And it only took them 35 years to realize that.

From NYT:

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel will abandon a decades-old policy of demolishing the homes of Palestinian suicide bombers and gunmen, accepting an army panel's assessment that the practice does not deter attacks and should be stopped, the military said Thursday.

I love that Israel still claims the practice as its "legal right," which prompts the question, what doesn't Israel claim as its legal right?