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| The concrete walls that today secure ancient Rachel’s Tomb [Image Source] |
There was another of those utterly pointless attempts around the middle of this morning (according to this Hebrew social media report) to harm Israeli security personnel. Once again this was by (a) a teenage (b) female (c) Arab (d) attacker armed with a knife. The armed assault was fortunately thwarted, the attacker is in the hands of the Israeli security forces for interrogation and no one was injured.
Judaism’s third-holiest site, has been the scene of prayer and pilgrimage for more than three thousand years… Rachel, the beloved wife of the third Patriarch, Ya’acov (Jacob), died in childbirth on the way to Hebron returning to his family’s home… She was buried on the road to Efrat — now Bethlehem….
Ya’acov buried Rachel at this spot, rather than a the family burial plot at the Cave [Tomb] of the Patriarchs in Hebron, because he foresaw that his decedents would pass this site during the the forced exile to Babylon in the year 423 BCE [Source: RachelsTomb.org]
Female terrorist arrested near Bethlehem | A female Arab terrorist aged 18, a resident of Bethlehem, arrived Thursday morning at the Rachel Crossing near the city, and threatened to attack policemen and soldiers stationed there. Border Police officers subdued the terrorist and found a knife in her bag. She was arrested and taken for questioning… [Israel National News, today]
Palestinian girl arrested for alleged stabbing attempt | Ramallah, March. 1 (Petra) — Israeli occupation forces arrested an 18-year old Palestinian girl for allegedly trying to stab Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Radio Israel said on Thursday. The radio said that Israeli troops at the military checkpoint arrested a girl, whose identity wasn’t disclosed, for allegedly attempting to attack Israeli soldiers with a knife. [Jordan News Agency/MENAFN, today]
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| Family and friends outside Rachel’s Tomb in 1991 when access was directly from the Jerusalem/Bethlehem road. The massive security walls hadn’t been constructed and weren’t needed |
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained an 18-year-old Palestinian girl for allegedly attempting to stab soldiers at Checkpoint 300 in northern Bethlehem city on Thursday, in the southern occupied West Bank. Israeli media reported that soldiers at the checkpoint detained a Palestinian teenage girl who was “carrying a knife and attempted to attack soldiers.” The girl was reportedly taken in for questioning. Though her identity remained unknown, the girl was reported to be a resident of Bethlehem city. Israeli forces have detained scores of Palestinians, many of the minors, for allegedly being in possession of knives following a spate of alleged and actual small-scale knife attacks by Palestinians that surged in the fall of 2015. [Ma’an News Agency, today]
Depending on decisions to be taken by the IDF and the military prosecution, this young woman may qualify under the PA’s Rewards for Terror scheme with monetary benefits flowing to her and her parents, so there’s that.
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