Nothing in history or current reality could possibly lead an honest observer to conclude that there’s a viable path to peace between Palestinians and Israel. Barring some dramatic exogenous event, this isn’t about to change. Give it up.

After the murder of five Israelis (three of them American citizens and one of them a Druze) this week, people fired celebratory gunshots in the air “and praise for God and the attackers poured from mosque loudspeakers soon after the synagogue attack,” reported the New York Times. Fatah officials in Lebanon chimed in to let us know that “Jerusalem needs blood in order to purify itself of Jews.” There were congratulatory messages on Fatah’s official Facebook page and festive post-murder spree sweets for the kids. This celebration of death — whether dead babies or dead rabbis, it matters not — not only illustrates the colossal moral gulf that exists between these societies but also reminds us that any Palestinian government inclined to entertain a viable agreement with Jews wouldn’t last long anyway.