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"The uprising is on the way. When the next wave of terror emerges from the alleys of East Jerusalem, Israelis will pretend to be astonished and furious. But the truth must be told: Despite Wednesday's shocking incident, the Palestinians are turning out to be one of the most tolerant nations in history. Mass arrests, violent settlers, deprivation, expulsion, neglect, dispossession — and they remain silent, except for the recent protest of the stones. There is no self-deception from which the city doesn’t suffer. The capital is a capital only in its own eyes; the united city is one of the most divided in the universe."

Gideon Levy für Haaretz mit einer pessimistischen Perspektive für Jerusalem. Der Terror werde ausbrechen, eine weitere Mauer werde gebaut, diesmal durch die Stadt selbst. "Mit einem nationalistischen Bürgermeister, einer gewalttätigen Polizei und einer Regierung unter Benjamin Netanjahu", so Levy, "ist nichts mehr sicher".