Palestinians not worried by Israel-Iran war

Published September 19, 2012 6:15pm ET



RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — While neighboring Israel nervously braces for the possibility of war with arch-enemy Iran, Palestinians are greeting the crisis with a yawn.

Opinions about the international showdown over Iran’s burgeoning nuclear program are mixed, but Palestinians largely don’t see themselves a party to the conflict and don’t expect to be drawn into any violence — even though two decades ago Iraqi missiles toward Israel sent them scurrying for cover too.

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