The return of the suicide-bombers

摘要

After almost four years of the Palestinians' latest intifada (uprising), Israelis had been enjoying a relatively peaceful summer lull. They had suffered no suicide-bombs since one killed 11 people in the port of Ashdod in March, compared with last year's 23 deadly explosions of that kind that left 139 Israelis dead. Tourists had begun to return to the Holy Land. Israelis seemed more excited abouttheir country's first Olympic gold medal—for windsurfing. Plainly, the idyll could not last. Brutal reality—and the angry political wrangles that come with it—is back.