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February 1, 2023

So Long as Palestinians Celebrate Bloodshed, Peace Will Remain Out of Sight

The “cycle of violence” returns.

When, in 1998, a Palestinian was fatally stabbed in Jerusalem—apparently by an Israeli terrorist—the country’s president visited the victim’s widow and the Defense Ministry gave his family a six-figure compensatory payment, akin to the support given to Israeli victims of Palestinian terror. Last Friday, the victim’s grandson murdered seven people leaving a Jerusalem synagogue. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, according to his spokesman Ned Price, hoped during his trip to Israel and Egypt this week that he could “put an end to the cycle of violence.” Stephen Daisley observes:

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February 1, 2023

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  2. So Long as Palestinians Celebrate Bloodshed, Peace Will Remain Out of Sight

    The “cycle of violence” returns.

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