City bus No. 25 rounded the curve in front of the Shuafat refugee camp in northern Jerusalem last week. The only other vehicles on the road were a few beat-up Peugeots with Palestinian drivers. Two dozen Palestinian youths were gathered at the roadside, juggling rocks. They had stoned the red-and-white No. 25 a few days before and injured an Israeli woman. As soon as the first stone shattered one of the bus' windows, the bus pulled up and the passengers jumped out. The Peugeots screeched to a halt, and the "Arabs" inside leaped out with pistols drawn. The stunned rock throwers...
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