(Ha'aretz) Amir Oren - The terror bombing in Jerusalem was another massacre of civilians on the endless production line created by the Hamas decision to conduct a war to end all wars against Israel. It was not the attack on Hamas leader Rantisi that spawned Wednesday's attack. The basic responsibility, the direct cause of the escalation that now threatens the political process and which sent the number of Israeli casualties in the three-year war over the 900 mark, sits on the shoulders of the Palestinians who reject any peace deal - particularly Hamas, which is growing in strength.
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