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	===ISM visit controversy===		===ISM visit controversy===
	On April 25, five days before the attack, Hanif and Sharif had visited [[International Solidarity Movement]] (ISM) office, and after chatting for 15 minutes with an ISM volunteer, the men joined a group of 20 people to lay flowers at the site of [[Rachel Corrie]]'s death for 10 minutes.<ref>''Radical Islam rising: Muslim extremism in the West'', Quintan Wiktorowicz, [[Rowman & Littlefield]], 2005, page 1.</ref><ref>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=293354</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/activists-face-deportation-after-suicide-bombing-537917.html The Independent] {{dead link\|date=August 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref>		On April 25, five days before the attack, Hanif and Sharif had visited [[International Solidarity Movement]] (ISM) office, and after chatting for 15 minutes with an ISM volunteer, the men joined a group of 20 people to lay flowers at the site of [[Rachel Corrie]]'s death for 10 minutes.<ref>''Radical Islam rising: Muslim extremism in the West'', Quintan Wiktorowicz, [[Rowman & Littlefield]], 2005, page 1.</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=293354 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040419151810/http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=293354 \|archive-date=2004-04-19 \|title=Haaretz - Israel News - Article}}</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/activists-face-deportation-after-suicide-bombing-537917.html The Independent] {{dead link\|date=August 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref>

	ISM said activists Hanif and Sharif appeared to be "typical Brits."<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3001665.stm Bomb Britons "visited Gaza"], BBC News, May 5, 2003; Malik, Shiv. [http://www.newstatesman.com/200604240017 NS Profile - Omar Sharif], ''New Statesman'', April 25, 2006.</ref> An ISM volunteer reported that the bombers had been among a group of '[[Alternative tourism\|alternative tourists]]' who were offered tea when they paid an unscheduled visit to an ISM office on the way to a memorial for Rachel Corrie.<ref name=Ha>{{cite web \|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=293354 \|title=MKs in a huff over ISM peace activists \|last=Alon \|first=Gideon \|work=[[Ha'aretz]] \|date=May 15, 2003 \|access-date=January 14, 2008}}</ref>		ISM said activists Hanif and Sharif appeared to be "typical Brits."<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3001665.stm Bomb Britons "visited Gaza"], BBC News, May 5, 2003; Malik, Shiv. [http://www.newstatesman.com/200604240017 NS Profile - Omar Sharif], ''New Statesman'', April 25, 2006.</ref> An ISM volunteer reported that the bombers had been among a group of '[[Alternative tourism\|alternative tourists]]' who were offered tea when they paid an unscheduled visit to an ISM office on the way to a memorial for Rachel Corrie.<ref name=Ha>{{cite web \|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=293354 \|title=MKs in a huff over ISM peace activists \|last=Alon \|first=Gideon \|work=[[Ha'aretz]] \|date=May 15, 2003 \|access-date=January 14, 2008}}</ref>
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	The Jerusalem branch appears in the film ''The Holy Land'', about a wayward [[Yeshiva]] student. The director, [[Eitan Gorlin]], worked as one of the bar's first bartenders in 1994.<ref name=Salon>{{cite web \|url=http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/int/2003/07/22/holy_land/ \|title=Rebel from the yeshiva \|last=Hansen \|first=Suzy \|work=[[salon.com]] \|date=July 22, 2003 \|access-date=January 14, 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417042541/http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/int/2003/07/22/holy_land/ \|archive-date=April 17, 2008 }}</ref>		The Jerusalem branch appears in the film ''The Holy Land'', about a wayward [[Yeshiva]] student. The director, [[Eitan Gorlin]], worked as one of the bar's first bartenders in 1994.<ref name=Salon>{{cite web \|url=http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/int/2003/07/22/holy_land/ \|title=Rebel from the yeshiva \|last=Hansen \|first=Suzy \|work=[[salon.com]] \|date=July 22, 2003 \|access-date=January 14, 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417042541/http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/int/2003/07/22/holy_land/ \|archive-date=April 17, 2008 }}</ref>

	The attack is mentioned in the TV series ''[[The Blacklist (TV series)\|The Blacklist]]'' by the main character Raymond Reddington, as he describes the aftermath created by the explosion.{{~~citation needed~~\|date=~~June 2020~~}}		The attack is mentioned in the TV series ''[[The Blacklist (TV series)\|The Blacklist]]'' by the main character Raymond Reddington, as he describes the aftermath created by the explosion.<ref>{{Citation \|title="The Blacklist" Cape May (TV Episode 2016) - IMDb \|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5182086/characters/nm2551311 \|access-date=2022-04-02}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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{{Infobox terrorist attack
|title=Mike's Place suicide bombing
|partof=the [[al-Aqsa Intifada]]
|image=File:MikesPlace.jpg
|caption=Mike's Place a few days after the bombing
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|location=[[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]]
|target=
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|lat_deg=32|lat_min=04|lat_sec=38|lat_dir=N
|lon_deg=34|lon_min=46|lon_sec=01|lon_dir=E
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|caption =
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|date=April 30, 2003<br />12:45 am
|time-begin=
|time-end=
|timezone=
|type=[[Suicide attack]]
|fatalities=3 [[Israelis|Israeli]] [[civilian]]s (+ 1 bomber)
|injuries=+50 civilians
|perps=[[Hamas]] and [[Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades]] claimed joint responsibility
|weapons=[[Explosive belt]]
}}
The '''Mike's Place suicide bombing''' was a [[Palestinian political violence|Palestinian]] [[suicide attack]], perpetrated by [[Hamas]] and [[Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades]] affiliated [[Islam in the United Kingdom|British Muslims]], at [[Mike's Place]], a [[Bar (establishment)|bar]] in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]], on April 30, 2003, killing three civilians and wounding 50.

==First attack==
=== Preparations for the attack ===
The two assailants entered Israel from [[Jordan]], via the [[Allenby Bridge]].<ref name=mfa.gov.il>{{cite web| url = http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2003/Details+of+April+30-+2003+Tel+Aviv+suicide+bombing.htm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040423111656/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2003/Details+of+April+30-+2003+Tel+Aviv+suicide+bombing.htm| archive-date = 2004-04-23| title = Details of April 30- 2003 Tel Aviv suicide bombing - 3-Jun-2003}} </ref>

They reached the scene of the attack from a nearby hotel where they had rented a room. Investigators who later searched their room discovered an elastic belt, explosives and a map of downtown Tel Aviv, on which several crowded venues, including Mike's Place, were clearly marked.<ref name="mfa.gov.il"/>

===The attack===
At 12:45 am on April 30, 2003, the suicide bomber approached Mike's Place and blew himself up at the entrance. The force of the blast killed three people and injured over 50. One of the wounded was [[security guard]] Avi Tabib, who managed to block the suicide bomber, preventing him from entering the bar and causing further fatalities.<ref name=jewishsf.com>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/20891/edition_id/429/format/html/displaystory.html |title=Tel Aviv bar and bomb target slowly getting its groove back |last=Khazzoom |first=Loolwa |work=jewishsf.com|date=September 29, 2003 |access-date=January 14, 2008}}</ref>

=== Perpetrators ===
After the attack, the Palestinian [[terrorism in Israel|terrorist]] groups Hamas and Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed joint responsibility for the attack. In addition, Hamas spokesman identified the perpetrators as British Muslims Asif Muhammad Hanif, 22, from [[London]] and Omar Khan Sharif, 27, from [[Derby]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/01/israel5|title=The British suicide bombers|date=May 1, 2003|work=The Guardian|access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref>

== Failed second bombing ==
[[File:Memorial to the victims of Mike's Place suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.JPG|250px|thumbnail|right|Memorial for victims of the bombing]]
Immediately after the first attack the other suicide bomber, who was carrying a concealed [[explosive belt]], was supposed to carry out another attack but his explosive device failed to detonate. This second suicide bomber, who may have been injured at that point from the explosion, threw away his explosive belt and fled the scene. He reached the David Intercontinental Hotel in the [[Menashiya]] residential neighborhood of [[Jaffa]] and struggled with the security guard at the entrance trying to steal his ID, but he did not manage to do so. An examination of the unexploded bomb discarded by Omar Khan Sharif showed that it had been hidden in a book and contained standard explosives.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/pressroom/2003/pages/details%20of%20april%2030-%202003%20tel%20aviv%20suicide%20bombing.aspx Details of April 30, 2003 Tel Aviv suicide bombing] ''[[Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]''</ref>

The body of the second suicide bomber was washed ashore on the [[Tel Aviv beach]]front on May 12 and was eventually identified on May 19, 2003. Forensic experts said he had drowned.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3039671.stm | work=BBC News | title=Body identified as 'suicide bomber' | date=May 19, 2003}}</ref>

== Subsequent related events ==
Despite the events of that day, the bar reopened on [[Yom Haatzmaut]], Israeli Independence Day.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DEED71F3CF93BA35756C0A9659C8B63|title=Tel Aviv Journal; Shunning Tragedy, Filmmaker Is Caught in One |last=Myre |first=Greg |work=[[New York Times]] |date=May 8, 2003 |access-date=April 18, 2008}}</ref>

===ISM visit controversy===
On April 25, five days before the attack, Hanif and Sharif had visited [[International Solidarity Movement]] (ISM) office, and after chatting for 15 minutes with an ISM volunteer, the men joined a group of 20 people to lay flowers at the site of [[Rachel Corrie]]'s death for 10 minutes.<ref>''Radical Islam rising: Muslim extremism in the West'', Quintan Wiktorowicz, [[Rowman & Littlefield]], 2005, page 1.</ref><ref>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=293354</ref><ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/activists-face-deportation-after-suicide-bombing-537917.html The Independent] {{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

ISM said activists Hanif and Sharif appeared to be "typical Brits."<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3001665.stm Bomb Britons "visited Gaza"], BBC News, May 5, 2003; Malik, Shiv. [http://www.newstatesman.com/200604240017 NS Profile - Omar Sharif], ''New Statesman'', April 25, 2006.</ref> An ISM volunteer reported that the bombers had been among a group of '[[Alternative tourism|alternative tourists]]' who were offered tea when they paid an unscheduled visit to an ISM office on the way to a memorial for Rachel Corrie.<ref name=Ha>{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=293354 |title=MKs in a huff over ISM peace activists |last=Alon |first=Gideon |work=[[Ha'aretz]] |date=May 15, 2003 |access-date=January 14, 2008}}</ref>

==Cultural references==
A [[documentary]] called ''Blues by the Beach'', about the Tel Aviv Mike's Place, the suicide attack at the bar, and the people affected by it, was directed by [[Israeli American|American-Israeli]] filmmaker Joshua Faudem and produced by Jack Baxter, who was seriously injured while making the film.<ref name=NYTImes>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980DEED71F3CF93BA35756C0A9659C8B63|title=Tel Aviv Journal; Shunning Tragedy, Filmmaker Is Caught in One|last=Myre |first=Greg |work=[[New York Times]] |date=May 8, 2003 |access-date=April 18, 2008}}</ref>

The Jerusalem branch appears in the film ''The Holy Land'', about a wayward [[Yeshiva]] student. The director, [[Eitan Gorlin]], worked as one of the bar's first bartenders in 1994.<ref name=Salon>{{cite web |url=http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/int/2003/07/22/holy_land/ |title=Rebel from the yeshiva |last=Hansen |first=Suzy |work=[[salon.com]] |date=July 22, 2003 |access-date=January 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417042541/http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/int/2003/07/22/holy_land/ |archive-date=April 17, 2008 }}</ref>

The attack is mentioned in the TV series ''[[The Blacklist (TV series)|The Blacklist]]'' by the main character Raymond Reddington, as he describes the aftermath created by the explosion.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121011045219/http://articles.cnn.com/2003-04-29/world/mideast.violence_1_long-awaited-road-map-suicide-bomber-tel-aviv-bomber?_s=PM:WORLD Suicide bomber kills 3 in Tel Aviv] - published on [[CNN]] on April 30, 2003
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2987239.stm Suicide bomber strikes Tel Aviv] - published on [[BBC News]] on April 30, 2003
* [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/30/israel1 Tel Aviv bombers 'were British'] - published on [[The Guardian]] on April 30, 2003
* [http://news.sky.com/home/sky-news-archive/article/1089217 Tel Aviv Suicide Bombers Were Brits] - published on [[Sky News]] on April 30, 2003
* [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iKkaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fUMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3606,7372172 Suicide Bomber Hits Tel Aviv Nightclub] - published on the [[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] on April 30, 2003
* [http://www.mikesplacebars.com/ Mike's Place web site]
* [http://www.bluesbythebeachfilm.com/ ''Blues by the Beach'']
* [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Government/Communiques/2003/Details+of+April+30-+2003+Tel+Aviv+suicide+bombing.htm Details of April 30- 2003 Tel Aviv suicide bombing] - published at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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