Thursday, December 16, 2004

'Bad week for Israeli toddlers' or 'Look out below!'

In the French film Amélie, the main character of the same name loses her mother when a suicide jumper lands on her.

On Wednesday a woman in Or Yehuda "fell" (still not clear if it was a suicide) from the 13th floor of an apartment building, landing on a 10-month old boy who was walking with his mother and another relative.

News in the last few days suggests Israel is not a particularly safe place for toddlers. Not only do we have suicide bombers and road accidents, but mohels who don't know how to snip and suicide jumpers who don't know how to aim.