I was scrolling through the BBC website photos of the bombing in Jerusalem today and the caption on one of the photos struck me as very strange. "The explosion has shocked a city which last experienced a bus bombing in 2004."
The wording seemed to imply that it was strange that we haven't had a bus bombing for 7 years and we were shocked and caught unaware. That we should somehow expect to have them and not be so surprised when yet another bus blows up.
That's not to say that the last 7 years have been calm and peaceful, we have rockets fired at us, families killed in their sleep, missiles fired at us, road diggers ramming in to buses and cars and, did I mention missiles fired at us.
The last few days have seen an upsurge in attacks from Gaza in to Israel with missiles now reaching as far as Beer Sheva.
I don't want another intifada, I don't want to be scared to drive in my car or to go in to a shopping center or ride on a bus. I don't want to have to dive for my phone every day to make sure everyone I know is ok. I want a normal life
link to the photos: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12837951
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