The return of the black, burned out bus, Israel’s worst nightmare

For Israelis, the image of a black, burned out hull of a bombed passenger bus fillsthe same role as a photo of the Twin Towers engulfed in smoke and fire does for Americans: it is a satanic symbol of their worst nightmares, a dreaded icon of their most fearful days, a picture of pure evil that remains etched in their minds, no matter how hard they might try to erase it.