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Most West Bank Palestinians Didn't Heed Calls for Third Intifada
(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - Immediately after the Oct. 7 massacre, it was believed there might be a third intifada in the West Bank. The terrorist organizations greatly stepped up their attacks and the army sent in large forces, but the West Bank isn't sliding into active warfare. The reason? Many Palestinians in the West Bank are very worried that Israel might adopt similar measures as in Gaza, which has been almost totally destroyed. In conversations with Palestinian security officials over the past year, it's surprising to see a near total lack of emotion regarding Hamas's travails in Gaza. There's not even lip service; at most, there's a brief expression of identification with the suffering of the Gazans, on whom Hamas has inflicted a national calamity.