A young Arab-Israeli woman, 19, was indicted this morning for doing nothing to stop a suicide bomber from blowing himself up and killing nine people. She found out about the terrorist's intentions this past Sunday morning as she was sitting with a friend on a bus bound for Meiron and Tzfat in the northern Galilee.
According to the story she told police, she was on her way to nursing school classes in Tzfat when an Arab sat down beside her, and warned her to get off the bus fast because it was going to blow up. After much hesitation, she finally asked the driver to stop and allow her and her friend to alight. She did not warn the driver or two of her other acquaintances on the bus - two Druze sisters, one of whom was killed. A police source told Ynet that she warned only the first friend because "she was of Moslem origin."
Only after the two got off did the first girl explain to the other why she did so; her friend reportedly reacted with skepticism. The suicide bomber blew himself up about 20 minutes later - during which time the two young women did not notify the police or other authorities. Police sources said that even if they would not have been able to prevent the murderer from detonating the bomb, the lives of those who boarded the bus after the two got off or who were killed outside the bus - there were four of these - could have been saved.
The Arab woman will be tried in a court in Nazareth. The police will not charge her friend, as she did not personally hear the terrorist's warning.
According to the story she told police, she was on her way to nursing school classes in Tzfat when an Arab sat down beside her, and warned her to get off the bus fast because it was going to blow up. After much hesitation, she finally asked the driver to stop and allow her and her friend to alight. She did not warn the driver or two of her other acquaintances on the bus - two Druze sisters, one of whom was killed. A police source told Ynet that she warned only the first friend because "she was of Moslem origin."
Only after the two got off did the first girl explain to the other why she did so; her friend reportedly reacted with skepticism. The suicide bomber blew himself up about 20 minutes later - during which time the two young women did not notify the police or other authorities. Police sources said that even if they would not have been able to prevent the murderer from detonating the bomb, the lives of those who boarded the bus after the two got off or who were killed outside the bus - there were four of these - could have been saved.
The Arab woman will be tried in a court in Nazareth. The police will not charge her friend, as she did not personally hear the terrorist's warning.