Actually, I’d say it worked. Hamas doesn’t care about Palestinians. But they also know Israel doesn’t. And they have succeeded in using over-the-top violence to goad Israel into committing its own orgy of over-the-top violence. And that will turn it (if it hasn’t already) into a pariah state.

A page straight from Bin Laden’s book. And in case you are wondering, he also succeeded in severely - possibly even permanently - damaging America.