You can tell a great deal about countries and people by how they react to a horrific act of terror. And this morning’s massacre at the Ramot junction in Jerusalem came at a moment heavy with symbolism: just as the world was waking up to reports of Donald Trump floating a new plan for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, the illusion of a negotiated, civilised discussion with the Palestinian movement was shattered. The gunfire in Jerusalem was a brutal reminder that such fantasies collapse the moment they are tested against reality.

To speak of ‘bringing back peace’ in this context is not only ahistorical, it is delusional

The official reaction of Hamas was to describe the killings as a ‘heroic operation’. In their statement, the gunmen’s slaughter of men and women waiting at a b

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