The legal implications will be huge. I’m almost certain that the MB legal argument will center on treatment of Zionist organizations in the US. It will fascinating for many observers to watch Islamism and Zionism trying not to look similar.

And to think of the legal arguments that will be filled by American citizens being sanctioned, losing property or business ties because they belong to an organization the US tolerated for decades

Without explicitly saying so, I know some Arabs and Muslims celebrate such terrorism and feel a level of vengeance or revenge. This is a sad, but it’s real. Just like some Jews look at the suffering in Gaza and feel the Palestinians brought it on themselves.

The messages such stupid acts send are:
1. Arabs & Muslim immigrants are a threat to western societies. Probably a small majority already believes this and such acts add fuel to the fire.

2. Another message to the Jewish communities is that they need to support and stand by Israel

But the logic behind this pattern, which I’ve seen play out in business & war, is about maximizing negotiating leverage: improving one’s own BATNA (Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement) while degrading the BATNA of others.