A Palestinian state will be the fruit of brains, not brawn

27th Sep 2005, 23:45 GMT

It ought to be painfully clear by now to the Palestinian people that any miscalculations on their part are likely to be used as fodder against them. This past week has shown how quickly a violent escalation of tit-for-tat measures can spiral completely out of control. When a blast went off at a Hamas rally in the Jabaliyya refugee camp last Friday.