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The family of the teen terrorist girl who opened fire on the Border Police base near the Shoket Junction in the Negev, are playing the She-Was-Framed game.
Ali al-Nabari, the attacker’s cousin, said following the incident that “it couldn’t be. The police is lying and exaggerating. Maybe she was there to make a complaint and got mixed-up.”
“The person manning the base gate thinks that anyone wearing a kaffiyeh is a terrorist,” the cousin continued. “His friends shot her for no reason. She is involved in a program for exceptional students and active in social projects. It isn’t logical that someone could have influenced her. She is in school from the morning until the afternoon and she comes straight home from there. There is no internet, or anything else. Maybe the police made up the gun.”
Other family members also had trouble believing the reports. “This is a false claim by the police,” said a family member who asked to remain anonymous. “They are looking to cover up their actions. This could not have been a terror attack.”
“This was a special and kind child,” added another family member. “Why didn’t they show the gun on television? They only filmed her bag. They killed her accidentally and we intend to fight this to the end. We will hire lawyers and petition the courts until everyone knows the truth.”
Meanwhile, police found letters among her books in which she had written that she wanted to become a Shahid to avenge Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza.
Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
1:50PM: Ma’an News reports an “interesting” allegation.
Three Israeli military vehicles on Sunday stormed the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, firing gunshots and tear gas before they besieged a café and forced everybody inside to lie on the ground.
The soldiers’ mission, according to witnesses, was to buy a hookah from the café.
Palestinian youth who were inside Za’im Café had assumed the mission was, as usual, aimed at apprehending someone. However, they were surprised when the soldiers were examining hookahs and one asked for the owner. When the owner, Thaer Al-Jaroun, answered, the soldier asked him how much he should pay for the hookah, then he took the hookah he selected and paid 230 Israeli shekels as the owner of the café had requested.
By the way, just to clarify “hookah” :
1:32PM: StandWithUs has launched a new important site to combat allegation of immorality within the IDF: Soldiers Speak Out.
What an excellent idea and great looking site. Unfortunately, I cannot get any of the videos to work. Perhaps a problem with my computer, or has anyone else experienced the same issue?
6:02AM: George Galloway flips his lead defending Hizbullah in an interview with Sky News from around the Second Lebanon War.
