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While U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reported he remains cautiously optimistic for prospects of deescalating the violence between Israelis and Palestinians, U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki-moon’s analysis of current conditions was far more dire. And from this observer’s perspective, far more realistic. Still, how these two men could come to diametrically opposite assessments of this latest uprising is a not exactly a difficult mystery to solve. A quick look at the history will provide some clues.