Israeli Palestinian conflict
Formerly interhostile Palestinian factions in the West Bank are
joining to fight Israelis;
the two sides regularly kill each other.
The article describes repeated Israeli attacks as "in response to"
repeated Palestinian attacks. That asymmetry seems arbitrary: this
looks like a cycle in which each attack inspires an attack by the
other side. Each side is constantly retaliating for what the other
side is constantly doing, and vice versa.
If Israel had protected Palestinians who were not violent, and
respected their rights at least somewhat, the Palestinian Authority
could have validly said it was providing benefits to the Palestinians.
But Israel did not do enough to restrain its fanatics, so the
Palestinian Authority could not gain anything by recognizing Israel's
authority.
I suspect that the fanatical Israeli annexationists aim to whip up
all-out war, figuring that they can make that an opportunity for
ethnic cleansing, as Uri Avnery said was their goal.