Debatable: ‘Full-scale war’

 
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.

A synagogue on fire. Gazan apartment buildings leveled by bombs. Jews attacking Arabs and Arabs attacking Jews on the street. It’s been called the worst outburst of Israeli-Palestinian violence in seven years. At least seven people, including two children, in Israel and 103 Palestinians, including 27 children, have been killed as of Thursday, and by Friday those numbers will probably be outdated. If the situation continues to escalate, the United Nations’ special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process warned, the region could be headed toward a ’full-scale war.’ Why is this happening, and what does it portend for the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Here’s what people are saying. ...”

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