Word: dolphinarium
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...attack on a nightclub in Tel Aviv's Dolphinarium, a former aquarium turned entertainment complex, sparked a frenzy of diplomatic action and angry demonstrations. Under international pressure to curb the killers, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat promised to do all he could to secure an "immediate and unconditional cease-fire." Israel's Cabinet didn't buy it. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared his own cease-fire two weeks ago and watched the toll continue to mount. But as observers waited for Sharon's tactical decision on whether to hit back, Sharon was, in fact, rethinking his strategy. His emergency Cabinet meeting...
...said it would watch for Arafat's promised cease-fire to show on the ground. But Israeli patience is thin. After the bombing, Israel closed all crossings from the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and barred Arafat from using the Gaza airport. Across the beachfront promenade from the Dolphinarium, Israeli rioters besieged the Hassan Bek mosque even as the Cabinet met. Rioters wearing swimsuits crossed from the beach to the mosque to hurl stones at a few dozen worshipers and to charge police, who brought up water cannon and horses. Even many of the left-wingers who support...
...justify arrests when most Palestinians favor more attacks against Israelis. Sharon promises to defend Israeli citizens, and his Cabinet ministers talk darkly of "removing the immunity" of senior Palestinian Authority officials. With almost 600 people dead in the eight-month Aqsa intifadeh, no one expects the youngsters at the Dolphinarium to be the last to pay the price for peace's ever worsening failure...
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