Segacs's World I Know

Delusion can be defined as getting one’s hopes up again and again, even when disappointment is a certainty.

Tonight in Tel Aviv, a bunch of people decided to go out to the promenade by the beach, maybe have a drink or two. Now, 4 are dead and over 50 injured because of a suicide bomber who decided to take advantage of the ease in restrictions by the Israelis to go out and murder them:

About 20 to 30 people queued up outside the “Stage” club on the generally packed Herbert Samuel Boulevard shortly after 11 pm Friday night when the bomber, dressed as a reveler himself, struck. As he reached the front of the line he detonated a nail-packed device just before being searched by one of the club’s guards. The force of the blast ripped cars open like cans, and sprayed the victims’ blood onto the club’s smashed front fa ade. Shops and windows of nearby buildings were obliterated.

Israel agreed to speed up the pullout from Gaza. Israel released Palestinian prisoners. Israel agreed to resume security talks. Israel eased border restrictions.

The Palestinians responded as expected… with more terror, more violence.

Anyone who had dared to hope that maybe this time would be different – despite all evidence to the contrary – well, I don’t know what to say. Because we all continue hoping. We’re human. We think that there’s got to be a way out of this mess and we’ll grasp at straws to find one.

What is there left to even hope for anymore?

Related posts:

1. We all knew this would happen, but it’s still hard to witness
2. “All of Palestine”
3. Big Lies
4. Peace Treaty? Reading between the lines
5. Why does this sound like a really bad idea?

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