sleepy dimona..

our southern town of dimona was the target of a double suicide bombing yesterday.. supposedly sent by hamas.. while one of the bombs exploded the other was averted by security guards who gunned down the terrorist.. last time hamas did this was in beer sheva (the capital of our southern region) about two years ago.. i had been in eilat all weekend and my slack ass friend dragged out the leaving hour to the point that i considered sleeping there and grabbing a bus the next morning.. lucky i waited for him to finally drive me late that night..

now at the same time apparently hamas has ok'd a truce proposed by a west bank interfaith activist rabbi.. as stated by the haaretz article reporting the matter:

The Hebrew and Arabic document contains verses from the Koran and the Bible and states, "God is the greatest of all and He alone can bring an end to the problems between the noble Palestinian people and the distinguished Jewish people in the Holy Land."

The proposal calls for Israel to lift its sanctions on the Gaza Strip, permit economic relations between Gaza and the outside world and open all border crossings. The Israel Defense Forces would end "all hostile activities toward the Gaza Strip, including targeted assassinations, the setting of ambushes, aerial bombardments and all penetrations into Gazan territory, in addition to ending the arrest, detention and persecution of Palestinians in the Strip."

The Palestinians would be obligated "to take all the necessary steps to completely end the attacks against Israel," including stopping "indefinitely all rocket attacks on Israel," assaults "on Israeli civilians and soldiers" and "to impose a cease-fire on all groups, factions and individuals operating in the Strip."

after you have just been bombed.. would you trust a truce offer?