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Matthew Weaver reports, in Britain's leading liberal newspaper, that today's bulldozer attack in Israel, which killed three or four people, marks a rise in violence. In February, for example, a woman was killed and eleven people injured in Dimona. There were no Palestinian deaths worth mentioning in February. In March, eight students were killed by a gunman; it was "the worst incident inside Israel since April 2006". No incidents worth mentioning occurred outside Israel. In May, a rocket attack on a shopping mall caused injury to ninety real people. There were probably no Palestinian deaths worth mentioning in May. Last year there was only one fatal attack inside Israel, which killed three people. There were no fatal attacks on Palestinians worth mentioning. "The decrease in violence", according to the diligent Mr Weaver, "has been attributed to the effectiveness of the West Bank barrier in restricting access for Palestinians"; but he does not find the source of the attribution worth mentioning either.