“Is there a direct connection among the recent string of security incidents – the murder in Itamar, the escalation around the Gaza Strip, the Grad rockets on Be’er Sheva and the terror attack in Jerusalem? That was one of the questions occupying defense and government officials on Wednesday.

At this point, the answer is still unclear.

In any case, the bombing in Jerusalem cut short a period of almost three years of calm in the capital. It is a significant turn for the worse for the city, which managed only with great difficulty to extricate itself from the second intifada.”

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