"Life is more important than quality of life." So said an eyewitness to the attack this morning - Jerusalem City Councilman Nir Barkat - who said that he had planned to go to The Hague today to protest the "terrible double standard that the world applies to Israel. Our right to live takes precedence over any harm to those who will have more difficulty getting to work as a result of a partition or other measures that we take to protect ourselves. I saw what was inside that bus, and I know that the world doesn't want to know what happened there - but it must know."
Danny Seaman, who heads the Government Press Office, was on his way to work in Jerusalem this morning when the latest attack occurred. He said that his first concern is that Israel must be able to protect itself from the murder of its citizens "merely because they are Israelis," and that in his professional capacity, "I am here to help the international media transmit this story accurately." He noted that while the Mayor of The Hague shows solidarity with the Arabs and against the construction of Israel's counter-terrorism partition fence, "his counterpart in Jerusalem [Uri Lupoliansky] is forced to come several times a year to see how his citizens are murdered." The Mayor of The Hague forbade the public display of the pictures of the 900+ Israeli victims of Palestinian terrorism of the past few years - although the pictures were displayed for a short while.
One immediate result of this morning's attack was the postponement of a Transportation Ministry ceremony planned for this morning, in which reinforced terrorist-proof protected buses were to be delivered to the Egged bus company. The event will be held tomorrow, in the presence of Transportation Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The first five buses to have been outfitted with a TAAS (Israel Military Industries, Ltd.) protection system against suicide terrorists will be delivered to Egged.
Arutz-7 reported last week, based on an interview in the Kuwaiti Al-Siyasah newspaper, that 40 representatives of Arab terror groups and Syrian, Lebanese and Iranian intelligence officials convened in Lebanon early this month and decided upon a renewed terrorist offensive against Israelis and Israeli interests abroad.
In addition, PA officials have declared tomorrow to be a "Day of Rage and Protest" throughout Judea and Samaria, in honor of The Hague hearings. Protest activities will be held throughout the Palestinian Authority, and Israel's police and military will be closely monitoring the situation.
Danny Seaman, who heads the Government Press Office, was on his way to work in Jerusalem this morning when the latest attack occurred. He said that his first concern is that Israel must be able to protect itself from the murder of its citizens "merely because they are Israelis," and that in his professional capacity, "I am here to help the international media transmit this story accurately." He noted that while the Mayor of The Hague shows solidarity with the Arabs and against the construction of Israel's counter-terrorism partition fence, "his counterpart in Jerusalem [Uri Lupoliansky] is forced to come several times a year to see how his citizens are murdered." The Mayor of The Hague forbade the public display of the pictures of the 900+ Israeli victims of Palestinian terrorism of the past few years - although the pictures were displayed for a short while.
One immediate result of this morning's attack was the postponement of a Transportation Ministry ceremony planned for this morning, in which reinforced terrorist-proof protected buses were to be delivered to the Egged bus company. The event will be held tomorrow, in the presence of Transportation Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The first five buses to have been outfitted with a TAAS (Israel Military Industries, Ltd.) protection system against suicide terrorists will be delivered to Egged.
Arutz-7 reported last week, based on an interview in the Kuwaiti Al-Siyasah newspaper, that 40 representatives of Arab terror groups and Syrian, Lebanese and Iranian intelligence officials convened in Lebanon early this month and decided upon a renewed terrorist offensive against Israelis and Israeli interests abroad.
In addition, PA officials have declared tomorrow to be a "Day of Rage and Protest" throughout Judea and Samaria, in honor of The Hague hearings. Protest activities will be held throughout the Palestinian Authority, and Israel's police and military will be closely monitoring the situation.