Both us and the Israelis proved to be short sighted, and ignorant of the hate of Islamists. The Americans have an excuse, they are too far removed from this stupid desert mentality, however, the Israelis live among these savages! My only explanation is the Israeli decision makers may be all become Eurocentric. The Sephardic Jews know very well the hate in the heart of the Islamists. I bet if they participated in the policymaking at that time they would have advised against it. Smart people do not play with rattle snakes!