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U.S. Decision on Jerusalem Did Not Lead to Increase in Violence
(Jerusalem Post) Hillel Frisch - According to data from the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, the pattern of violent Palestinian attacks in the four months since President Trump's decision on Jerusalem is remarkably similar to the four months preceding the decision. The number of arrests Israel makes is also a good indicator of levels of violence. Addameer, a Palestinian NGO, records a slight decline in arrests after the decision. If President Trump's decision on Jerusalem was so inflammatory, why did Hamas see the need for the "March of Return" campaign to mobilize Palestinians to violence? The writer, a professor of political and Middle East studies at Bar-Ilan University, is a senior research associate at its BESA Center.