A City of Uneasy Peace ; Cautiously, Jerusalem Lives Again

The Washington Times › October 18, 2004

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The summer was a busy one for Yafit Kaduri. The 18-year-old waitress at the central Jerusalem branch of Sbarro pizzeria described her restaurant as being packed with American, French and Mexican tourists.

Now, as she passed out advertisement leaflets on a cobblestone street just around the corner, Miss Kaduri shrugged off fears of a repeat of the August 2001 Sbarro bombing that killed 15 persons.

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A City of Uneasy Peace ; Cautiously, Jerusalem Lives Again

"Whoever lives here knows it could happen anywhere," she said. "Should we stop living because of this?"

Dozens of yards away on Zion Square, a pair of border police officers reclined against the concrete base of a utility pole.

Buried under a flak jacket, backpack, M-16 and the burden of the late-afternoon sun, one officer savored a break from patrolling the plaza.

"It's relaxed ... for now."

Four years after the outbreak of fighting with the Palestinians, Jerusalem is carefully trying to accustom itself to a new routine.

Though suicide bombers continue ...

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