A group of Christians wishing to act as “human shields” against the Israeli military have arrived in the region. Many of the them have taken up positions inside the PLO-controlled city of Beit Jala, the source of the ongoing terrorist fire on southern Jerusalem. The American activists feel that their presence is a deterrent to the Israeli military, because if one of them were to be injured or killed there would be an American outcry. Ra\'anan Gissin, a senior aide to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, asked rhetorically why the “human shields” don\'t defend the innocent Jerusalem residents attacked by terrorist gunfire from Beit Jala?
One of the most unusual volunteers who spent time in Beit Jala this past week was Tel Aviv resident Neta Golan, a 30-year-old physical therapist. She explained her actions by saying that the Israeli response to gunfire on the capital city was “unjustified.” Additional “human shields” are expected in the coming days from France and the UK as well as reinforcements from the US.
Meanwhile, according to a report in the Sunday Times of London, tens of Arab women are volunteering to become “human bombs.” In response to a call made by Saudi Arabia\'s High Islamic Council, many Arab women have stepped forward to volunteer as suicide bombers against Israel. While the phenomenon of Arab female terrorists is rare, it is not unheard of. In the worst terrorist incident Israel has known, the terror cell in which Dalal Maghrebi participated -- “the woman we are proud of” [Arafat] -- murdered 37 people on a bus in the 1978 Tel Aviv Coastal Highway massacre. Last Friday, police apprehended an Arab female in her twenties, mother of two, as she was planning to detonate an explosive device in the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. The attempted bombing ended without injuries.
One of the most unusual volunteers who spent time in Beit Jala this past week was Tel Aviv resident Neta Golan, a 30-year-old physical therapist. She explained her actions by saying that the Israeli response to gunfire on the capital city was “unjustified.” Additional “human shields” are expected in the coming days from France and the UK as well as reinforcements from the US.
Meanwhile, according to a report in the Sunday Times of London, tens of Arab women are volunteering to become “human bombs.” In response to a call made by Saudi Arabia\'s High Islamic Council, many Arab women have stepped forward to volunteer as suicide bombers against Israel. While the phenomenon of Arab female terrorists is rare, it is not unheard of. In the worst terrorist incident Israel has known, the terror cell in which Dalal Maghrebi participated -- “the woman we are proud of” [Arafat] -- murdered 37 people on a bus in the 1978 Tel Aviv Coastal Highway massacre. Last Friday, police apprehended an Arab female in her twenties, mother of two, as she was planning to detonate an explosive device in the Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. The attempted bombing ended without injuries.