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...Passover, we eat charoset, a mixture of apples, wine, nuts and honey to remind us of the mortar that the Israelites had to use to build storehouses for the Egyptians. At our seder this year, the charoset reminded us of the buildings that were being torn down in the West Bank and Gaza and of the settlements that are expanding in violation of the Fourth Geneva convention. We were also reminded of the mortar shells that Palestinians are firing on those Jewish settlements...
Perhaps they do not understand that while the Israeli standard of living is much higher than the Palestinian one, we may be as imprisoned by fear of being killed by a sniper on the road or by a mortar fired into a back yard as a Palestinian is by trenches dug across roads. Perhaps they do not understand that Israelis are as human as Palestinians, and that we all weep when our sons, daughters or ten-month-old infants are caught in the crosshairs of a sniper’s scope and then blown into pieces...
...Mortar and rocket attacks on Palestinian targets Wednesday signaled Israel's intensified military campaign to force Yasser Arafat to end the violence, at the same time as Israeli officials met their Palestinian counterparts in Athens and Israel. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres meet senior Arafat-aide Nabil Shaath in the Greek capital for what Palestinian sources described as a "frank, difficult exchange of views." But the danger of shooting and talking at the same time was highlighted overnight when Israeli troops at the Erez border crossing into Gaza fired on a convoy carrying Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan and other officials...
...capital, Skopje. Government troops shot dead two civilians in Tetovo after they appeared to hurl a handgrenade at a police checkpoint, and Macedonian artillery fire injured 10 civilians in the hills above Tetovo. Rebel leaders observed an overnight cease-fire but later injured two policemen in separate mortar and grenade attacks near the villages of Gracane and Caska. The U.S. said it would send spy planes to monitor rebel activities but would not commit additional troops to the Balkans...
...yelled to get everyone out," recalls Williams. The scientists scrambled for safety, but it was too late. The earth ripped apart with a sonic boom. Lava bombs as big as cars were blown out of the crater and fell back as molten rain, exploding on impact like mortar shells, ripping through bodies and setting them on fire. Two scientists were instantly vaporized. One was literally cut in half. The exploding mountain shot a nickel-size hole through Williams' skull, mangling his face, setting his clothes afire, breaking one leg and nearly tearing the foot off the other...