The relentless Palestinian attacks are beginning to evoke policy disagreements inside Israel’s leadership. Netanyahu continues to blame Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for inciting the violence -- and to some extent, he is clearly correct. But Israeli military and security services have been insisting that while Abbas is far from innocent, there are socioeconomic factors contributing to the violence. “The motivation for action is based on feelings of national, economic and personal discrimination," a report from the Shin Bet security agency stated last month. “For some of the assailants an attack provides an escape from a desperate reality they believe cannot be changed.”
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