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Oct. 16, 2003 Poll: 75% of Palestinians support Haifa restaurant attack By LAMIA LAHOUD 75% of Palestinians support the suicide bombing of the Maxim restaurant in Haifa in which 23 people were killed. 78% of Palestinians believe the US roadmap for peace is dead, yet a vast majority ( 85%) want a mutual ceasefire, according to a new opinion poll released by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) in Ramallah. If the two sides agree on a mutual cessation of violence, 59% (compared to 50% last June) would support taking measures by the PA to prevent attacks...

Oct. 15, 2003 21st victim of Haifa suicide attack laid to rest By JPOST.COM STAFF Haifa's Maxim restaurant Photo: AP After fighting for his life for 11 days, George Matar, 57, was laid to rest Thursday afternoon in Haifa's Christian cemetery. Matar succumbed to his injuries – sustained at the suicide attack on Maxim restaurant in Haifa – and died on Wednesday in the city's Rambam hospital, bringing the death toll of the attack to 21. The Matar family are the Arab co-owners of the Maxim restaurant, jointly run by Jews and Arabs. George, a Haifa resident, was an employee...