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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/687503.html
Potential for Escalation
(Ha'aretz) Editorial - The continued firing of Kassam rockets at the northern Negev and Ashkelon does not bode well. Life in communities near the Gaza border has become intolerable, and the moment the rockets exact a price in human life, the government will no longer be able to make do with the limited response of artillery and aerial bombardment. The Kassam launches have a potential to inflame the situation: They could cause the Israel Defense Forces to return to Gaza. Hamas is the dominant power in Gaza and if it wanted to stop the launches it could do so. Mahmoud Abbas behaves as if he continues to govern the PA, but his power was taken away by the elections.