New EU report warns that Jerusalem is reaching a 'boiling point'

[Jefferson23]

Report recommends restrictions and warnings for settlers and settlement goods

Jerusalem has reached a “boiling point” according to a new EU report leaked to the Guardian on Friday, with violence and sectarian tensions on the rise after numerous tit-for-tat killings in recent months.

According to “well-informed” European sources, “2014 has been distinguished by a number of specific, disturbing and often violent developments.”

“These incidents have occurred against the background of the systematic increase in settlement activity, tensions over the Haram al-Sharif and rising levels of tensions and acts of violence on both sides.”

The report is a document prepared by the European countries' Jerusalem missions, who offer advice to EU foreign policymakers.

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[BillZBubb]

1. This is precisely what Netanyahu wants. It is the long term Likud practice.

They keep marginalizing and mistreating the Palestinians. Eventually the Palestinians, after long provocation, react violently.

Netanyahu then whines about how the poor Israelis are being harmed by Palestinian "terrorists" and that the only solution is to expand the settlements and crack down harder on the Palestinians.

Rinse and repeat.

[Jefferson23]

2. For the American audience, Bibi unintentionally lifted the cover of a narrative on what Israeli

policy is and has been about all along. It will be hard for him to put it back to what it
was, but he and his supporters will point their fingers at the left, as Bibi does. lol

One example of their defense tactics:

Why does the left refer to Israeli policy as evil? lol..gee I don't know, maybe because
it is. To the casual observer of the conflict this may pass as some kind of legitimate
question. If you look at who relies on these bogus tactics, you'll find an apologist
for apartheid.