Suicide Bomber Strikes at Tel Aviv Bus Station
30 Wounded, 1 Seriously, in Tel Aviv Suicide Bombing
Suicide Bomber was From Shechem
Israel Weighs Response to Bombing
“Olmert faces first attack as acting prime minister, Mofaz to convene meeting with security officials. Restrained response expected; Israel wishes to avoid escalation in wake of Tel Aviv bombing that wounded 32 people Thursday afternoon.”
Other War News …
IDF shoots, Kills Palestinian Throwing Firebombs
IDF Kills Terrorist West of Hevron
Gov’t Silent as Illegal Arab Building Cuts Off Gush Etzion
Excerpts;
“As the government declares ‘war’ on unauthorized Jewish communities, Arabs, funded by the Palestinian Authority, are deciding Israel’s future borders through unhindered illegal building.”
“An investigative report by Erez Tadmor, of the Hebrew weekly Makor Rishon, exposed the massive unauthorized Arab building projects, which are going on all over Gush Etzion, the ‘settlement bloc’ just south of Jerusalem that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon repeatedly claimed would remain in Jewish hands. Mr. Sharon insisted that a letter he received from US President George W. Bush bolstered that claim.”
“The Gush Etzion bloc is shown even by left-wing polls to be within the consensus of Israeli willingness to fight to retain. According to the platforms of the Kadima and Labor parties, and even Yossi Beilin’s Geneva Initiative, Gush Etzion’s future under Israeli sovereignty is assured. At the same time, however, the region, where Jews return to in 1967 after being expelled in 1948, is being surrendered through the government’s decision to destroy only unauthorized Jewish building, ignoring 7,380 Arab violations.”