Israel and it’s supporters always cite Palestinian “incitement” against Jews as “proof” that there is no hope for a peaceful, negotiated settlement. But as Gideon Levy points out incitement is a two-way street.
“Who told the director of Military Intelligence, Major General Aharon Ze’evi (Farkash) to declare, ‘Better Palestinian mothers should cry and not Jewish mothers?’ Is the head of army intelligence now also to be in charge of setting Israel’s moral priorities?…[Ze'evi] apparently doesn’t understand that this is not a zero-sum game, but a situation in which both sides lose, and vice-versa. Instead of presenting the facts as they are – in regard to the frame of mind among the Palestinians and the ways to change it – he is joining the chorus of incitement.”