Threat of West Bank rockets is real

A rocket factory was discovered in an Abu Dis raid Abu Dis, of course, is just outside Jerusalem. The threat of rockets in the center of Israel is not imagination or hyperbole. It is a real possibility. It will not be avoided by concessions. If Abu Dis was in Palestinian hands, those rockets would probably have been launched against Jerusalem. Here is the little story:

A weapons lab containing explosives and pipes that were apparently meant to be used to assemble rockets was discovered in a joint Border Police-IDF-Shin Bet [Israel Security Agency] operation last month in Abu Dis, next to Ma'aleh Adumim, security officials announced Friday.

Three Palestinians were arrested in connection with the factory.

The discovery followed intelligence gathered by the defense establishment.

The Shin Bet revealed in a report last year that Hamas terror operatives in the West Bank had increased efforts to obtain a rocket capability and to develop Kassam rockets that could be fired into central Israeli cities.