(REUTERS/Eliana Aponte)
Irena Shaulov, mother of David Shaulov who was killed in the Tel Aviv suicide bombing, kisses her [nine-month] pregnant daughter-in-law during her son’s funeral in
From today’s International Herald Tribune:
‘s leaders on Tuesday held the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority responsible for the deadliest suicide bombing in 20 months, but stopped short of branding it an "enemy entity" or ordering a large-scale military operation. Israel
Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and key Cabinet ministers decided instead to revoke the Israeli residency rights of three Hamas lawmakers who live in
, participants in the meeting said. . . . Jerusalem Olmert and senior advisers and security chiefs met for two hours Tuesday to weigh a response. . . . Participants said Olmert decided against launching a large-scale military operation and blocked a proposal to declare the Palestinian Authority an "enemy entity." Such a declaration would have paved the way for direct strikes against the Palestinian Authority. . . .
It was the second major Passover bombing in four years. An 2002 attack at a hotel in the coastal town of
killed 29 people and triggered a major Israeli military offensive. Netanya
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