SECOND TAKE
THE GUARDIAN: Chilling flare-up has deep roots
Outbreak of inter-communal mob violence in Israel did not spring up spontaneously
The horror unfolding in the Middle East is both old and new. There is a terrible familiarity to the destruction the Israeli state is raining down upon Gaza, and the lethal missiles fired from the strip by Palestinian militants. Three wars and numerous battles have taught everyone what to expect: indifference to civilian lives on both sides.
The unexpected and chilling development has been the outbreak of intercommunal violence, with mob attacks upon both Palestinian citizens of Israel and Jews. An Arab motorist was lynched in a Tel Aviv suburb, while in the city of Tamra a Jewish man was stabbed in the neck...
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