I often think about the evening of 7 July 2014. I was huddled under a blanket on the roof of my house in central Jerusalem. Mid-summer in Jerusalem still brings some chilly evenings. Down below the streets were teaming. Groups have started gathering on Zion Square carrying placards and chanting slogans. Some asked for talks. Others demanded action. The pain of three murdered Israeli teenagers found in the West Bank was fresh. The shock and disbelief about the Palestinian teenager murdered in apparent revenge equally raw. Rockets from Gaza had been raining down on the south of Israel in a steady barrage. Prime Minister Netanyahu asked Hamas nicely to stop. They didn’t. He asked again, less nicely this time. The rockets increased. Then came the warning, “Stop. Or we will stop you.” Just after 8pm that evening, Hamas launched 60 rockets from Gaza on Israel in 30 minutes.
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