The violence of “relative calm”
NOVANEWS
Maureen Clare Murphy Rights and Accountability
Relatives mourn during the funeral of Muhammad Dar Adwan during his funeral in Qalandiya refugee camp, 2 April. Dar Adwan was shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces during a raid on the camp earlier in the day.
Ayat ArqawyAPA images
The first anniversary of Gaza’s Great March of Return has now passed and Israel is counting down the days to an election that will determine its next government. Egypt and the United Nations have scrambled to head off a major armed confrontation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and so cross-boundary projectile and warplane fire have gone silent.
Thus “relative calm” reigns over the West Bank and Gaza Strip as Israel’s military occupation approaches its 52nd year.
“Relative calm” – the meaninglessn...