The catalyst for the current violence is not really about Israelis and Palestinians. It's a Civil War by Proxy between Hamas and the PA, replacing the cancelled election. Each side competes for 'legitimacy' by demonstrating who can organize more violence against Israelis.
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Palestinian Pres. Abbas is in the 16th yr of a 4yr term. He called elections for April and his main campaign strategy was to incite small scale violence against Jews, a way of proving he is as committed to 'resistance' as his arch political opponents, the terror group Hamas.
When it was clear that Abbas' party, Fatah, faced certain defeat, he cancelled the elections, as everyone knew he would. Then Abbas did what every Palestinian leader has done for 100 years to gain followers: created a crisis over Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
With the Palestinian Authority calling for rioting against Israel in the name of “defending Al-Aqsa” Hamas had no choice but to compete for attention by attacking Israel. So Hamas (funded by Iran) unleashed the largest barrage of rocket attacks on Israeli civilians in many years.
Another indicator that this is an internal political battle between Hamas and Fatah is that reporting on Gaza by official PA media NEVER mentions Hamas rocket attacks on Israelis. To do so would be to give Hamas 'credit' for its 'resistance.'
Palestinian society is governed by two parties literally at war with each other for years. With no elections, no legislature, and no accountability, competing over murdering Jews is how they shine politically. That's how you 'win' in Palestinian politics. All else is tangential.
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