The refusal of the Arab world to negotiate directly with Israel about the MidEasts future. and the strain of confronting the Palestinian dilemma have slowly polarized and rigidified Israels domestic debate about how to deal with both problems. The price of constant military vigilance has added to that strain and narrowed Israels ability to think through choices with its eye on the long view. And now the West Bank and Gaza have exploded into violence. Palestinians. many of them children. have engaged in protests on an unprecedented scale in order to protest their continuing status within the occupied territories. Israels reaction to that explosion has left many Palestinians dead. many more of them beaten. hospitalized or Jailed. and some of them under threat of deportation. What we have seen and heard has often been appalling. Mr.
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