TheVoiceOfJoyce Amidst the tragedies in Jerusalem, there is an uneasy tension as Netanyahu’s government considers more punitive measures rather than seeking calm. Why escalate tensions? Tit for tat causes a cycle of violence. Allowing the easy purchase of guns will increase the numbers of homicides. Learn from our mistakes in America, gun violence claims 45,000 yearly, that a horrific toll on our population and we want it to end. Are any pragmatic leaders in this government? Why choose violence and the wrath of the World’s communities? Why choose theocracy over democracy?

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www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/29/israel-to-take-punitive-steps-against-palestinians-after-deadly-attacks

All of the measures are illegal under international law, and are likely to inflame tensions with the Palestinian public and the Palestinian Authority (PA), which controls parts of the occupied West Bank, at a time when the region already stands perilously close to escalation.

Friday’s shooting in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Neve Yaakov, which killed seven and injured three, followed the deadliest single Israeli army raid in the West Bank in decades. The unusually fierce attack on militants in the Jenin refugee camp left nine Palestinians dead, including two civilians, and triggered a wave of tit-for-tat violence, including the exchange of rocket fire between the Islamist-controlled Gaza Strip and Israel in the early hours of Friday.

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