’ve been watching the unfolding scenario in Israel and Palestine all day, absolutely stunned at how far this has gone… and how fast.
Earlier, the EU said,
“All sides need to consider their responsibilities extremely carefully,” EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said in a statement.
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“Both sides must step back from the brink before this becomes a crisis that neither can control,” she said.
And now, there’s this:
Palestinian militants in the West Bank are reported to have killed an Israeli settler they had abducted at the weekend.
Palestinian security sources were quoted as saying the body of the 18-year-old man, Eliahu Asheri, had been recovered in the city of Ramallah.
Surely… surely it’s obvious that neither the Palestinian Authority nor Hamas have any control over what’s happening.
If they could stop it — if they could have freed the three hostages — they would have, because Polimom believes they know, just like the rest of us always knew, that Israel was not bluffing.
And Israel is supremely pissed off. This is horrifying to watch…
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