The Israeli military believes the current wave of lethal violence
with Palestinians, which has claimed over 100 lives on both sides in the
last two months, will continue in the coming months amid the risk of a
further serious escalation.
After a period of 10 days that saw the highest number of Israeli fatalities, and the failure of a mission by US secretary of state John Kerry to calm tensions earlier this week, the bleak assessment confirms the growing view that the current tensions have become a new normal.
The prediction that the violence will continue was made by a senior unnamed Israeli Defence Forces officer who briefed Israeli journalists, and whose assessment was reported in several Israeli papers on Thursday morning.
The assessment emerged as Israel’s defence minister Moshe Ya’alon unveiled plans to construct an additional section of fence to prevent Palestinians from the southern West Bank – a flash point area in recent weeks - from reaching Israel.
Echoing remarks by senior military figures and Israel’s domestic security agency, the Shin Bet in recent weeks, the comments underlined what appears to be a fundamental disagreement between prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his senior ministers and senior security officials over the root causes of the recent dangerous frictions.
After a period of 10 days that saw the highest number of Israeli fatalities, and the failure of a mission by US secretary of state John Kerry to calm tensions earlier this week, the bleak assessment confirms the growing view that the current tensions have become a new normal.
The prediction that the violence will continue was made by a senior unnamed Israeli Defence Forces officer who briefed Israeli journalists, and whose assessment was reported in several Israeli papers on Thursday morning.
The assessment emerged as Israel’s defence minister Moshe Ya’alon unveiled plans to construct an additional section of fence to prevent Palestinians from the southern West Bank – a flash point area in recent weeks - from reaching Israel.
Echoing remarks by senior military figures and Israel’s domestic security agency, the Shin Bet in recent weeks, the comments underlined what appears to be a fundamental disagreement between prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his senior ministers and senior security officials over the root causes of the recent dangerous frictions.
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