Palestine Film Night in Nottingham

2001 (41 bombings)
Name Date Location Death Toll (not including the perpetrators) Notes
Netanya centre bombing January 1, 2001 Netanya 60 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Taibe Bridge bombing January 30, 2001 Taibe 2 Injured Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Beit Yisrael bombing February 8, 2001 Jerusalem 2 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Holon attack February 14, 2001 Holon 8 A Palestinian intentionally ran with a car into people who were waiting for a ride at a hitchhiking station. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Mei Ami junction bombing March 1, 2001 Vadi Ara 1 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Netanyah bombing March 4, 2001 Netanya 3 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Talpiot industrial zone bombing March 27, 2001 Jerusalem 7 Injured Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
No. 6 bus French Hill junction bombing March 27, 2001 Jerusalem 28 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Mifgash Shalom attack March 28, 2001 Mifgash Shalom gas station, Kfar Sava 2 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Kfar Sava bombing April 22, 2001 Kfar Sava 1 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Or Yehuda bombing April 23, 2001 Near Ben Gurion Airport 8 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Nablus school bus bombing April 29, 2001 Nablus, West Bank None Hamas claimed responsibility.
Kenyon HaSharon bombing May 18, 2001 HaSharon shopping mall, Netanya 5 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Hadera Mall bombing May 25, 2001 Hadera None Hamas claimed responsibility.
Hadera bus station suicide bombing May 25, 2001 Central bus station, Hadera 65 injured 2 terrorists within a car bomb. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem Center bombing May 27, 2001 Jerusalem None PFLP claimed responsibility.
Jaffa Road bombing May 27, 2001 Jerusalem 30 Injured Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Netanya school bombing May 30, 2001 Netanya 8 injured Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing June 1, 2001 Tel Aviv 21 Hamas claimed responsibility.[3]
Dugit bombing June 22, 2001 Gaza Strip 2 Booby trapped car's explosion. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Yehud suburb bombing July 2, 2001 Tel Aviv 6 Injured Explosion of two separate bombs. PFLP claimed responsibility.
Kissufim bombing July 9, 2001 Southern Gaza Strip crossing point None Explosion of two separate bombs. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Binyamina train station bombing July 16, 2001 Binyamina 2 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Moshav B'kaot bombing August 8, 2001 Northern Jordan Valley 1 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing August 9, 2001 Downtown Jerusalem 15 Carried out by Hamas together with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Hebrew University suicide bombing August 9, 2001 Jerusalem 1 An American citizen killed.
Wall-Street Restaurant bombing August 12, 2001 Kiryat Motzkin 21 injured Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Russian Compound bombing August 21, 2001 Downtown Jerusalem 1 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Hanevi'im street bombing September 4, 2001 Jerusalem 20 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Nahariya train station bombing September 9, 2001 Nahariya train station 3 Suicide bomber was an Arab Israeli citizen. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Beit Lid junction bombing September 9, 2001 Near Netanya 17 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Talpiot neighborhood bombing October 1, 2001 Jerusalem Many injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Erez Passage bombing October 7, 2001 Erez Passage near Gaza None Hamas claimed responsibility.
Kibbutz Shluhot bombing October 7, 2001 Kibbutz Shluhot 1 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Erez crossing point bombing November 26, 2001 Gaza Strip 2 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Wadi Ara bombing November 29, 2001 Wadi Ara Junction 3 Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Ben Yehuda Street Bombing December 1, 2001 Downtown Jerusalem 11 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Haifa Bus 16 attack December 2, 2001 Haifa 15 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Hilton Mamilla bombing December 5, 2001 Mamilla, Jerusalem 11 injured Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Hamas.
Check Post Junction bombing December 9, 2001 Check Post Junction in the direction of Tel Hanan (Haifa area) 30 injured Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Neve Dekalim bombing December 12, 2001 Neve Dekalim 4 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.

[edit] 2002 (45 bombings)
Name Date Location Death Toll (not including the perpetrators) Notes
Old Central Bus Station massacres January 25, 2002 Tel Aviv 25 injured Double Suicide attack, carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Fatah.
Jaffa Street bombing January 27, 2002 Jerusalem 1 First Female suicide bomber in Al-Aqsa Intifada. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Taibe bombing January 31, 2002 Taibe None Hamas claimed responsibility.
Karnei Shomron pizzeria bombing February 16, 2002 Karnei Shomron, West Bank 3 About 30 injuries (6 seriously). PFLP claimed responsibility.[4][5]
Maale Adumim - Jerusalem road bombing February 18, 2002 Jerusalem 1 Soldier killed by an explosive that was detonated by the driver of the car he was checking. Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Maccabim bombing February 27, 2002 Maccabim 3 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre March 2, 2002 Yeshiva in Jerusalem 11 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Egged No. 823 bus bombing March 5, 2002 Afula 1 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.[5]
Ariel hotel lobby bombing March 7, 2002 Ariel, West Bank 15 injuries (1 seriously) PFLP claimed responsibility.[5]
Café Moment bombing March 9, 2002 Rehavia, Jerusalem 11 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Egged bus 22 bombing March 17, 2002 Jerusalem 25 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Egged bus 823 bombing March 20, 2002 Vadi Ara, Muzmuz Junction 7 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
King George Street bombing March 21, 2002 Jerusalem 3 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Passover Massacre March 27, 2002 Netanya 30 Suicide attack on Passover seder in Park Hotel. Carried out by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Supermarket bombing March 29, 2002 Kiryat Yovel in Jerusalem 2 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Allenby Street coffee shop bombing March 30, 2002 Tel Aviv 1 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Matza restaurant suicide bombing March 31, 2002 Haifa 15 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Efrat Medical Center March 31, 2002 Efrat 4 Injured (1 seriously) Hamas claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem Roadblock bombing April 1, 2002 Jerusalem 1 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Yagur Junction bombing April 10, 2002 Yagur 8 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Ben Yehuda Market bombing April 12, 2002 Jerusalem 6 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Rishon LeZion attack May 7, 2002 Rishon LeZion 15 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Netanya Market bombing May 19, 2002 Netanya 3 Carried out by Hamas together with PFLP.
Afula road bombing May 20, 2002 Afula None Hamas claimed responsibility.
Rothschild Street bombing May 22, 2002 Rishon Lezion 2 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Pi Glilot bombing May 23, 2002 North of Tel Aviv None A bomb planted by terrorists exploded underneath a fuel truck. The truck burst into flames, but the blaze was quickly contained.
Studio 49 Disco bombing May 24, 2002 Tel Aviv 5 Injured The security guard opened fire on a terrorist attempting to detonate a car bomb. The terrorist was killed, but the bomb exploded prematurely, injuring bystanders.
Petah Tikva Mall bombing May 27, 2002 Petah Tikva 2 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Egged bus 830 massacre June 5, 2002 Megiddo Junction 17 Booby-trapped car. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Shawarma restaurant bombing June 11, 2002 Herzliya 1 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Patt junction bus bombing June 18, 2002 Jerusalem 19 Hamas claimed responsibility.
French Hill Junction massacre June 19, 2002 French Hill, Jerusalem 7 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Emmanuel bus attack July 16, 2002 Emmanuel-Bnei Brak bus 189 9 Detonation of an explosive device and shooting. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Neve Shaanan Street bombing July 17, 2002 Southern Tel Aviv 5 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Nevi'im Street bombing July 30, 2002 Jerusalem 5 Injured Apparently the bomb exploded prematurely.
Hebrew University massacre July 31, 2002 Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9 Included American and French casualties. Bomber was from East Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Meron Junction Bus 361 attack August 4, 2002 Meron Junction 9 Arab bomber with Israeli citzenship. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Umm al-Fahm junction bombing August 5, 2002 Umm al-Fahm Junction in Wadi Ara 1 Injured The terrorist exploded in a taxi killing himself and wounding an Israeli-Arab driver from Nazareth.
Umm al-Fahm bombing September 18, 2002 Umm al-Fahm Junction in Wadi Ara 1 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Tel Aviv synagogue attack September 19, 2002 bus 4, near the Great Synagogue, Tel Aviv 6 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Geha road bombing October 10, 2002 Bar-Ilan interchange, Geha road 1 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Egged bus 841 massacre October 21, 2002 Carcur Junction 14 2 Suicide bombers used a booby-trapped jeep with 100 KG TNT. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Sonol gas station bombing October 27, 2002 Ariel, West Bank 3 Victims killed while trying to prevent the terrorist from detonating the bomb. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Kfar Sava shopping mall bombing November 4, 2002 Kfar Sava 2 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem bus 20 suicide bombing November 21, 2002 Kiryat Menahem, Jerusalem 11 Hamas claimed responsibility.

[edit] 2003 (23 bombings)
Name Date Location Death Toll (not including the perpetrators) Notes
Tel-Aviv central bus station massacre January 5, 2003 Southern Tel Aviv 22 Carried out by two members of the Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, with the help of Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Tel-Aviv suicide bombing January 13, 2003 Southern Tel Aviv 1 A Chinese citizen killed.
Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing March 5, 2003 Carmeliya neighborhood, Haifa 17 Carried out by Hamas member and attributed to Hamas, yet never acknowledged.
London Cafe bombing March 30, 2003 Netanya 54 injured Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Kfar Sava train station bombing April 24, 2003 Kfar Sava 1 13 injuries (2 seriously). PFLP claimed responsibility jointly with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.[5][6]
Mike's Place bombing April 30, 2003 Mike's Place pub, Tel Aviv 3 Carried out by Hamas using a British Muslim citizen of Pakistani descent and together with al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Gross square attack May 17, 2003 Gross square, Hebron 2 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem bus 6 bombing May 18, 2003 Jerusalem 7 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Kfar Darom bombing attack May 19, 2003 Gaza Strip 3 Injured A Palestinian suicide bomber riding a bicycle blew up himself next to a military jeep. Hamas claimed responsibility.
Kenyon Afula bombing May 19, 2003 Afula shopping center 3 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Netzarim bus bombing May 22, 2003 Netzarim, Gaza Strip 9 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem bus 14A attack June 11, 2003 Downtown Jerusalem 17 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Sdei Trumot bombing June 19, 2003 Moshav Sdei Trumot 1 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Kfar Yavetz bombing July 7, 2003 Kfar Yavetz 1 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Bus station Ariel bombing August 12, 2003 Ariel 2 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem bus 2 suicide bombing August 19, 2003 Shmuel Hanavi, Jerusalem 23 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Tzrifin attack September 9, 2003 Bus stop near Tzrifin army base 9 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Hillel Cafe bombing September 9, 2003 Hillel Cafe, Jerusalem 7 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Maxim restaurant suicide bombing October 4, 2003 Haifa 21 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Tulkarem bombing October 9, 2003 Tulkarem 3 Injured Hamas claimed responsibility.
Beit Hanoun Junction bombing October 15, 2003 Gaza Strip 3 The victims were part of a US diplomatic convoy.
Azun bombing November 3, 2003 Azun, West Bank 1 Injured Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Geha Junction bus stop bombing December 25, 2003 Geha Junction 4 Over 20 injuries. PFLP claimed responsibility.[5][6]

[edit] 2004 (19 bombings)
Name Date Location Death Toll (not including the perpetrators) Notes
Erez Crossing bombing January 14, 2004 Gaza Strip 4 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and Hamas claimed joint responsibility.
Jerusalem bus 19 massacre January 29, 2004 Rehavia, Jerusalem 11 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade and Hamas claimed responsibility.
Jerusalem bus 14 bombing February 22, 2004 Liberty Bell Garden, Jerusalem 8 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade claimed responsibility.
First Erez Crossing attack March 6, 2004 Gaza Strip 2 The victims were Palestinian policemen who died in a shooting spree and suicide car bomb attack. Two of the vehicles exploded on the Palestinian side of the crossing. Four terrorists were killed. There were no IDF casualties. Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the military wing of Fatah claimed responsibility.
Ashdod Port massacre March 14, 2004 Port of Ashdod 10 Double suicide bombing. Carried out by Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade together with Hamas.
Second Erez border crossing attack April 17, 2004 Erez Crossing, Gaza Strip 1 Carried out by Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade together with Hamas.
Deir al-Balah suicide attack April 26, 2004 Gaza Strip 2 The victims were Palestinians killed when a suicide bomber detonated himself on the way to carry out an attack in Israel.
Gaza bomber struck April 30, 2004 Gaza Strip 4 Injured The bomber's original target was a bus full of Jewish settlers, but the bus sliped away and the bomber missed it, so instinctively went for the next available target, which was an Israeli army patrol, injuring all four soldiers. Carried out by Hamas.
Beka'ot checkpoint bombing May 22, 2004 Beka'ot checkpoint, Jordan Valley 1 Injured PFLP claimed responsibility.[5][7]
Tel Aviv bus stop bombing July 11, 2004 Tel Aviv 1 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Kalandia checkpoint attack August 11, 2004 Kalandia 2 The victims were Palestinian bystanders. 18 people (including six Border Policemen) were injured.
Beersheba attack August 31, 2004 Downtown Beersheba on buses 7 and 12 16 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Baka al-Sharkiyeh checkpoint attack September 8, 2004 Near the Green Line border with the West Bank None Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Kalandia Gate suicide bombing September 14, 2004 South of Kalandia 2 Injured A suicide bomber riding on a bicycle blew himself up near an armored IDF jeep at an agricultural gate.
French Hill Junction bombing September 22, 2004 French Hill, Jerusalem 2 Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility.
Sinai bombings October 7, 2004 Sinai peninsula, Egypt 32 Suicide bombing at two Sinai holiday resorts frequented by Israeli tourists: twenty-nine died at the Taba Hilton and three at Ras a-Satan. Among the dead were 12 Israelis; over 120 were wounded. The attack was masterminded by Iyad Saleh and carried out by a Palestinian group.
Carmel Market bombing November 1, 2004 Tel Aviv 3 Over 30 injuries. PFLP claimed responsibility.[5][8]
Karni Crossing attack December 7, 2004 Karni Crossing, Gaza Strip 1 An IDF soldier of the Oketz canine unit was killed by a bomb, along with his dog, when a booby-trapped chicken coup exploded northwest of the Karni Crossing. Four soldiers were wounded in the exchange of fire while evacuating him. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

[edit] 2005 (9 bombings)
Name Date Location Death Toll (not including perpetrators) Notes
Morag attack January 12, 2005 Morag, Southern Gaza Strip 1 One Israeli civilian was killed and three IDF soldiers wounded when a bomb was detonated against a military vehicle patrolling the route near Morag. Two terrorists were killed by IDF forces. The area was booby-traped with explosive devices, in addition to the bomb that exploded. Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Karni border crossing attack January 13, 2005 Karni crossing, Gaza Strip 6 Carried out together by Hamas with Fatah Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Popular Resistance Committees.
Gush Katif checkpoint attack January 18, 2005 Gush Katif, Gaza Strip 1 Hamas claimed responsibility.
Stage Club bombing February 25, 2005 Tel Aviv sea promenade 5 Carried out together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and with Hizballah involvement.
Kenyon HaSharon bombing July 12, 2005 Netanya 5 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Central Bus Station Beer Sheva bombing August 28, 2005 Beer Sheva 50 injured, 2 critically Carried out by Palestinian Islamic Jihad together with Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.
Hadera Market bombing October 26, 2005 Hadera 6 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Netanya bombing December 5, 2005 Netanya 5 Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
Tulkarem roadblock bombing December 29, 2005 Near Tulkarem, West Bank 3 One Israeli soldier was killed when a terrorist en route to carry out an attack in Israel was discovered and detonated himself at a checkpoint. A second intended suicide terrorist was also killed in the blast as well as the driver and a third passenger. Three soldiers and seven Palestinians were also wounded.

[edit] 2006 (3 bombings)

The leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad again admits that the Israeli security fence built by Israel in Judea and Samaria prevents the terrorist organizations from reaching the heart of Israel to carry out suicide bombing attacks


Overview

1. PIJ leader Ramadan Abdallah Shalah was interviewed in Damascus by the Qatari newspaper Al-Sharq. He said that the second intifada was currently characterized by rocket fire , which had replaced the previous stage of suicide bombing attacks. That, he said, was because the enemy [i.e., Israel ] had found ways and means to protect itself from such attacks: “… For example, they built a separation fence in the West Bank . We do not deny that it limits the ability of the resistance [i.e., the terrorist organizations] to arrive deep within [Israeli territory] to carry out suicide bombing attacks , but the resistance has not surrendered or become helpless, and is looking for other ways to cope with the requirements of every stage [of the intifada]…” (Al-Sharq, March 23, 2008 ).

2. It was not the first time that senior figures of the PIJ and Hamas, the two terrorist organizations which carried out the greatest number of suicide bombing attacks against Israel, have publicly admitted that the security fence makes it difficult for them to carry out suicide bombing attacks within Israel :

1) PIJ leader Ramadan Abdallah Shalah told Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV that the terrorist organizations had no intention of abandoning suicide bombing attacks but that their timing and the possibility of carrying them out from the West Bank depended on other factors. “For example,” he said, “there is the separation fence which is an obstacle to the resistance [i.e., the terrorist organizations], and if it were not there, the situation would be entirely different” 1 (Al-Manar TV, November 11, 2006 ).




Ramadan Shalah interviewed by Al-Manar TV:
“The fence is an obstacle to the resistance…” (November 11, 2006)


2) Mousa Abu Marzouq , deputy chairman of Hamas's political bureau in Damascus , was asked by a group of Egyptian intellectuals and politicians why the suicide bombing activity had decreased during since the Hamas government came to power. He said that “ [carrying out] such attacks is made difficult by the security fence and the gates surrounding West Bank residents ” 2 (Abd al-Muaz Muhammad, Ikhwan Online, the Muslim Brotherhood Website, June 2, 2007 ).

3. The security fence (which is still under construction) and successful Israeli security forces' counterterrorist activities are the two main factors behind the sharp decrease in suicide bombing attacks carried out by the PIJ, Hamas and other terrorist organizations. PIJ and Hamas leaders, when asked why there have been fewer suicide bombing attacks, repeatedly admit that the security fence is in fact an obstacle to their capabilities to infiltrate Israel to carry out suicide bombing attacks . That is in direct contradiction to Palestinian propaganda (including propaganda disseminated by the Abu Mazen-led Palestinian Authority), aimed chiefly at Western ears, which represents the security fence as an “apartheid” measure whose objective is to isolate and oppress the Palestinian people, and which demands that Israel dismantle the sections already built.

If you build a wall which separates your territory from that of others it could be described as defensive. However, if you build a wall straight through the middle of someone else’s territory and trap towns and villages in isolated pockets it is quite something else... Please don’t try to pass off the Apartheid Wall as anything other than what it is, a further seizure of Palestinian land.

"Terrorism has its price" and "Ramadan Abdallah Shalah" support the wall; it's watch towers; and it's function; the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Should we be surprised by this? They are acting in the political tradition that has hegemony in Israel and has done since that States catastrophic and antisemetic creation in 1948. Avigdor Lieberman, now Foreign Minister, called in 2003 for the 10,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel to be drowned in the Dead Sea and offered to provide the buses to take them there. (Ha'aretz)
 http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/2515-terrorism-and-propaganda.html

Zionist Collaboration with the Nazis
 http://www.counterpunch.org/brenner1223.html

"I am angry that people say "The Palestinian Problem". The problem is the occupation and the behaviour of the criminal State of Israel."
Hajo Meyer
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/01/445155.html?c=on#c241737

if he could see the contemporary actions of the israeli state, i am in little doubt that hitler would be full of admiration for the ethnic cleansing and land and resource seizures that are being carried out.
the shame that those in power in israel are using the holocaust as an excuse to further perpetuate the cycle of violence is hard for me to bear.
i had members of my family die at the hands of the nazis, i am sad that we as a species have not learned from that awful episode.... instead we carry on the same patterns.
yes its true that there were palestine terrorist bombings but can you blame them.... against overwhelming force what else were they to do.
these attacks hardly dented israel, in fact they probably served mainly to reinforce the israeli position, giving them more of an excuse to continue their holocaust.
it is absurd to steal a nation violently and not expect people who were already there to try to fight back, even with the odds stacked against them.
the awful acts of terror perpetrated by palestinians pales into insignificance when compared to the hitler-esque actions of the israeli nuclear state.
i hope that there are no more bombings, i am sad when i hear of a wasted life of somebody driven to such desperation as to want to blow themselves and others up, it is truly a tragedy.
there is no way on earth that palestine can win a fight with israel, with its nuclear arsenal and american jets.
but the conversation and debate is another matter.
as long as israel can hide cowardly behind these relatively insignificant terrorist atrocities and continue to dishonor the memory of those jews and others killed during the nazi holocaust, then open debate will continue to be avoided.
open debate and fair discussion is the last thing israel wants, they know that no amount of plutonium will help them win that battle.
illegal israeli settlement continues to spread like cancer through what little remains of palestine.
zionists from the bronx carrying machine guns constantly harass and attack unarmed palestinians.
If a palestinian was caught carrying such weaponry in his or her own homeland, they would disappear without trace into one of israels dungeons.
so please don't bore me any more with lists of terrorist bombings..... i would be much more interested in such a list if it also detailed israeli atrocities, and i am certain that would be much, much longer.
let us hope that one day this absurd cycle of violence and revenge can be broken, breaking the cycle will be the hardest battle of all, and it will take the bravest among us to do it.....