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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 5-Feb-08
Suicide bombing in Israel blamed on the Gaza border opening

Web Log - February, 2008

Suicide bombing in Israel blamed on the Gaza border opening

Although Egypt finally closed the border on Sunday, it was apparently not soon enough to prevent the first Palestinian suicide bombing in a year in Israel.

On Monday, a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a shopping area in Dimona, in the south of Israel, near the Egyptian border.

There were actually two suicide bombers, but one was injured and knocked down by the first bomb. A lady went over to help him and discovered his suicide vest. She screamed to everyone to run, and as the man moved his hand apparently to detonate his explosives, the police shot and killed him.

The bombing took place in Dimona, near the site of Israel's top secret nuclear reactor. It's not known whether this was a factor in the terrorist choice of Dimona as site of the bombing.

Israel is blaming the successful suicide bombing on Egypt's failure to keep the border closed between Gaza and Egypt. However, the BBC said that someone from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed that the border crossing was not used.

Israelis were fearful and furious over the attack.

Palestinians in Gaza celebrated with dancing and free candy. The Palestinian terrorist group, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, claimed responsibility. Palestinian TV showed a video, recorded two weeks earlier, of the two suicide bombers praying and preparing for their attack. The two were identified as heroic martyrs.

Egypt's re-sealing of the Gaza border crossing is almost certain to cause additional conflict. Thousands of Palestinians have been using it each day to cross into Egypt for shopping or to visit relatives, and to cross back. Closing it again will cause unrest with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt as well as with the Palestinians in Gaza.

As in the past, the important thing to be watching for is whether these incidents so infuriate one of the parties (Israel, Palestinians, Muslim Brotherhood) that a serious war is threatened. Nothing like that appears to be the case so far, but tensions are growing.

From the point of view of Generational Dynamics, this region is headed for a new war between Arabs and Jews, re-fighting the genocidal 1949 crisis war that followed the partitioning of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel. It's impossible to predict whether that war will begin next month, next year, or thereafter, but it's coming with mathematical certainty. (5-Feb-08) Permanent Link
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