Palestinians: We thwarted suicide attack against Israel
Young female would-be terrorist from Nablus belongs to Islamic Jihad, PA sources reveal to Haaretz.
By Avi Issacharoff Tags: Palestinian Authority Israel news Islamic Jihad PalestiniansThe Palestinian Authority thwarted a suicide attack about six weeks ago that a young woman from Nablus had planned to carry out in Israel, Palestinian security sources have told Haaretz. The woman, who belongs to the Islamic Jihad, was arrested by the Palestinian security forces.
A spokesman for the Palestinian forces, Adnan Damiri, said he had no information on the subject.
According to Palestinian security sources, they have recently thwarted a number of attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians.
Rocket handover
It was reported Monday that Palestinian security forces handed over to Israel a makeshift rocket that had been manufactured in the village of Beit Sira near Modi'in.
Several Hamas activists were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the group trying to manufacture the rocket.
Dozens of Palestinians rioted yesterday in Hebron following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to declare the Tomb of the Patriarchs a Jewish heritage site.
The disturbances centered mainly on Shalala Street in the center of the city, on the boundary between the Israeli- and Palestinian-controled areas of the city. (See related story on this page.)
Also Monday, a former head of the Palestinian security forces, Fahmi Shabana, showed a film in which Rafiq al-Husseini, PA President Mahmoud Abbas' chief of staff who was dismissed amid allegations of a sex scandal, harshly criticizes Palestinian leaders.
Shabana called a press conference in which he presented documents allegedly showing that one of Abbas' former advisers, Hikmat Ziyad, sold a house belonging to the Palestinian Liberation Organization to a church that Shabana said was "controled by the Zionists." The house is located near the Old City.
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the Palestinians do or don't do. It is NEVER going to satisfie Israeli hardliners.
#2 - Don't be so cynical. This is a sign of progress and there is no direct reason to think the Palestinian Security forces had any role in provoking the suicide bomber to begin with. This alone should act as a deterrence for domestic violence and build confidence in Palestinian institutions. #3 - You should be even less certain this what would happen if Israel pulled out of the West Bank. Palestinian institutions are very rudimentary at this stage and we saw what chaos emerged when Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza. I think this is a sign of incremental progress, and hopefully something that will catalyze real change. I am very skeptical that a diplomatic peace agreement is possible until the Palestinians are gradually able to build the infrastructure for a state.
Signature of Oslo agreement was followed by unpresedented series of bomb attacks. Abondonment of Gaza brought about a terrible increase in terrorism. Withrowal from S. Lebanon brought about second Lebanon war. This case althoug an encouraging, is by no means an indication on what will happend if Israel withdrows.
It's what would happen if Israel pulled out of the settlements and let the Palestinians let them have a state.
And you thought Jews had Chutzpah.
"The Palestinian Authority thwarted a suicide attack about six weeks ago that a young woman from Ramallah had planned to carry out in Israel" May God richly bless those who were involved in saving human lives.