chareidmolim:
I do not understand all this about “provoking” the Arabs. We are in the midst of a war with them. In a war does every bullet fired at the enemy constitute “provocation”; or must we wait until the enemy has their gun aimed at us before “provoking” him?
If we were in a full-fledged war with them, then your logic would be correct. But we are not.
Not every Arab is currently trying to kill every Jew in Israel. Abbas and his cronies are not calling for violence, much less declaring war. So provocations can still make things worse.
(Obviously, this not does not apply to measure taken in self-defense, or to eliminate a possible threat. But ascending HHB is neither of those.)
ubiquitin, I am disappointed. Until now, your comments have contained logical arguments. I believe that the logic was flawed, but it was still there. But your last two comment are nothing more than petty demagoguery. Of course we do not believe that shooting is terrorists is wrong. I find it difficult to believe that you would actually doubt that.