In order to sustain the peace process, police are saying that this was not terrorism. But the test is simple: the Arab wouldn’t have dared to run over a Fatah policeman; thus he attempted to kill a Jew.

There is really nothing to investigate, as the PA speaks openly about the financing. Indeed, it would make no difference if Fatah were paying for the homes with its own money while covering the gaps in other expenses with US aid. That trick, by the way, has for three decades allowed Egypt to use American aid to build up its army while nominally using the money for peaceful purposes.

Does the PA promote terrorism by subsidizing these houses? Yes, but not to the extent that Israel promotes the same by releasing terrorists.

So long as Israel finances the Fatah and Hamas governments in the West Bank and Gaza, there is little moral merit in blaming the United States for feeding the monster in our backyard.

The Arab is not a member of any terrorist cell, just a random good Arab ready to fight for his nationalist goals. And what defense is there against such attacks short of evicting the perpetrators?

Police acted similarly in the Palmer case, refusing to acknowledge it as terrorism. Before that, police were not in the habit of bluntly misleading the public about terrorism.

Another stone smashed the windshield of a light rail train.

What is the solution, short of deporting them to Jordan?

The Arabs come from a village near Hebron, and they are just normal Arabs.

Meanwhile, other Arabs hurled rocks at a Jewish school bus in Judea. Because of such attacks, Jewish children ride in bulletproof school buses, the only such children in the world.