It is an opinion of course. How on earth could anyone prove such a thing short of the Palestinian Authority admiting it (which they would NEVER do).
Why else would they do it? To focus world attention on their plight? They would be much more sucessful if they committed suicide in front of the Knesset, killing no one but themselves ala the Buddhist(sp?) monks who burned themselves to death to draw attention to conditions in Viet Nam in the 60's.
No, I'll stand by what I said, opinion or not. I feel that it is a sensible explaination.
The whole world now condemns Israel for reacting as it did. That, I think, is what the whole thing was and is about.
The Palestinians hope that the UN or whoever will force Israel back to the old, indefensible pre-1967 borders, taking back Jerusalem, Samaria and Judea and setting the stage for the final destruction of the State of Isreal.
This is an opinion,but theres plenty of evidence to back it up, not the least being the PLO Charter.

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