On The Defensive

A rash of violence in and around Israel further dampens prospects for peace

IT'S BEEN A BAD SPELL IN THE MIDST OF A BAD SEAson. Gunmen shot an Israeli couple in their automobile last Sunday, injuring both; the next day stone throwers who hit a car fractured the skull of an infant passenger. At a Jerusalem bus stop on the same day, an assailant believed to be Palestinian stabbed a man to death and injured a woman before fleeing. Israeli soldiers shot and killed five Palestinians last week, for a total of 18 this month. The blood swapping comes amid tensions over the deportation in December of about 400 Palestinians as well as the...

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