Jonathan Spyer: Israel Avoids the Abyss – For Now | The Australian

Jonathan Spyer: Israel Avoids the Abyss – For Now | The Australian

First indications that the violence in Israel and the West Bank is Being Contained For the past four weeks, Israel and the West Bank have been hit by a wave of stabbing attacks by Palestinian Muslims on Israeli Jews, and by demonstrations and protests in the West Bank. Palestinian fury derives from claims that Israel planned to change the ‘status quo’ banning Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif area.