Can God Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?

As Ramadan, Passover and Easter coincided and violent clashes broke out in Jerusalem's Temple Mount/Al-Aqsa compound, the only surprise was that they didn't spark a full-scale war. The growing presence of Jews visiting the compound drew Palestinian protests, the police crackdown fed Palestinian fears of an Israeli "plot" to take over al Aqsa; and the Islamist Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, issued a call for attacks on Israelis and a potential religious war. Late on Independence Day, two Palestinian attackers took him at his word, killing three ultra-Orthodox Israelis in the city of Elad. After decades of scrutinizing how the people of this region think, it's easy to conclude that religious fervor towers over claims to land, power, resources, nation and narrative, in its raw capacity to escalate conflict and block peace.