Security is still very tight today as approximately 1.9 million Israeli students begin the new school year in 3,700 schools around the country and in some 8,500 kindergartens and daycare centers. Policemen and armed guards are stationed outside schools around the country. Only in scattered locations were there non-security related problems that delayed or prevented schools from opening today.
Prime Minister Sharon visited a first-grade class in Gilo today, and told the new pupils his memories of his first day in school. He said that he hopes that the \"front line community of Gilo will remain peaceful... We promised, and we will make sure that it happens.\"
Government officials announced at the end of last week that Abu Ali Mustafa, the late head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist organization, was planning a major car bomb attack on Jewish children beginning their school year today. Mustafa was eliminated last week by Israeli missiles as he sat in his Ramallah office.
Prime Minister Sharon visited a first-grade class in Gilo today, and told the new pupils his memories of his first day in school. He said that he hopes that the \"front line community of Gilo will remain peaceful... We promised, and we will make sure that it happens.\"
Government officials announced at the end of last week that Abu Ali Mustafa, the late head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist organization, was planning a major car bomb attack on Jewish children beginning their school year today. Mustafa was eliminated last week by Israeli missiles as he sat in his Ramallah office.