Busy, busy busy. I can't believe how much there is to learn from thousands of years of tradition!! But. . .this came out in Ha'Aretz today. . .It is beyond sad: it is pathetic. The words of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir continue to ring true:
"We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us."
Security sources: Tanzim intended to detonate explosives
By Arnon Regular and Yuval Yoaz, Haaretz Correspondents
The Tanzim militant group intended to detonate by remote control an explosive belt carried by a 10-year-old Palestinian boy after he was caught Monday by Israel Defense Forces soldiers, Israeli security sources believe.
The boy was aprehended while trying to pass a Nablus checkpoint with bags containing the explosives.
"Ten-year-old Abdullah works at the checkpoint transporting luggage from one side to the other," the officer, who identified himself only as Lieutenant-Colonel Guy, told Reuters.
"[Someone] asked him to carry through a bag...and left," the officer said. "[The boy] just wanted to make money. We will release him. He's just a poor kid." The boy said he was offered a large sum of money to transfer the bags, and he was released after it became clear that he was not aware that the bags he was carrying contained explosives.
The officer said a military policewoman at the checkpoint spotted wires protruding from the bag and stopped Abdullah.
"The policewoman prevented a suicide attack [in Israel]," the colonel said. He said the explosive belt was also packed with nuts and bolts, which militants use to make bombs deadlier. It was also connected to a cellular telephone.
Army demolition experts detonated the device in a controlled blast. The colonel said the device contained seven to 10 kilograms of explosives.
Knesset security warns MKs of mail bombs
The Knesset security officer on Monday sent a message to MKs, warning them of possible letter bombs, following a general terror alert pointing to terrorists' intentions of targeting a public figure via a mail bomb.
"There is a general terror warning pointing to a targeting of public officials via mail (letters or couriers.) I call on you to be aware of this threat, and to take precautions with mail being delivered to your home or office outside the Knesset. I recommend that suspect mail be brought to the Knesset or to police for examination," he wrote in his letter.
Also Monday, a Palestinian was wounded by Israeli troops near the West Bank city of Jenin after he threw a Molotov cocktail at the soldiers, Army Radio reported.
Earlier in the day, 12 people were injured during clashes between IDF soldiers and protesters during a demonstration against the construction of the West Bank separation fence in the village of Dir Kadis, near the settlement of Upper Modi'in.
Palestinians claims that IDF troops fired rubber bullets at the protesters, who were throwing stones. The soldiers tried to prevent the group of demonstrators, made up of Israeli, Palestinian and foreign protesters, from blocking the bulldozers and the clashes spread to the village of Dir Kadis itself.
Army Radio reported Monday that soldiers were searching for an armed Palestinian who opened fire on troops during the demonstration.
"We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us."
Security sources: Tanzim intended to detonate explosives
By Arnon Regular and Yuval Yoaz, Haaretz Correspondents
The Tanzim militant group intended to detonate by remote control an explosive belt carried by a 10-year-old Palestinian boy after he was caught Monday by Israel Defense Forces soldiers, Israeli security sources believe.
The boy was aprehended while trying to pass a Nablus checkpoint with bags containing the explosives.
"Ten-year-old Abdullah works at the checkpoint transporting luggage from one side to the other," the officer, who identified himself only as Lieutenant-Colonel Guy, told Reuters.
"[Someone] asked him to carry through a bag...and left," the officer said. "[The boy] just wanted to make money. We will release him. He's just a poor kid." The boy said he was offered a large sum of money to transfer the bags, and he was released after it became clear that he was not aware that the bags he was carrying contained explosives.
The officer said a military policewoman at the checkpoint spotted wires protruding from the bag and stopped Abdullah.
"The policewoman prevented a suicide attack [in Israel]," the colonel said. He said the explosive belt was also packed with nuts and bolts, which militants use to make bombs deadlier. It was also connected to a cellular telephone.
Army demolition experts detonated the device in a controlled blast. The colonel said the device contained seven to 10 kilograms of explosives.
Knesset security warns MKs of mail bombs
The Knesset security officer on Monday sent a message to MKs, warning them of possible letter bombs, following a general terror alert pointing to terrorists' intentions of targeting a public figure via a mail bomb.
"There is a general terror warning pointing to a targeting of public officials via mail (letters or couriers.) I call on you to be aware of this threat, and to take precautions with mail being delivered to your home or office outside the Knesset. I recommend that suspect mail be brought to the Knesset or to police for examination," he wrote in his letter.
Also Monday, a Palestinian was wounded by Israeli troops near the West Bank city of Jenin after he threw a Molotov cocktail at the soldiers, Army Radio reported.
Earlier in the day, 12 people were injured during clashes between IDF soldiers and protesters during a demonstration against the construction of the West Bank separation fence in the village of Dir Kadis, near the settlement of Upper Modi'in.
Palestinians claims that IDF troops fired rubber bullets at the protesters, who were throwing stones. The soldiers tried to prevent the group of demonstrators, made up of Israeli, Palestinian and foreign protesters, from blocking the bulldozers and the clashes spread to the village of Dir Kadis itself.
Army Radio reported Monday that soldiers were searching for an armed Palestinian who opened fire on troops during the demonstration.
posted by Rabbi David Novak at
Monday, March 15, 2004
