Posted on 06/17/2004 4:37:02 AM PDT by SJackson
My friend, Shlomit (not her real name), doesn't look like your typical terrorist hunter. She wears a sheitels (wig worn by religious women as a sign of modesty) and arch supports. In addition to her regular job, she scoots around the country, giving a lecture here, taking a class there. She cooks for families in distress and she bakes cakes to pass out to soldiers manning roadblocks. She's always on a diet.
But last week, Shlomit became a hero.
Shlomit was driving on a main highway in Israel, on her way to a town inside the green line, to visit her married daughter and grandchildren. She found herself behind a large garbage truck, but, not being in a hurry and preferring not to pass on a busy road, she drove contentedly along behind him, listening to a CD of Devora Gila, a religious female Joan Baez-type singer. The yellow license plate on the truck in front of her indicated that it was owned by an Israeli. The cars of Palestinian drivers living under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority have white or green plates. There are, however, Arab-owned vehicles with yellow plates — those belonging to Arab residents of East Jerusalem.
After a while Shlomit noticed that other cars were flying by them, but a car with white plates remained steadfastly behind her. She was sandwiched between the two.
After a while, the garbage truck pulled over to the side of the road and Shlomit passed it. Something made her glance up at her rear view mirror, and she saw that the Palestinian car was also pulling over. Shlomit saw the driver get out and hand a small package to the driver of the garbage truck.
This, she thought — the transfer of something from a white-plate to a yellow-plate driver, was a little odd.
So Shlomit, being a good citizen, upon reaching a roadblock several miles up the road, told the story to a soldier manning the post. "Would you mind sticking around for a few minutes?" he asked. "No problem," said Shlomit and settled down with a cup of coffee kindly offered by the young man in the bulletproof vest and helmet.
A few minutes later the garbage truck rolled into the roadblock lane. Having yellow plates, it should have passed through fairly easily. But the soldiers, tipped off by Shlomit, examined his cab even more carefully than usual. They found the little package and opened it.
It contained explosives. My friend Shlomit probably saved some lives that day.
The story could end here, but it doesn't. There is a story behind the story.
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishworldreview.com ...
I want to be this lady when I grow up. How cool is she?
I love the part of the story where she takes the protester's pictures then hands the IDF chocolate cake.
Kind of like the "Send the IDF a pizza" site only one better.
Bless her heart
I America she would immediately be denounced as racist for thinking anything of green plate-yellow plate transfers.
She should also carry a weapon. Terrorist could care less if they kill an unarmed woman...
Sounds like she ethnically profiled the owners of white plates.
Makes a lot of sense. God bless her.
Kudos to the woman for being alert!!!!!
What a lady! We could use people like her here in the States.
God bless her! We could all learn a valuable lesson from her regarding staying alert and keeping our eyes open to possible threats here at home.
P.S. I know, I know, it was Israel, not America.
The Democrats would make sure that the terrorists had plates exactly like the rest of us so that the murderers' feelings wouldn't be hurt by being singled out.
Yep. Sounds like racial profiling to me. Off with her head!
They would also want to make sure that little old ladies with walkers and young single men with bulging vests are stopped in ratios proportional to their representation in the local population.
Thanks for posting this, it is a great story.
What an incredible woman!
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