But only 24 in the last year and a half:

Since the state was established in 1948, 1,634 Israelis have been killed in terror attacks, and over 14,000 people have been wounded, a report published by the National Insurance Institute revealed on Monday. Eight of the fatalities occurred in 2007, while 16 deaths have already been reported in the first four months of 2008.

Experts attribute the sharp drop in terrorism - what some security analysts cringe-inducingly label as the "tolerable level" - to a combination of roadblocks, new technology, and the fence. After the jump we've got a video about the new reinforced busses that Israel is using to reduce the impact of sniper fire and "drive up next to the bus and blow your car up" terror attacks. But before that happens, here's the UN pressuring Israel to dismantle the fence and here's Rice demanding that Israel dismantle roadblocks. This morning:

Israel's removal of some roadblocks in the West Bank recently has not done enough to improve the lives of Palestinians there, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday night, as she concluded her visit to the region. According to Army Radio, Rice said US diplomats had toured the areas in question and deduced that the roadblocks that were removed were insignificant.

Luckily Israel still has access to materials and technological collaboration that the international anti-Israel lobby has in now way tried to cut off through boycotts: