"They came to kill" said a witness about the murderous Qalandiya "raid" that killed 3 Palestinians. Deliberate provocation by Israel to create violent response and to end peace negotiations through PA withdrawal, after which Israel and US governments would yet again blame Palestinians for the failure of the negotiations.

The announcements of new illegal settlement units - soon to hit 5000 after Kerry announced the continuation of negotiations - and destruction of Palestinian homes fit to the same strategy of intimidation and sabotage of negotiations that Israel has done many times before. Israel wants violent Palestinian reaction and PA to get the blame for the end of negotiations.

USA government will not challenge this; question is, did it really believe that Israel would not play its usual violent "tricks" against peace or was this a trap from the beginning?