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suicide bomber
Istanbul bomber did not deliberately target Israelis, investigation finds
Jewish Journal
April 25, 2016
A suicide bomber who killed three Israelis in an attack in Istanbul did not target the Israeli tour group, Israel’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau has determined.
Arab Lawyers Union honors terrorist who killed 21 Israelis in Haifa
Jewish Journal
October 18, 2012
The Palestine Committee of the Arab Lawyers Union recently bestowed its “highest honor” on female suicide bomber Hanadi Jaradat, who killed 21 Israelis in a 2003 attack on Maxim’s restaurant in Haifa, Palestinian Media Watch reported on its website here.
Would-be suicide bomber tells Gaza children to be like her
Jewish Journal
October 19, 2011
A would-be Palestinian suicide bomber freed by Israel in the prisoner swap for soldier Gilad Shalit told cheering schoolchildren in the Gaza Strip the day after her release Wednesday she hoped they would follow her example.
31 dead, 130 hurt in suicide bomb at Moscow’s busiest airport
Jewish Journal
January 24, 2011
At least 31 people were killed and 130 wounded Monday in a suicide blast at Domodedovo airport in Moscow, Russian Health Ministry officials said.
Taming a Former Suicide-Bomber City
Jewish Journal
April 28, 2010
The streets of Jenin are still plastered with posters commemorating Palestinian “martyrs” killed fighting Israel. Buildings are still pocked with bullet holes from the fighting when Israeli troops stormed this West Bank city several years ago. That’s hardly surprising in a place long notorious as one of the fiercest hotbeds of Palestinian militancy, home to at least 30 suicide bombers and site of the bloodiest battle of the last intifada.
Films: Thwarted suicide bombers get ‘hell,’ not glory
Tom Tugend
November 30, 2006
Sixteen-year-old Hassan is deeply frustrated because he was caught by Israeli police before he could blow himself up, together with the targeted Israeli civilians. \”If I had been killed, my mother would call it a blessing,\” he says. \”My family and 70 relatives would have gone to paradise, and that would be a great honor for me.\”
Salman Rushdie Q & A: there’s a fascination with death among suicide bombers
Erich Follath
September 14, 2006
Salmon Rushdie reflects on why apparently normal young men turn to terror, the dangers of religion and whether the United States has turned into an authoritarian state.
The Goalie of Oz
Emily Pauker
July 28, 2005
Oz Iluz loved to play goalie on his soccer team, but wasn\’t too keen on math or the math exam that awaited him. So the 12-year-old didn\’t really want to get on the small No. 14 bus in Jerusalem on that February morning in 2004.
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