Thursday, April 10, 2003

Yahoo had this grim story last night:

A radical right-wing Jewish group claimed responsibility for an explosion which injured 29 Palestinian children in a school in the northern West Bank.

The group, calling itself "Revenge of the Babies," said in a message sent to the beeper of one of the radio's journalists that the blast was "to avenge the Jewish children killed by the Palestinians."

The blast occurred in a school in the village of Al-Jarba, 10 kilometres (six miles) south of Jenin. Four of the injured were in serious condition, Palestinian medics said Wednesday....


Great.

This today, from Reuters:

Two Palestinian gunmen killed two Israelis in the West Bank's Jordan Valley before being shot dead on Thursday in a fresh surge of Middle East violence ahead of an anticipated U.S.-led peace drive....

And on and on...

(First link from Phil F.)

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