Crap.

Well, so much for peace in the middle east. A bomber from Islamic Jihad blew up himself and a number of Israelis in Tel Aviv today, the first such attack this year to take Israeli lives. In a feat of depressing predictability, Hamas, while not taking any credit for the bombing, isn't saying it was bad, either:

... Hamas leaders declined to condemn the bombing, suggesting it was an act of self-defense. A Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Strip, Sami Abu Zouhri, called the attack "a natural result of the continued Israeli aggression and escalation against our people."

Great. This will be just what extremists on the pro-Israel side of the fence need to justify sanctions against the new Palestinian government, continuing down everyone's favorite spiral straight to chaos.

Also, I wonder about this bombing business. What does it get the organizations that perpetrate such acts? It seems like a tactic without a strategy at this point, unless you're just out to get your leadership offed by Mossad.