"I turned right when I saw all the other cars turning right. After several minutes, I realized I was at Ramallah," he said. I made a u-turn and when I got near a checkpoint, and when they discovered I am Jewish, they started to throw stones at me. I went back towards Ramallah because I felt they wouldn't think I was Jewish." Then he called the police on his cell phone.
He explained he usually does not drive in the area but "by coincidence they sent me to a single customer. I thank the Army and the Binyamin area police." Arabs claimed that children threw stones and had no intention to hurt him.
Ramallah is north of Jerusalem and adjacent to the large town of Beit El in Samaria. Defense officials have prohibited Israelis from entering Arab areas in Judea and Samaria. Several Israelis, usually searching for cheap prices or continuing to do business with Arabs, have been attacked and killed for their efforts.
Police are investigating how the driver got lost and strayed into the Qalandiya area between Ramallah and Jerusalem. The area is near the site where two Israelis were lynched four years ago when they got lost and made a wrong turn into an Arab area.
He explained he usually does not drive in the area but "by coincidence they sent me to a single customer. I thank the Army and the Binyamin area police." Arabs claimed that children threw stones and had no intention to hurt him.
Ramallah is north of Jerusalem and adjacent to the large town of Beit El in Samaria. Defense officials have prohibited Israelis from entering Arab areas in Judea and Samaria. Several Israelis, usually searching for cheap prices or continuing to do business with Arabs, have been attacked and killed for their efforts.
Police are investigating how the driver got lost and strayed into the Qalandiya area between Ramallah and Jerusalem. The area is near the site where two Israelis were lynched four years ago when they got lost and made a wrong turn into an Arab area.