encouraged Palestinian terrorists to commit acts of violence in order to provoke overreaction by Israel and secure one-sided condemnation of Israel by the international community.

Or, la violence est un risque. La direction palestinienne l’a ignoré, pensant sans doute qu’elle ferait une bouchée de pain d’un peuple qui venait d’être décimé par millions. À cet égard, peut-être que la Shoah a induit en erreur le leadership palestinien sur les capacités de résistance des Juifs de Palestine, mais on ne dispose guère à ce jour de

Israel in fighting his rivals in Hamas while accusing Israel of war crimes in international forums. Throughout, he could count on American and European leaders to keep meeting Palestinian demands without requiring any concession in return.

Palestinian propagandists understand and exploit the reality that decent people become outraged at the killing of a child and often do not pause to move the blame beyond the side that fired the fatal shot toward the side that deliberately placed the child in harm’s way.