February 11, 2001.
Bystanders flee car bomb in webmaster's old neighborhood.
Although the bomb contained 15 kilograms of explosives and flung jagged pieces of car parts in all directions, miraculously no one was killed or seriously hurt. The terror attack was the Arab reaction to the election of Likud leader Ariel Sharon as the Prime Minister of Israel. Since his election, Sharon has said that he plans to continue to seek peace, and has invited his erstwhile opponents, Ehud Barak and the Labor Party, to join him in a national unity coalition. The Arabs, meanwhile, have vowed to step up violence if they can't get what they want at the negotiating table. The news media doesn't say this.