A woman soldier who allegedly forced an Arab woman to drink a chemical liquid has been arrested - but her lawyer says she prevented a mega-terror attack. The lawyer, Atty. Oded Savorai, appealed the decision to incarcerate his client, and she in fact was placed under a lighter form of arrest. He said that she acted "in accordance with her authority and obligations" when she forced the Arab woman to drink the contents of her water container.
"Many specific terrorist warnings had been received," Savorai said, "to the effect that a male or female terrorist would try to transfer poisonous materials to [pre-'67] Israel for the purpose of a mega-attack. In light of this, she asked an Arab woman what was in the bottle she was carrying. The latter said it was water, and the soldier told her to drink some of it, in order to ascertain that she was telling the truth."
"Many specific terrorist warnings had been received," Savorai said, "to the effect that a male or female terrorist would try to transfer poisonous materials to [pre-'67] Israel for the purpose of a mega-attack. In light of this, she asked an Arab woman what was in the bottle she was carrying. The latter said it was water, and the soldier told her to drink some of it, in order to ascertain that she was telling the truth."