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Police officers and rescue workers surround a destroyed bus in Jerusalem on June 18.
A Palestinian bomber detonated nail-studded explosives on the bus crowded with high
school students and office workers, killing himself and at least 19 passengers in the
deadliest suicide attack in the hard-hit city in six years.
from the Katamon neighborhood —
where the attack took place — to Gilo,
where the bus route begins. "But I'm
OK, and, thank God, my kids are OK."
Katzav took some shrapnel in his
neck. His daughter, Esti, 12, has shrap-
nel in her lungs and hands, while her
brother, Menashe, 9, escaped unharmed.
"I thought the kids would be safer get-
ting to school in my truck, because it's so
big and heavy," he said, shaking his head
and running a hand down his unshaven
cheek "Now, I don't know how I'm
going to get them to school in the morn-
ings."
The psychological effects of a sui-
cide bombing can last long after the
actual physical damage, advised Esti
Galili Weistub, director of pediatric
psychiatry at Hadassah.
Around 50 percent of terror victims
develop post-traumatic stress disorder. At
least eight of Tuesday's bombing victims
were between the ages of 8 and 18.
Most were fully aware of What had
happened and gave clear descriptions
of where they were and what they
were doing at the time of the attack.
But fears may emerge later in the
grieving process. "Imagine if they
spent the morning trying to find their
older sister?" Galili Weistub asked.
"They can be traumatized at the idea
of ever taking the bus again."
not only from the Americans, but
domestically as well. As Israel's eco-
nomic situation worsens, pressure is
growing on Sharon to take radical
action — whether military or political
— to end the intifada.
An editorial in the Ma'ariv newspa-
per this week pointed out that if the
economic situation worsens signifi-
cantly, Sharon will not be in any posi-
tion to maintain hard-line policies.
Sharon is also under political pres-
sure from the Labor Party, which
includes Ben-Eliezer. Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres, for example, is strongly
in favor of provisional Palestinian
statehood, while Sharon has deep
reservations.
Peres believes offering the
Palestinians even a provisional state is
the only way to rekindle their hopes
for peace. Sharon believes a provision-
al state would not stop terror, but
would make it far more complicated
internationally for Israel to move into
areas under Palestinian control, as it
does today, to seek out terrorists.
These differences could spill over
into an early showdown between
Sharon and Labor, because Labor voices
calling for a pullout from the national
unity government are growing.
Many Labor legislators say that if
Sharon does not present a "peace hori-
zon" with the Palestinians within the
next few weeks, Labor should leave the
government. These calls are likely to
come to a head at the party conven-
tion in early July.
Ironically, starting work on the secu-
rity fence — a fence neither of them
initially wanted — could be one of the
last acts of cooperation between
Sharon and Ben-Eliezer.
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