within minutes CNN reported this attack one Israeli was killed. but when sixty Palestinians were killed few days ago CNN was not interested in covering the story.this is to show how CNN and the west look at Palestinians.read how CNN report this attack it is about blood and body parts and torn fingers as if only Israelis are humans .Peace in the middle east will come when the west consider Palestinians as Humans as the Israelis.

Thank you Atika for your coverage. In response to 9.40, peace will come about when the Arabs consider Jews, particularly those in Israel ,as humans and not apes and pigs etc. CNN did not cover the killing of 60 Palestinians a few days ago because it didn't happen. Fabricated stories will not bring peace either.

in reply to 9.59.this is to prove my point. you are denying that sixty Palestinians were killed,because you either did not hear it on CNN or you dont consider these as human being. denying facts is a Jewish trade mark,even Golda Meir denied that there are Palestinians.denying facts will not bring you peace. stealing others properties will not bring you security.only Justice to the Palestinians and their return to their homes in Palestine will bring peace and security for all.

What CNN has failed to report is that when Gazans heard of the bombing and the murder of the woman, they handed out flowers and candy in celebration.

Instead CNN chooses only to report how "evil Israel" kept Gazan's in the dark ( a propaganda move from Hamas) when in fact they never cut the supplies of electricity, just the fuel that powered the Gaza electric company which provides only less than 30% of Gazan Power. The almost 70% of power provided by Israel was not touched nor was power from Egypt.

Still pictures of Palestinians holding candles makes better news than them passing out candies...that contradicts the picture of the Palestinian suffering that CNN so likes to market

to 9.59 Golda Meir denied the existence of Palestinians...what she did not deny was the existence of Arabs. You need a history lesson. "Palestine" never existed as a country. Not once in History. It was a Mandate of the British Government. Prior to that the area was under Ottoman Rule. Ergo no Palestinians...just more Arabs.
As to Israel killing 60 Arabs a few days ago,I've checked all sources I can find, and there is no mention of it. Not even on Al Jezeera..ergo I surmise you are just fabricating out of spite

Atika...When Palestian civilians (families, children) are whipped out by Israeli missile strikes..you seem to be in the mood for picnic lunches, diet sodas, and basking in the sunshine listening the the distant sounds of war....(read her IntheField Blog, On the Gaza border).

I just read your piece, and am blown away by your -over the top- gruesome description...Tell us more!!!

Who cares who carries out the attack, we are living in a world of survival of the fittest, That's how Israel came to existance. These poor jews who came from Russia, America, Europe deserve to live happily ever after, while the owners of the land (Palestinians), heck with them, it is O.K. for them to suffer, it is O.K. for their kids to get killed, it is O.K. to steal their properties, it is O.K. to prison their youngsters. Well, I advise everybody to take a look back at the history of Jerusalem and the Middle East, eventually the tresspassers vanish or runaway at the end because they do not belong.

First on the scene was an Israeli doctor who discovered another explosive belt when he opened the shirt of the second terrorist who had been wounded...Fortunately he managed to get clear.

Isreal should end its advancement and claiming of more lands in palestine, but more importantly, palestenieans should recognize that they have to co-exist with isreal. there is no way the jewish people will be totally eliminated. it's a pity that people are dying for leaders who keep decieving them about a bright, occupation-free future. wake up people! the world have changed much from the time of the prophets.

I am tired of listening to Palestinians complaining about media exposure being partial to Israel. However, when has any Palestinian expressed grief and sorrow and condemned the suicide attacks? To date, un-provoked Israelies have never conducted suicide attacks. Is this the Palestinian way of communicating with the world......killing innocent people??

To all,
As I happen to live in Israel next to the "Green Line" separating Israel and Palestine I am perhaps entitled to make one small observation:
I am a non-jewish Israeli citizen and some of my associates are Israeli Arabs. They are disgusted with the Palestinian terrorists and even request assistance against them. The Palestinians are considered by them to be idiots and I must admit that I concur as the so called Palestinians are their own worst enemy and continue to exist only to channel Arabic anger against Israel instead of against the repressive Arab regimes. The last thing that Iran/Syria etc need is a peace between Israel and the "Palestinians", then their own people might start to think "hell, I live in a pretty crappy place too". My 2c. Me.

to 11.17 am.who are you dealing with now is it Palestine and Palestinians or is it Arabs and Arabia? of course Palestinians are Arabs, Just like Polish Jews, Russian Jews, Africans Jews, and European Jews who Came to Palestine and Occupied it these are Jews.I cant say American Jews are not Jews the same way I cant say Palestinians or Lebanese are not Arabs.Too much for you to Understand?denying facts will not help you.Moshe Dayan said once every Single Jewish home that was built in this land was built on a destroyed Arab home.as for Israel show me one proof that Israel exist as a country for the last two thousand years prior to 1948.open your eyes and look around you there are as Much Palestinians as Jews in historical Palestine are you going to deny that too?

We Americans need to just let the Middle East do whatever it is they want to do; We need to get out of there and think of our future.....
We can't change a culture. We tried, and they don't want to advance. God Bless Everyone.

The current Middle East crisis goes back to the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 (which denied independence to the Arabs after they helped defeat the Ottoman Empire during WWI) and the Balfour Declaration of 1917 (which promised the Jewish people a "national home" in Palestine with the condition that "nothing should be done which might prejudice the rights of existing communities there"). Who can blame the Palestinian Arabs for not wanting to partition their land with the Jews? On the other hand, who can blame the Palestinian Jews for their attempt to create a home for all the Holocaust survivors (mostly from Europe)? Selfish interests on both sides resulted in the conflict which continues today. To their credit, Israel has returned land conquered during the wars fought with neighboring Arab states (after Israel declared their independence in 1948) in exchange for peace. Israel has also withdrawn from Gaza and the West Bank in an attempt for peace. Can Israel be expected to return to the borders suggested by the various partition plans (1937 Peel Commission or even the 1947 UN General Assembly's resolution)? Probably not. Palestinians have SOME of their land back even though it is much less than if they had agreed to partitioning in the first place. Should they be allowed to return to their former homes in what is now Israel (and given dual-citizenship)? Probably yes. Will that solve the crisis? Probably not. There will always be extremists on both sides that insist on "all or nothing" (just look at who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin in 1995: not a Palestinian terrorist but a Jewish right-wing extremist). It will be tough for Abbas to crack down on Hamas and other extremists that demand Israel's total destruction but it will be just as tough for Olmert to crack down on illegal settlements and right-wing extremists that want all of Palestine for themselves. If left to themselves without outside interference (Iran, Hezbollah and others that call for Israel's destruction), the two sides could probably find a solution that both sides could live with.