> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:19:15 -0800
> Subject: They opened the doors, pointed the gun right at me
> THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED:
>
> Jerusalem Update - - - - - - - posted by Akiva
> - - 1/11/2008 12:15:00 AM ET
>
> by Akiva & Reb Nati at Mystical Paths
>
> On entry to Jerusalem this morning, every single
> car was closely searched. By men, in black, with
> machine guns. They opened the doors, pointed the
> gun right at me and my daughter, and ran the
> barrel up and down our sides (checking for
> weapons, or just intimidating). For my daughter I
> objected to the rather inappropriate treatment.
> They offered to prevent me from going in, or to
> shoot me if I'm any more trouble.
>
> As we waited for Bush to pass by our yeshiva,
> some local children decided to enjoy a moment on
> the traffic free road (which is always normally
> busy). The police took out their billy clubs and
> immediately went right after them. They were not
> fooling around.
>
> I have a son who attends school in Bet El. As his
> bus traveled to school this morning, it was
> tracked along the road by a US Army Humvee with a
> 50 caliber machine gun turret. Very threatening,
> Jewish school bus with children. Later in the
> day, as the boys went up to the school fence to
> see what was going on in Ramallah (the back side
> of Bet El faces Ramallah, where US President Bush
> was declaring a guarantee of the creation of
> Palestine today), there were US soldiers in full
> battle gear who tracked the boys with their
> weapons and laser targeting dots. A teacher saw
> this and went up to the fence to yell at the US
> soldiers. This drew him 4 dots on the head.
>
> The thing is, those soldiers were right. Bush
> truly has more to worry about in the success of
> his Palestine plan from those who are learning
> Torah than from those who know how to fire an
> AK-47 or RPG.
>
> By the end of the day, it had all vanished as if
> without a trace. The security was gone, the
> roadblocks gone, and the President, having done
> what he came to do, went on his way. In the
> meantime, S'Derot Jewish residents got a triple
> load of incoming missles today. And ... No ...
> One ... Cares
>
> I spoke briefly with a shopkeeper today, who
> asked me what Bush was doing. I responded, he's
> president of the US, he's doing what he thinks
> makes sense for the US, he doesn't care what that
> means to Israel. Right, he said, but what about
> Olmert, why doesn't he care what happens to
> Israel? Wow, I said, that's a good question.

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