Rule One: do not give in to the demands of terrorists, because that will only lead to more demands.(The Week ...)(Brief article)

Rule One: Do not give in to the demands of terrorists, because that will only lead to more demands. Early this year, the Palestinians voted in Hamas, a group planning to drive out Israel and take its place. That was their democratic right, but then they must live with the consequences. The violence and intimidation practiced by Hamas puts it outside the civilized world, and at first the civilized world rightly responded by refusing to pay aid to the Palestinians. (For half a century, that aid has degraded, corrupted, and impoverished them, but that's another matter.) Hamas leaders have been round the capitals and ...