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friend on the afternoon of 4 Sep, 1997. Two Palestinian suicide bombers were there too. Just before 3pm, they blew themselves up. What followed was a surreal blur. Smadar’s father, 58-year-old Rami Elhanan only remembers “going from police station to police station and from hospital to hospital” after a friend told him he had seen Smadar downtown. He found himself standing in a morgue at the end of the night. “I felt a tremendous amount of anger inside me, eating me up...” says Mr Elhanan. “When someone takes your 14-year-old away, all you want to do is get even.” Wha t did he want to do? “I wanted to blow myself up too,” he says. “I wanted to kill Palestinians, Jewish settlers, our own government, everyone and anyone who made Smadar pay for our mistakes.” But as the months passed, his grief evolved into reflection. He wondered: What would make someone become a suicide bomber? He joined the Parents Circle, a peace organisation of Israelis and Palestinians who have lost loves ones to the conflict. It was there that, for the first time in his life, Mr Elhanan shook hands with a Palestinian. “We hugged and we cried,” he says. “I cannot explain why." Since it started with 24 members in 1995, the Parents Circle has grown to over 500 today, says co-founder Roni Hirshenson. It has been 10 years since Smadar’s death and these days Mr Elhanan helps Parents Circle organise events like summer peace camps. “We meet to talk – Palestinians and Israelis – if we want this to end,” he says. “We cannot hide behind a wall forever.” The statistics, though, show that suicide bombings have decreased since the wall was built. Dialogue is fine. But when lives are at stake, isn’t a sturdy wall a better guarantee? “Yes, dialogue is harder,” admits Mr Elhanan. “But it’s the right thing to do.” A wall to separate. A circle to embrace. Two ways to resolve a conflict. But which one leads to peace? From page 13 WALLED WALLED WALLED WALLED WALLED WALLED WALLED WALLED WALLED WALLED WALLED ISRAEL’S SIDE: They lose kids to Palestinian suicide bombers & the wall goes up IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN v A youth and his toddler brother taking a long detour around the wall, after going out to get groceries at the market. (Inset) A file picture of Smadar Elhanan who died after Palestinians blew themselves up nearby. YOUNG IN HOLY LAND TOMORROW IN THE NEW PAPER: The two little girls – one Arab, one Jew – are friends, all thanks to one kindergarte n Dad of victim still tries to reach out to ‘enemy’ PAGE 16 Monday, 25 Jun 2007 THE NEW PAPER
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