Today saw the latest tit-for-tat reprisal carried out by the Islamic fundamentalists: the bombing of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Hamas claimed the deaths of at least seven Israeli civilians was in response to an Israeli attack on the home of a leading Hamas figure in Gaza City, which killed a number of children. The Palestinian Authority issued an official condemnation of the terrorist attack. No doubt the British left, particularly the ideologically vacuous SWP, will be cheering at the latest round of anti-Jewish violence by the blood curdling fundamentalists and no doubt the Zionist lobby in Washington will urge the complete annihilation of the Palestinian community in the occupied territories. But caught in between the two sides are two communities who are, more than ever, filled with fear and mutual animosity. The only realistic choice in this situation is peace, reconciliation and compromise - something neither extremes will allow.