But after last year's collapse of peace negotiations, Israelis seem to have become inured to the prospect of more terror and more bloodshed. We are trapped in inconclusive violence. It's inconclusive violence because we don't have the power, and they don't have the power, to make the other side surrender. It's inconclusive diplomacy because neither side has the power to make the political decisions that are necessary. The frequency of these actions means there is now a process of normalization.
Some people say they avoid shopping centers and other crowded places.
A mother drives her children a half-hour to school because she does not trust the school bus. At a central Jerusalem parking lot, a security guard asks drivers to open their car trunks before entering. When you see there are 100 homeless people, you become indifferent. It's horrible, but it's for survival. But after seven months of violence, and the landslide election of right-wing Likud Party leader Ariel Sharon as prime minister in February, the peace camp is divided and confused.