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Surge in Palestinian terror is a preview of a two-state ‘solution’
Jonathan Tobin
July 5, 2023

…Jenin, which under the “anybody but Bibi” coalition that led Israel for 18 months in 2021 and 2022 had become a mini-Gaza—a no-go zone for both the Palestinian Authority and Israeli forces. The terrorist stronghold is dominated by Hamas and the radical Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and bolstered by funding from their Iranian ally. Unlike Gaza, Israeli ground forces can still move into Jenin. But the Israel Defense Forces’ operation, which by all accounts was a major tactical success leading to the deaths of terrorists and the degrading of their infrastructure, was still much like other periodic efforts undertaken by the military in Gaza to “mow the grass” in that it provided merely temporary relief. READ MORE

JERUSALEM POST Tovah Lazaroff: Five reasons the IDF battle against Palestinian terror in Jenin is never over The IDF might as well have posted a sign at the entryway to Jenin stating “We’ll be back”.  That’s how clear it is that its two-day military campaign in the northern West Bank Palestinian city this week was just one more battle in a prolonged IDF war on terror and not a decisive defeat. “There is no silver bullet here,” former IDF intelligence chief Amos Yadlin told Army Radio, adding that those who think there is such a silver bullet, “don’t understand where we live and the strategic context of the battle on terror.

ARUTZ SHEVA UN chief charges: Israel used excessive force in Jenin Ambassador Erdan fires back: The Secretary-General’s remarks against Israel were shameful, farfetched, and completely detached from reality.

DAILY MAIL BBC apologises after news anchor Anjana Gadgil says ‘Israeli forces are happy to kill children’ in interview with country’s former prime minister over West Bank raid The BBC has provoked outrage after a news anchor said ‘Israeli forces are happy to kill children’ during a TV interview with the country’s ex-prime minister. Presenter Anjana Gadgil expressed the statement as a matter of fact while interviewing Naftali Bennett, who led the country from 2021 to 2022. Since the segment was broadcast on the BBC News channel, Ms Gadgil appears to have deleted her social media profiles and the BBC has apologised – describing her language as ‘inappropriate’ and ‘not phrased well’.