Netanyahu’s acquiescence to Obama’s pressure has borne some fruit—in blood. Hamas and other Palestinian groups have vowed to carry out major terrorist attacks to subvert the peace talks, which are futile in any case.
Shin Bet security service is great at intercepting Fatah terrorists, who are usually delivered by their own superiors who do not want to disrupt their dealings with Israel. Our capability at intercepting Hamas, PFLP, PRC, and other terrorists is considerably less. It can therefore be expected that a terrorist act will occur.
Nevertheless, Netanyahu went to Washington, implicitly setting the trigger on Hamas’ promise of terrorist attacks. Worse, the government balked at imposing a curfew on the Arabs in Judea and Samaria, a standard procedure when major unrest is expected. Clearly, Netanyahu did not want to appear impolite to his talk-partner Abbas.
And so a car with four Jews was ambushed near Hebron. Two men and two women were murdered, one of them visibly pregnant. After wounding them, the Muslims shot them in the head from point-blank range.
