Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.
Salvation, the prophets tell us, is preconditioned by repentance. The redeeming act of God waits upon man's initiative.
Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
Better to be disliked than pitied.