According to Carl Bildt, what triggered the unrest was the police operation and the clashes at the Vidal-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
- It's like sending Nazis into the Vatican.
It triggers such strong emotions.
Hamas received 40 percent of the vote in the last parliamentary elections in 2006 and even though on paper it is not the ruling party, it has great power and popularity, especially in Gaza.
- Hamas suddenly goes in and sets conditions on Israel that they do not meet and then they start firing rockets. Then it is Hamas that gets into Palestinian politics, says Carl Bildt in Morgonstudion.