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Suicide Bomber Hits Jerusalem Bus

HeadlineFeb 23, 2004

In Jerusalem, eight people died and dozens were injured in a suicide bombing attack on a bus during the Sunday morning rush hour. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades took responsibility for the attack.

Today in the Hague, the International Court of Justice will open a hearing to decide whether Israel can legally build a massive wall through the West Bank. Israeli officials said Sunday’s bombing highlighted the need for a security wall in the West Bank. But Israel is boycotting the hearing claiming the court does not have jurisdiction over domestic issues.

Palestinian and international groups, including the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch, have condemned the barrier, which has been described as an apartheid wall because it is being built on Palestinian land and will break the West Bank up into a dozen enclaves.

Writing in the New York Times today, Noam Chomsky writes that the wall will help turn “Palestinian communities into dungeons, next to which the Bantustans of South Africa look like symbols of freedom, sovereignty and self-determination.”

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