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...restarting suicide missions, motivated partly by the refusal of the international community and Israel to deal with elected Hamas officials. On the eve of the Jewish holiday Passover, April 2, a rebel Hamas cell drove a truck loaded with 220 lbs. of explosives into the center of Tel Aviv. The bomb failed--probably because the driver lost his nerve, according to a military source--but it could have been a mega terrorist attack, killing hundreds of Israelis. Had it succeeded, the attack almost certainly would have induced a massive Israeli retaliation, perhaps triggering a third intifadeh--which Hamas hard-liners...
...violence occurring on both sides and presented a sobering comparison to an attentive audience. “A cup of coffee in Paris can cost you four dollars,” he said. “However, a cup of coffee in Jerusalem, in Haifa, in Tel Aviv, could cost you the lives of four children.” Although Gillerman presented the unique dangers of the region, his optimistic outlook remained throughout his presentation, placing his faith in the abilities of both Israeli and Palestinian leaders to rise to the occasion. “[Palestine] will find in Israel...
...what to think, what to study, what work to do--it's like having four walls closing you in." In some kibbutzim (not Degania), children were separated from parents and raised in collective dormitories. Says Gal-Sarai: "Kibbutzniks from the other places are bringing good business to Tel Aviv's shrinks." Koperstein, who was not raised at Degania, recalls the time when, at age 7, he woke from a nightmare in the dorm and ran home through the darkness to be comforted by his parents. "At 3 a.m., the wardens came knocking on the door to bring me back...
...have seen American politicians campaigning more in Tel Aviv than in Tennessee,” Safieh added. “What is America’s interest in Israel keeping the hilltops of the West Bank...
...professor saved their lives by blocking the doorway of his classroom from the approaching gunman before he was fatally shot. "My father blocked the doorway with his body and asked the students to flee," Joe Librescu said Tuesday in a telephone interview from his home outside of Tel Aviv. "Students started opening windows and jumping...