(Gatestone Institute) Khaled Abu Toameh - After bringing death and destruction on the residents of Gaza, Iran-backed Hamas is now trying to drag Arab Israelis and Palestinians in eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank into a violent confrontation with Israel. Yet these efforts have so far been unsuccessful. The Arab Israelis and the Palestinians of the West Bank and Jerusalem see the death and destruction in Gaza and do not want to meet the same fate. Moreover, 20 Arab citizens of Israel were murdered by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 or by Hamas rocket launches in the ensuing days. The writer, a veteran Israeli journalist, is a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.
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