The unrest began in the spring of 2022 in Jenin, the town once dubbed the West Bank’s “suicide” capital, spilled over to Nablus, passed briefly through Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority (PA), and is now setting east Jerusalem ablaze. All signs indicate that the growing tensions of recent months between Israel and the Palestinians seem to be a precursor to a third intifada.
As of this writing, pitched battles are being waged between special Israeli military forces and armed Palestinian militants in the Jenin refugee camp. Reports say two Palestinians have been killed, one of them Red Crescent doctor Abdullah Abu Tin, apparently hit by a volley fired at the ambulance in which he was sitting. Israel insists the shooters were Palestinians, arguing that its own forces are highly trained and deploy sharpshooters against their targets, rarely using automatic fire.
