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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Wikipedia says:

The Matza restaurant massacre occurred on March 31, 2002, when a Palestinian Hamas suicide bomber detonated his bomb inside the Matza restaurant in Haifa, Israel, killing 15 people and injuring over 40.

The attack occurred at 14:45 during the Passover vacation in Israel, and the restaurant was crowded with families having their lunch. Despite the Passover massacre which occurred just four days earlier in Netanya, and the tense atmosphere following it, the clients and restaurant owners were not particularly worried about security: The Matza restaurant is operated by an Israeli Arab family, and its multi-ethnic nature was thought to make it an unlikely choice for a terrorist attack...

But was it a "terrorist" attack? It says so right now, but behind the scenes a battle rages. It started as a terrorist attack, then it wasn't, then it was again, then it wasn't again, and now it is...for the moment. And is it an example of Palestinian Terrorism or Palestinian Political Violence? Note the discussion of Wikipedia policy.

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