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IDF Views Escalation of Palestinian Violence in West Bank
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - The escalation of Palestinian violence in the West Bank has not yet turned into a third intifada, the IDF's Judea Brigade commander Col. Avi Bluth said Thursday. "Are we in a period of escalation? The answer is yes. Are we on the way to a third intifada? As an army we are prepared for it, but it is my personal assessment that we are not." Bluth said that in Hebron he often works in coordination with the PA security forces. But he was careful to note that the operative word was "coordinate," and not "cooperate." He added that the two forces worked best when it came to operating against Hamas.