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***QUOTE OF THE DAY***
Israel Faxx Staff Report
"Ineffective, unfocused violence leads to more violence. Limp, panicky half-measures lead to more violence. However, complete, fully-thought-through, professional, well-executed violence never leads to more violence because, you see, afterwards, the other guys are all dead." By Larry Miller, Jan. 14, 2002 issue of The Daily Standard.
Seven Dead in Jerusalem Suicide Bombing
By Larry James & Ross Dunn (VOA-Jerusalem)
A suicide bomber blew himself up near a bus stop in northern Jerusalem Wednesday killing at least seven people and wounding at least 28 others. It is the second bombing in the city in as many days. The suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near a bus stop in the French Hill section of the Jerusalem.
The force of the explosion blew out the back and sides of the bus stop shelter scattering body parts and debris into the streets. The bomber jumped out of a car, ran past two border policemen toward an area where a group of people were waiting for a bus and detonated the explosive device he was carrying. The car sped off, disappearing into the Palestinian section of East Jerusalem. The French Hill section of Jerusalem has been the scene of several suicide bombings in the past. It is disputed territory that was captured by Israel during the 1967 Middle East war.
The body of an Israeli mother lay next to a baby carriage following the latest attack at a Jerusalem bus-stop.
The Israeli Government spokesman Daniel Seaman, who has often been called to the scene in the aftermath of terror attacks, said he was shocked by the image. "It was the first thing I saw when I walked up, I am usually able to detach myself emotionally from this, I haven't been able to. He said he only knows that the now-motherless child was rushed to a nearby hospital. (The infant died later Wednesday).
The Israeli spokesman says the time has come for PLO leader, Yasir Arafat, to be told that while Israelis are suffering now, ultimately the Palestinians are the ones who will suffer the consequences of such actions.
"The ones who are going to have everything to lose," Seaman continued, "are the Palestinians. There will come a point, and Israel is nosing in on that point, where Israel will no longer be able to restrain itself. We will unleash the full wrath of the Israeli people. And in that case, the Palestinians, as they have twice in the past, after 1948 and in 1967, when they were in control of these areas, twice they tried to destroy the state of Israel and they lost. If they think they are going to succeed this time, they have a surprise coming in their direction."
The area of the bombing was floodlit and sealed off, causing large traffic jams. Police helicopters hovered above the bus shelter, which had been blown apart and the adjacent footpath was covered in blood. Volunteer workers rushed frantically around the scene of devastation, collecting human remains in black plastic bags.
There have been two bombings in Jerusalem in the past two days. Nineteen Israelis were killed and more than 50 others were wounded in Tuesday's attack. After that attack Israel announced a major policy shift saying it would reoccupy parts of Palestinian territory in response to the bombing.
Israeli troops have reoccupied the town of Jenin and its refugee camps and carried out raids on the cities of Nablus, Qalqilya, Hebron and two nearby villages arresting a number of suspected Palestinian militants.
The Palestinian Authority characterized Israel's new policy as an open invitation to more violence.
Following news of the latest suicide bombing, the White House announced that President Bush's major Middle East policy speech would be delayed. The speech has been much anticipated, as it was expected by many to outline the path for the creation of a Palestinian state.
What To Do With Suicide Terrorists' Loving Families
By IsraelNationalNews.com
Knesset member Uri Ariel (National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu) has submitted legislation for the punishment of those who encourage, aid or abet suicide murderers. The proposal calls for deportation of the family of all suicide terrorists, and the confiscation of the family's property.
In the United States, a prominent Jewish communal leader and Washington attorney has raised a storm by calling for the execution of family members of suicide bombers in order to deter future attacks. New York journalist Yigal Schleifer reported that lawyer Nathan Lewin, a possible candidate for a federal judgeship and a legal advisor to Orthodox Jewish organizations, suggested that Israeli and American authorities announce that first-degree relatives of suicide terrorists will be executed unless they immediately denounce their kin's act and refuse any financial compensation.
Reform leader Rabbi Eric Yoffie and National Jewish Partnership for Social Justice director Jeremy Burton came out against Lewin's idea, calling it "reprehensible and beyond the parameters of morality in Jewish ethical thinking." Lewin replied: "If executing some suicide-bomber families saves the lives of even an equal number of potential civilian victims, the exchange is ethically permissible."
