I heard a similar view from another friend, that East Jerusalem will be the tinder point for the third intifadah. Bernard Avishai is pushing the European Union resolution that recognizes East Jerusalem as the capital of the future Palestinian state, and he wants Obama to begin a crusade against the colonies:
One can only hope the EU document is essentially adopted, or even that a close vote prompts the requisite attention in Jerusalem. Adopting the resolution might even be a trial balloon for the Obama administration to do what it should have done from the start, which is adopt the Clinton parameters as policy itself.
FOR WHILE THE Wall Street Journal publishes fatuous pieces about shopping in Nablus, the situation on the ground is deteriorating day by day. Anyone with a head and heart can sense a terrible violence coming.
