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Gal Eisenman,5, above, was killed with her grandmother when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded Jerusalem bus stop in June 2002.
Her grandfather described her as "the most beautiful flower in our world, cut from us."
Her mother said:
"She was a delightful girl, beautiful with blonde hair. She was very intelligent; so much so, that sometimes I could not understand what she wanted, because she made so many explanations. Her kindergarten teacher told me she contributes so much. I think they [the kindergarten class] will be very sad.
"I'm crying enough tears to fill an ocean."
As Nobel Peace Prize winner Yasser Arafat readies for his eternal, and one expects, just, reward, it is only fitting to remember this child and so many others lost to his hateful cause.