>So, the fact that this bombing took place during Sharon's 'victory'
>meeting with Bush, after Sharon's government has been boasting how
>they have taken a big bite out of the 'Palestinian terrorist
>infrastructure', and in a location that was symbolically considered
>one of the last vestiges of a secure haven in Israel (not to mention
>that Rishon L'tsion means 'First to Zion' and is one of the first
>Zionist yishuvim, established in 1882, I think), this
>attack definitely makes the point that Israeli military actions
>against the Palestinian people has done nothing to make the Israeli
>people more secure -- the opposite is true, Sharon has made it so no
>Israeli can feel any security at all.
But that won't be the conclusion drawn, will it? Won't this be an excuse for another offensive?
Doug