The Terror That Will Not Quit

No matter what Israel tries, Palestinians keep blowing themselves up. Inside Sharon's campaign to stop the attacks--and why success is so elusive

The alert reached the Jerusalem police mobile war room at 3 p.m. Monday. The green bus--borrowed from an Israeli transport company and fitted inside with computers, phones and desks--pulled up at the Haas Promenade, a high overlook with a view of the Old City. Officers of the police, the army and the Shin Bet, the domestic spy agency, rushed to the parked bus to coordinate the hunt. The target: Mohammed al-Ghoul, 22, a student who, according to an intelligence report, had been dispatched by a Nablus cell of the militant group Hamas with orders to blow himself up among Israeli civilians...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!