Abstract
In searching for information on the effects of living with the ongoing threat of terrorism, Israel was an obvious place to turn. For several years now reports of acts of terrorism and violence occurring in Israel have appeared in the news media as frequently as several times a week. Moreover, one of the more common types of terrorist acts regularly taking place there, suicide bombing, coincides with the method used in the September 11th attacks in the U.S. The impact of ongoing terrorism on children and their families has been an area of expertise of Israeli psychologist Ofra Ayalon for many years now. Dr. Ayalon was interviewed by Frances S. Waters, a clinical social worker and licensed marriage and family therapist in independent practice in Marquette, Michigan. The interview was conducted via telephone on January 12, 2002.