Today marks the beginning of a month-long IDF campaign in which citizens may return army equipment in their possession - without being questioned as to how they happen to have it. The citizens need not even identify themselves.
The first hours of the campaign already turned up some interesting results: A 50-year-old woman from Maalot returned two fragmentation grenades she had held for some 25 years. She explained that she kept them as protection against terrorists. It will be recalled that in 1974, terrorists attacked a school in Maalot, killing 21 junior high school students and three adults. In November 1999, a similar "no questions asked" campaign retrieved a large amount of uniforms, guns, bullets, grenades, electronic equipment - and even a large naval commando rubber dinghy.
The first hours of the campaign already turned up some interesting results: A 50-year-old woman from Maalot returned two fragmentation grenades she had held for some 25 years. She explained that she kept them as protection against terrorists. It will be recalled that in 1974, terrorists attacked a school in Maalot, killing 21 junior high school students and three adults. In November 1999, a similar "no questions asked" campaign retrieved a large amount of uniforms, guns, bullets, grenades, electronic equipment - and even a large naval commando rubber dinghy.