Understanding Israel’s new – and nameless – intifada
Since the beginning of the latest spate of violence here, Israelis and Palestinians have been at a loss about what to call this amorphous, scary thing.
The main question hovering above the public sphere is, “Is this finally the third intifada?”
The Jerusalem Press Club thinks so. It has invited members of the media to a Sunday talk on “The Third Intifada: Causes and Solutions.” The speaker is Dr. Shmuel Berkovits, author of The Battle for the Holy Places and How Terrible Is the Place: Holiness, Politics and Justice in Jerusalem and the Holy Places in Israel.
Hamas, the extreme Islamist faction that governs the Gaza Strip, has routinely been calling for “days of rage.”… Seguir leyendo »