Imagine, there you are, sitting on a couch in Iran. On the same couch to your right, is the newly inaugurated President of that country. Sitting in an uncomfortable chair to your left, is the current Ayatollah, or religious leader of that fine Islamic Republic. Above him, to his right, is a picture of the original Ayatollah who started this mess. He has a stern look on his face.
You, Ismail Haniyeh, Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas, are all spiffed up in a dark suit, a pure white shirt with no tie and an immaculately trimmed beard. In a picture of you on the same couch in 2012, you are wearing a blue shirt.
Shortly after your latest meeting with the top brass in Tehran, you are no more. A bomb hidden in your living quarters, blamed on Israel, eliminates you and one of your bodyguards.
The Ayatollah and the President must be thinking, "Here today and gone tomorrow. That bomb has been there for several months, just to be safe, maybe this would be a good time to get rid of that couch and that uncomfortable chair."
