The names of 14 of the 16 victims of yesterday's Palestinian bus-bombing attack in Jerusalem have been released thus far:
1) Malka Rene Sultan, 68, of Jerusalem. Her funeral was held today in Beit El, where two of her three children and 16 of her 20 grandchildren live. Tourism Minister Rabbi Benny Elon, a Beit El resident and the government's representative at the funeral, said that only the transfer of the Arab population out of Yesha will solve Israel's security problems.
2) Alan (Avraham Chaim) Beer, 47, Katamon, Jerusalem. A new immigrant from the U.S, he is survived by mother, brother and two sisters.
3) Elza Cohen, 70, from Givat Sha'ul, Jerusalem, widow of former Kiryat Bialik Chief Rabbi Chananya Cohen
4) Tamar Ben-Eliyahu, 20, Moshav Paran in the Aravah north of Eilat
5) Alexander Kazaris, 77, who made aliyah to Israel from the Ukraine seven years ago and lived alone in the capital. He is survived by two grandchildren living in the U.S.
6) Ro'i Eliraz, 22, of Mevaseret Zion. Survived by parents, brother, and twin sisters aged 13.
7) Tziporah Pesichovich, 54, Tzur Hadassah. She left a husband and two daughters.
8) Tzvi Cohen, 39, from the Kiryat Menachem neighborhood of Jerusalem. He was buried this afternoon in Tzfat. He is survived by his wife in her third month of pregnancy.
9) Yaffa Mualem, 65, of Jerusalem. She is survived by husband Yaakov, three children, and four grandchildren. "She loved everyone and everyone loved her," her husband said. "She was very touched by the situation here. She would sit and cry every time there was a terrorist attack."
10) Tita Martin, 72, of Jerusalem. Born in Iraq, she helped needy families.
11-12) Yaniv Abayed, 23, from Herzliya, and Bat-el Ochana, 21, of Kiryat Ata. The two studied in the Jerusalem Institute for the Blind, and were engaged to be married.
13) Ogenia Berman, 50, Jerusalem. Survived by five children.
14) Anna Or-Gal, 55, Jerusalem.
Thirty-seven people are still hospitalized after yesterday's attack. One of them is Sari Singer, daughter of New Jersey State Senator Robert W. Singer of Lakewood, New Jersey. Out of surgery and speaking in a broken voice from her hospital bed, she said, "President Bush, whom I voted for and whom I respect, does not understand what goes on here. I'd like to see him come to this country, and visit and talk with Americans who moved here, and see what really it's all about, before he decides to put a peace plan into action. I just think it's sad that he doesn't have any clue about what we're going through as Americans here."
Sari has been in Israel for a year and a half, working as an administrator at a girls' school in Jerusalem and volunteering with One Family Fund to help terrorist victims. Her father arrived in Israel this afternoon to visit her, and two Zaka volunteers greeted him at the airport. They accompanied him to Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem, where he was met by Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and U.S. Ambassador Dan Kurtzer.
1) Malka Rene Sultan, 68, of Jerusalem. Her funeral was held today in Beit El, where two of her three children and 16 of her 20 grandchildren live. Tourism Minister Rabbi Benny Elon, a Beit El resident and the government's representative at the funeral, said that only the transfer of the Arab population out of Yesha will solve Israel's security problems.
2) Alan (Avraham Chaim) Beer, 47, Katamon, Jerusalem. A new immigrant from the U.S, he is survived by mother, brother and two sisters.
3) Elza Cohen, 70, from Givat Sha'ul, Jerusalem, widow of former Kiryat Bialik Chief Rabbi Chananya Cohen
4) Tamar Ben-Eliyahu, 20, Moshav Paran in the Aravah north of Eilat
5) Alexander Kazaris, 77, who made aliyah to Israel from the Ukraine seven years ago and lived alone in the capital. He is survived by two grandchildren living in the U.S.
6) Ro'i Eliraz, 22, of Mevaseret Zion. Survived by parents, brother, and twin sisters aged 13.
7) Tziporah Pesichovich, 54, Tzur Hadassah. She left a husband and two daughters.
8) Tzvi Cohen, 39, from the Kiryat Menachem neighborhood of Jerusalem. He was buried this afternoon in Tzfat. He is survived by his wife in her third month of pregnancy.
9) Yaffa Mualem, 65, of Jerusalem. She is survived by husband Yaakov, three children, and four grandchildren. "She loved everyone and everyone loved her," her husband said. "She was very touched by the situation here. She would sit and cry every time there was a terrorist attack."
10) Tita Martin, 72, of Jerusalem. Born in Iraq, she helped needy families.
11-12) Yaniv Abayed, 23, from Herzliya, and Bat-el Ochana, 21, of Kiryat Ata. The two studied in the Jerusalem Institute for the Blind, and were engaged to be married.
13) Ogenia Berman, 50, Jerusalem. Survived by five children.
14) Anna Or-Gal, 55, Jerusalem.
Thirty-seven people are still hospitalized after yesterday's attack. One of them is Sari Singer, daughter of New Jersey State Senator Robert W. Singer of Lakewood, New Jersey. Out of surgery and speaking in a broken voice from her hospital bed, she said, "President Bush, whom I voted for and whom I respect, does not understand what goes on here. I'd like to see him come to this country, and visit and talk with Americans who moved here, and see what really it's all about, before he decides to put a peace plan into action. I just think it's sad that he doesn't have any clue about what we're going through as Americans here."
Sari has been in Israel for a year and a half, working as an administrator at a girls' school in Jerusalem and volunteering with One Family Fund to help terrorist victims. Her father arrived in Israel this afternoon to visit her, and two Zaka volunteers greeted him at the airport. They accompanied him to Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem, where he was met by Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and U.S. Ambassador Dan Kurtzer.