Saturday, October 14, 2006

Become a Terrorist, Earn a Diploma

From The Gathering Storm

Israel National News reports what Palestinians wouldn’t do to get a decent education in Israel.

Correspondent Haggai Huberman reports on a new phenomenon among the Arabs of Judea and Samaria: Youths carry knives or small bombs across checkpoints in order to get themselves arrested so that they can study for high school matriculation exams at the State of Israel’s expense. Sitting in jail for a number of weeks or months is a small price to pay, and the returns are significant: A high school diploma, and a high social standing as a “freed terrorist.” Huberman notes that earlier this week, IDF soldiers reported that they had thwarted an attack in the northern Shomron when they arrested two 19-year-old boys carrying two pipebombs of one kilogram (2.2 lbs.) each. However, the IDF later concluded that the boys were merely trying to get arrested for the purpose of matriculation exams, and that the pipebombs were not designed to cause significant damage.

“The Palestinians’ corrupt government is so incapable of educating their kids that they must rely on the hated Israelis to do it for them?”

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Would it not be better for these kids to ask their leaders to stop this non-sense war and make peace with Israel?