Posted on 10/13/2006 5:20:55 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Arutz Sheva brings another darkly amusing tale of "oppressed" Palestinians (last item):
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.
Or maybe they wanted 72 dates to the prom.
(Excerpt) Read more at opinionjournal.com ...
Why those little rascals...
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