Figure 1.-- Here we see an Israeli school bus blown apart by Palestinian terrorists (May 25, 1970). It was full of children when attacked. The press caption read, "Terrorists Kill Eight Childten in Bazooka Attack: Eight children and three adults were killed when terrorists made a bazooka attack on an Israeli school bus near the Lebanbon border on Friday night. 21 children survived the attack near the Lebanon border but most of them are in the hospital. Photo shows -- The school bus after the Bazooka Attack showing a big hole in the side."

The Palistinian terror attacks that made headlines in the 1970s were mostly aircraft hijackings. They were the high profile attacks because the passengers were an international mix including Americans and Europeans. They were not the only attacks. We see terrorists crossing the border and attacking Israeli civilans. Children were a priority target for the Palestinians here because of the emotional response of the Israelis. We note a terrorist attack on a school bus along the Lebanese border, killing 8 children and injuring many more. Attacks like this led to a call in Israel for sepation from the Palestinians. At the time large numbers of Palestinians were working in Israel the current situation of isolation and ecomomic depression did not yet exist. The demand for separation would increase wiyth the Iterfada (1984), but this was the beginning and would eventually lead to the Israeli West bBank Barrier Wall. It would prove highly effective.

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