Adapted from Israel Today
The decision of the Security Service to close spots in the occupied Palestinian Negev and stop the movement of trains in southern occupied Palestine, fearing sniper fire or anti-armor fire towards Israeli cars, was necessary in light of the Islamic Jihad’s threats to avenge the arrest of the movement’s official in the occupied West Bank, Bassam al-Saadi.

The Confusion of the Israeli lives in light of the arrest of a Palestinian, who was not even killed, is a sign of weakness and is a significant achievement for the Jihad movement; however, hitting a bus with an anti-armor weapon is not better, and would drag the Israeli entity into a short phase of fighting. Whoever took the decision of arresting Al-Saadi on Monday evening must have known the close relationship between the Islamic Jihad members in both Gaza and the occupied West Bank, but the occupation undertook calculated risks of ignition in southern occupied Palestine.

There is no way to suppress such a series of fedayeen operations, similar to what we witnessed a few weeks ago, without the arrest of resistance fighters planning to implement operations. The frequent arrests in the West Bank in the recent period has been a central factor in the partial curbing for the resistance, which began in March, at least in this phase.

The intentions of the Islamic Jihad to revenge for Al-Saadi's arrest assures that the movement is insisted on responding to Israel's attack, unlike Hamas; although, the Israeli occupation wishes no escalation. For this purpose, it promotes air and ground defense, and exerts indirect pressure on Hamas to prevent the Islamic Jihad from any military response, based on the understanding that Hamas has no interest in escalation because the price of its economic loss will be very high.

The Security Service predicts that tension will accompany us in the upcoming days, yet success to prevent escalation is linked to the attitudes of the Israeli audience and soldiers, who proved their disobedience of orders.