For the past two weeks Israel has followed a policy of restraint and has not responded to Palestinian violence.

Friday night, Islamic Jihad claimed credit for sending a terrorist suicide bomber to Tel Aviv. He killed 17 people and injured another 92, tearing arms or legs off of many.

Almost all of those killed were teenagers. Most of them were from families who had come from Russia since the fall of the SOviet Union.

But, as RichM says, "nobody in Israel is without blame." So, I suppose those teenagers got what they deserved.