Israel
& the West Bank (June 2006)
On June 1, 2001, a Hamas suicide bomber detonated at the Dolphinarium discotheque, killing 21 people, mostly youth dancing the night away. The fifth anniversary occurred while we were in Tel Aviv, which explains the numerous wreaths and blue candles. The Dolphinarium is just yards from our hotel, the Dan Panorama.
BC with a few of Israel's finest. These soldiers serve in a defense installation dedicated to counter-terrorism and explosives
The Dolphinarium as it looks today.
Rocket launchers at a defense base near Tel Aviv. The ones on the left take out scuds, among other things.
Hard to see because the shot was taken from inside the armored bus through three panes of glass into a beating sun, but what you see is one of the security checkpoints at the border of the West Bank and Israel. Passing through is a non-event, but the security fences, soldiers and surveillance do give pause.
