Isreal and Palestine war rages on as the Israeli operation in Jenin has reignited Palestinian rage.
A heavy layer of black ash has accumulated on Jenin’s pavements and roads.
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It emanates from flaming tyre barricades set up by young Palestinian men who stalk streets looking for an Israeli jeep.
Some of them are armed with rocks or homemade bombs to throw at passing Israeli cars. Gunfire and explosions may be heard in the refugee camp, which is located on high ground above the town centre, in periodic bursts.
Israeli drones are continuously buzzing overhead. Armed Palestinians emerge from the tyre smoke from time to time to shoot at the Israelis.
This year, violence between Palestinians and Israelis has been practically everyday. When blood is spilled, there is typically a retaliatory dynamic of the retaliation.
This comprises Palestinian armed organisations, Jews living in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, as well as the Israeli army.
The Israelis claimed they moved in on the Jenin camp because it was the site of more than 50 recent strikes.
However, the roots of violence, despair, and hatred run much deeper than the most recent violent clashes. They thrive in the poison left over from a more than a century-long struggle over land ownership.
For a while in the 1990s, there was hope that peace could be achieved if an independent Palestinian state coexisted with Israel, the so-called two-state solution. The endeavour was a failure.
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Powerful Western countries such as the United States, European Union members, and the United Kingdom continues to assert that two states are the only viable option.
Their words are meaningless slogans. The most recent American attempt to make the concept work failed in 2014.
