11.   Arafat has said his goal is to stop the suicide bombings that have damaged the fragile Middle East peace and threatened his authority.

12.   Arafat ordered a crackdown on Islamic militants after the suicide bombings last year, but according to Israel, many of those rounded up have been released.

13.   As in past suicide bombings, Israeli officials blamed Arafat, though the Palestinian leader has little control over Hamas.

14.   At a huge funeral procession that day for the Hezbollah fighters, the group threatened to retaliate with steps that it said could include suicide bombings within Israel.

15.   At least three other Palestinian women have carried out suicide bombings against Israelis since late March.

16.   At the end of the moment, Neumann suggested that they remain standing for the Israeli victims of suicide bombings.

17.   At the same time, Israeli soldiers spread throughout the West Bank enforcing a new policy to take back Palestinian land in reprisal for suicide bombings.

18.   Atsits, a tough old combat veteran of four Israeli wars, barely survived the suicide bombing now known as the Passover Massacre.

19.   Attacks on Israelis have sharply declined, although spectacular new suicide bombings are always possible.

20.   Because of the rash of suicide bombings, many students and other young people have canceled trips.