There are a lot of diplomatic I-told-you-sos rocketing into Washington from around the world right now. Critics of President Donald Trumps move of the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on Monday are in high dudgeon. As they warned, the Palestinians reacted violently to the move. Thousands massed on the edges of the Gaza Strip to protest the American move, and economic hardships in Gaza.
We, too, cautioned last year that moving the embassy, though mainly symbolic, would likely provoke Palestinian ire. What happened Monday, though, is more disturbing than that.
According to The New York Times, loudspeakers on minarets urged Palestinians to rush the fence bordering Israel, where they were met by army snipers. The Washington Post reports that organizers urged demonstrators to burst through the fence, telling them Israeli soldiers were fleeing their positions, even as they were reinforcing them.
