re: >>east and west palestine>> oh boy........ "A+" for effort...

re: >>east and west palestine>> oh boy........ "A+" for effort but "D-" for result

That suggestion cant/wont/will never work.

Yet another move for peace.............

2 killed, 35 wounded, in suicide bombing at pub in Tel Aviv

By Roni Singer, Amos Harel and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondents, and Agencies

At least two people were killed and 35 wounded, one critically and six seriously, when a suicide bomber blew himself up at around 1 A.M. Tuesday night at a beachfront pub on Herbert Samuel Street in Tel Aviv.

The pub, "Mike's Place," is located close to the United States embassy, and is popular with tourists. The embassy was not damaged in the blast.

The bomber, who was killed in the blast, set off the explosives at the entrance to the pub after the security guard on duty at the door physically prevented him from entering.

Ten people who were lightly hurt received medical attention at the scene. The rest of the wounded were evacuated to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, Wolfson Medical Center in Holon and Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.

"A suicide bomber blew himself up at Mike's Place bar on the seafront walkway," said Tel Aviv police commander Yossi Sedbon. "The attacker did not succeed in getting into the bar."

Sedbon said that the bomber was carrying a medium-size bomb packed with nails and other shrapnel.

The bomb blew the front off the bar and wrecked furniture inside. The owner of the bar, Gal Ganzman, his shirt covered with blood, said he was standing behind the bar when he heard the explosion. "I'm alive, I'm fine," he said. "One of the waitresses lost an arm but she's still alive. The boom was just outside the entrance. The security guard must have stopped him."

In a similar attack last Thursday, a security guard stopped a bomber entering a train station in Kfar Sava and was killed when the attacker set off his explosives.

Tuesday's attack came only hours after the Palestinian parliament voted to approve the new cabinet presented by Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). In his inaugural address, Abu Mazen indicated that his new government would move against militia groups and he called for an end to "terrorism," which he said had not served the Palestinian cause.

The extremist Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups, however, issued a rapid riposte, saying they would not lay down their weapons as long as the Israeli occupation continued. Some observers suggested the attack in Tel Aviv was a message from the armed Islamic groups to Abu Mazen and his new government that they rejected all attempts to bring about a ceasefire.

"This attack in Tel Aviv is another reminder that the new Palestinian government must take immediate steps to rein in the terrorists in its midst and take decisive measures to stop the terrorism from pouring into Israel," David Baker, an official in the Prime Minister's office told Haaretz.

The promenade has been the target of several attacks since the intifada erupted in September 2000. Last year, a security guard thwarted an attempted suicide attack in the same area, after he chased down the would-be bomber and helped police apprehend him.

On June 1, 2001, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the Dolphinarium disco at the southern end of the walkway, killing 22 people, most of them teenagers.