"We have no interest in an escalation, but Israel is pushing for it, so far," say PA officials.

Some 55% now sympathize with Israelis and 26% with the Palestinians, although the favorability of the Jewish state itself remains high.

Former US envoy to Russia says it's no longer a question of how to stop Kremlin disinformation, but how to promote information inside Russia.

Many saw Bashar Assad's visit to the UAE as legitimizing the tyrant from Damascus, but the truth is that it was Assad, a key member of the axis of evil, who granted legitimacy to the Abraham Accords and to the normalization between Israel and the UAE.

It is unclear whether the Beersheba attack will have any direct bearing on tensions in Judea and Samaria and east Jerusalem, but as the situation on the ground is already volatile, the main concern now is of a slew of copycat attacks.