IN Jabaliya, North Gaza, a man yells, “Are you satisfied now, Olmert? You’ve killed my child for your politics.” He is mourning the death of his only daughter, killed by an Israeli bomb last Tuesday.

If political interests did trigger Israel’s attack on Gaza that December 27, it is indeed a vicious motive. Israel is scheduled to hold elections on February 18. In order to increase its popularity, the government of Prime Minister Ehud Olme