Drive the core of hostile Palestinians to cause tragedy? (5)
I believe the answer is:
drama
'tragedy?' is the definition.
(tragedy is a kind of drama)
'drive the core of hostile palestinians' is the wordplay.
'drive' becomes 'dr' (abbreviation used in road names).
'the core of hostile palestinians' becomes 'ama' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'dr'+'ama'='DRAMA'
'to cause' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drama that I've seen before include "Plays as branch of literature" , "shared interest of 6 & 12 [VERDI & SHAKESPEARE]" , "Play; exciting situation" , "Theatre or radio play" , "High emotion" .)