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-Helps everyone in the hospital
-Going to a bar mitzvah where another suicide bomber is going to go blow people up.
-SAD CYCLE

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-Goes to Sameh's house
-Sees women and children crying, but also happy
-They are watching the video Sameh made before he went to the bus. He calls himself a shaeed (die for a cause)
-The town is honoring him and painting his face on the wall.

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-Owner of Yoni's Diner
-Diner is blown up
-Upset with himself for hiring Sameh and trusting him. He feels guilty.

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-Vera's father
-Is a professor
-Is with Vera and her mother, in the hospital.

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-Did not realize Sameh was Palestinian. (Hebrew shirt, red hair)
-Noted that He was talking to self on the bus
-Saw yellow bus blocking him on the road
-Unclear as to what exactly happened
-Has been in another bus bombing before

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-Vera's boyfriend in the army. Goes on patrol. Planning to surprise Vera on leave.
-Leave is canceled.
-His platoon goes into Zebedeid and looks for Sameh and Omar.
-Visits Vera in the hospital; stays at her place. Tells her he loves her.
-Brings the university application and helps her complete it.

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From Argentine; friends with Vera at the Kibbutz; takes pictures.
-Goes to the hospital to identify Vera and Thomas
-Recognizes Vera's fingernail polish
-She is documenting the entire event through photographs.

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-Works in a diner washing dishes and floors for his Boss.
-Plays soccer.
-Friends with Omar.
-He has to sneak to work past the borders to get to work each day (16years old).
-Compares himself to a ghost so he does not get caught.
-Gives $ to the family for food, clothes, kidney meds for brother. 16 is the magic age of death.
-Plans to do a bombing to help his family.
-Has red hair
-Sees Omar before the bus blows up
-Is hit in the head by a soldier
--Illegal worker; under police guard in hospital condition: Severe to Critical
-Speaking now and is worried his mother will not get the money. He does not set off the bomb because he sees Arabic women on the bus and a baby. He feels guilty as well for not bombing the bus.

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-Will pick Thomas up at the airport and will be his "buddy" at the Kibbutz.
-Is viewed as a granddaughter to Baruch.
-Grew up in Russia under a military dictatorship. -Boyfriend, Sergei committed suicide.
-Sergei's mother brings Vera a white box. The mother blames Vera for Sergei's death.
-When she is leaving for the kibbutz, her dad shows up to take her to the airport.
-Her father was a Jew and hid this from her. She was mad about it and changed her last name.
-Takes a bus on HWY 1 to the airport.
Concerned about Thomas being German and working with Baruch.
-In the bus bombing; screaming her name, panic
-VERA: Condition moderate to severe problem with eye.
-Sees Lidia, mom, dad, and Dan in the hospital with her. Shocked to see her father and mother together.
-She realized she loves her father!!!

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-Jewish; head of gardening at the Kibbutz.
-Will be in charge of Thomas there and he sent a letter to Thomas.
-Wife Rachel and son died in ghetto
-SURVIVED Holocaust.
-Close relationship with Vera
-Goes with Lidia to identify Vera and Thomas
-He is the only one who can speak German; this is hard for him, so he does not like to speak German, but will for this boy.
-It is IRONIC/ a CONTRAST/CONTRADICTION that he is the one who can help this German boy.
-Blood pressure due to anxiety which is brought on by this tragedy and speaking German.
-He remembers he killed his baby and his wife committed suicide.
-Goes to Yad Vashen to find information for Thomas. Finds some peace there.
-Finds a report about Opa Hans and learns Opa Hans was present for a massacre. We do not know if he participated.
-Takes sleeping pills because his peace has been shattered; everyone is coming to him for answers. Lots of pressure. They want help and advice from him since he is the oldest and wisest. Mutti and Thomas rely on him for finding out about Opa Hans. Lidia needs him for emotional support.
-"Life goes on": This experience helped him heal and move forward. He helps others cope with their trauma, he sees the younger generation wanting to make a difference and move past the bad past, value in life.

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Thomas's mother. She supports what Thomas is trying to do finding out about the grandfather. Husband died of cancer.
-Landlady hears the phone ringing in the room and answers the phone and provides information to contact Ilse.
-Made it from Berlin to the hospital with Thomas and Baruch. She tells Baruch why Thomas is there.

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Palestinian; teenager; being interviewed by police as a suspect who makes bombs. He claims he works all day and studies all night. Worried Sameh will not follow through. Steals a yellow van.
Blows up the bus
-DEAD

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16 years old; Germany; Going to a kibbutz to learn about his grandfather. Will visit Yad Vashem to get more information. He wants to "find" himself on this trip and process his father's death. Nervous as he enters Israel. Shocked that Israel looks like home.
-In a bus bombing and very confused afterward; speaking in German.
-Slips into a coma;  Condition: Critical
-He is coming in and out of consciousness and can talk a bit now. Dreaming of the train/smell.
-Struggling with the idea of Baruch doing the searching for him.
-Talks to Baruch about going back to Germany with his mom and decides to go.
-He feels that since he survived this horrible experience, he should be ok for the rest of his life...
-Always going to remember