After the Tel Aviv suicide-bomb
Sharon and Arafat drew back from all-out war, but remain on the brink
“RESTRAINT is strength,” proclaimed Ariel Sharon on June 3rd at a Tel Aviv hospital where dozens of teenagers lay injured after the suicide-bombing at a beach-front discotheque on June 1st. This is not a philosophy that Israel's prime minister has notably espoused during his long and turbulent career in the army and in politics. But the very enormity of the attack, which killed 20 young Israelis, may have provided the shock that Israel and the Palestinians needed to draw back from the brink of all-out war.
This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “After the Tel Aviv suicide-bomb”
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