Reported this afternoon (Wednesday):
A Palestinian woman is caught with a knife at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. According to reports, the 36-year-old tells security forces that she planned to carry out a stabbing attack in Jerusalem. The suspect is taken in for questioning. [Times of Israel, June 28, 2017]
Ynet adds the detail in its report [here] that the would-be assailant was apprehended somewhere close to the ancient Tomb of Rachel. And in the Hebrew social media, this report says the woman is from Yatta, a large and troubled town with a population of about 65,000.
It provides a photo of the knife in her possession – the one she says she intended to use in an Arab-on-Israeli attack.
Among Israelis, it’s commonly thought that a significant number of the families and clans of Yatta – in common with several other notable cities and towns in the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority – have Jewish origins. Yatta was a noted Jewish settlement, described as such in documents dating back to the 5th century.
Details to come.
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