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“The relative quiet we’re experiencing is deceptive. Just behind the curtain there are a number of Palestinian groups and individuals – including Hamas – that are busy planning their next terrorist attack. Fortunately, most of these attacks are foiled by the Shin Bet before they can be executed… It is very hard to predict when a lone-wolf attack will be carried out, especially since many of the terrorists decide on the spot that they’re going to attack.”

(Lior Akerman, former Shin Bet division head, writing in the Jerusalem Post on the work of security forces to prevent terror attacks, 12/01/2017)