Contrary to what apologists aver, the current wave of stabbings is not a reaction to occupation it is a reaction to an invented threat to the al-Aqsa mosque created by the leaders of Palestine's Muslims. They have used this fabrication to manipulate the emotions of Muslims convincing them that they must protect the Temple Mount from Jews. These emotions are also being flamed by the PA and particularly by Abbas with outrageous statements such as this one which he made on Official PA TV on September 16, 2015:

"We bless you, we bless the Murabitin (those carrying out Ribat, religious conflict/war to protect land claimed to be Islamic), we bless every drop of blood that has been spilled for Jerusalem, which is clean and pure blood, blood spilled for Allah, Allah willing. Every Martyr (Shahid) will reach Paradise, and everyone wounded will be rewarded by Allah.
The Al-Aqsa [Mosque] is ours, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is ours, and they have no right to defile them with their filthy feet. We will not allow them to, and we will do everything in our power to protect Jerusalem."