Congratulations, Hamas.

[Loudly]

18. Weren't there several jihadi groups which were variously

claiming or denying responsibility, but universally expressing approval of the crime?

In such a vortex of ill will, lashing out is not a surprise.

And what was a unity government supposed to accomplish other than gradually displace Fatah with militants?

And what are all those incursion tunnels doing there built with stolen humanitarian aid?

And why escalate the conflict with rockets unless you welcome getting pounded until you're forced to stop?

All of this results from the refusal to accept Israel's right to peaceful coexistence as a Jewish sanctuary state.

It will always go back to that, and it's a complaint which should have faded away by now.

Likewise the eternal shadow cast by the rivalry between Isaac and Ishmael as told in an ancient story.