“Such incidents only widen the gaps between us, the suspicions, they divide us into camps. Believe me, we have good relations here between Jews and Arabs. I am a friend of Avi from the falafel shop and Tami from the coffee shop, and of Yaakov. It’s such a shame.”
--Ahmed Asmar, Arab owner of a shop at the gas station complex on a West Bank highway where a soldier was stabbed to death this week. 

"Our rules of engagement are more permissive than restrictive, but when you have a trembling girl with scissors in her hands, you don't need to riddle her with ten bullets. You could kick her or shoot her in the leg."
--Senior IDF commander says, "We learned a lesson from both intifadas – Palestinian deaths cause outbursts of violence.”

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You Must Be Kidding: 
A Palestinian shop owner in E. Jerusalem village of Issawiya was reportedly fined by the Jerusalem municipality on the grounds that the sign above his storefront did not accurately describe the store’s contents. He is one of a number of shop owners in the village who have recently been heavily and repeatedly fined for arbitrary reasons. 

 “I’m out of ideas."
--What US Secretary of State John Kerry told Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in a phone conversation on the way to the airport after their meeting to discuss how to stop the violence came up empty, according to a US source.

"The truth should also be voiced clearly. Little can be done to prevent lone terrorists from carrying out their plans, especially when their motives are no longer clear."

--Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror writes in Israel Hayom that imposing harsh measures on the Palestinians because of the act of individuals, won't help and could make things worse.