Troops who offered no resistance would've ended up as hacked as the two reservists, including those targeted in the incident where Arafat's underage apprentice-assailant was caught in the deadly Netzarim junction crossfire. Ehud Barak tried to explain this to CNN interviewer Christiane Amanpour, who pompously postured and pontificated, suitably suited in designer pseudo-combat fatigues. Her tone was markedly less aggressive while afterwards interviewing Saeb Erekat in his Jericho home. A specific Oslo clause obliged Palestinians to safeguard this particular sacred site and archeological treasure. Not that there was reason to assume they'll keep their word this time, having regularly broken previous promises.
Past records are reliable prognosticators.
Recalling the numerous bloody massacres they perpetrated during most of the preceding century might deepen doubts, so perhaps it's best to move on and put the peace partners' misdeeds out of mind. Blinders become imperative if restricting our insight will help further the Oslo objectives. It's better to mumble obligatory denunciations of the Ramallah savagery than admit it's the rule rather than the rare exception. In time, Beilin will do his effective utmost to make us forget this latest atrocity too, as we have the Hadassah convoy carnage. Defective memories apparently promote peace, or at least the intoxicating semblance thereof.