The events of Jerusalem Day on Monday needlessly escalated to the point that rockets were fired at Jerusalem and southern Israel adjacent to the Gaza Strip, while hundreds of Palestinians and police were injured in clashes on the Temple Mount. The big fear is that this is the first step toward what the IDF is terming a campaign against Gaza that could last several days, if not longer. Flare-ups don’t begin in a single day; they are not natural disasters. A chain of events, which include the confrontations in Sheikh Jarrah, the police barriers erected at the Damascus Gate, the clashes on the Te