Israel and The Sin of Expulsion

Israel decided Tuesday to revoke the Jerusalem residency rights of four Hamas lawmakers, a response to a suicide bombing that killed nine civilians in a Tel Aviv restaurant.

Weighing their response, interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and key Cabinet ministers decided Tuesday that Hamas is to be held responsible for the attack.

Buried in the middle of a column titled “5 observations on the situation” appearing only in the Hebrew edition of today’s Haaretz, Yoel Marcus, who devoted the past years encouraging Ariel Sharon to retreat from the Gaza Strip, made the following observation:

Passover terror attack: Huge explosion rattles shawarma stand at old central bus station area in southern Tel Aviv; scores wounded. Suicide bomber identified as Sami Salim Khamad, an Islamic Jihad member.

Terror disrupts Passover celebrations once again: Eight people were killed Monday after a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated himself at a crowded fast food stand near Tel Aviv’s old central bus station, in the city’s southern Neve Sha’anan neighborhood. read more