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Israel thwarts Jewish bomb attack on school
Suzanne Goldenberg in Jerusalem
Monday May 13, 2002
The Guardian
Israel has thwarted a Jewish extremist plot to blow up a Palestinian hospital and a
girls' school in Arab East Jerusalem, arresting the bombers as they attempted to
install their high-powered explosives.
The plot came to light two weeks ago when police in Jerusalem stumbled on two
men unloading their bomb on the pavement between a girls' high school and the
Mukassad hospital, the main health centre for the Palestinians of East Jerusalem. It
was due to explode when the 1,500 pupils arrived at school. Two other men were
arrested later.
News of the attempted bombing - which was withheld by a court order until the
weekend - was greeted with considerable horror in Israel, and the men were
condemned by both the left and the right.
"These fellows, if successful, could have created a major disaster, and with all due
respect to the Israeli agony about suicide bombings, this would have just contributed
another incredible atrocity that we don't want to see," said Ehud Sprinzak, dean of
the Lauder School of Government, and an expert on Jewish extremist groups.
However, several rabbis from small and hardline illegal Jewish settlements in the
West Bank criticised the arrests. Outside the Russian compound in Jerusalem,
where the men are being held, a small group has kept a vigil for the last few days,
and Kahane Chai, a Jewish extremist group outlawed in Israel and included on
America's list of international terrorist organisations, called for the release of the
men.
"I think the government should put bombs in hospitals but unfortunately the
government doesn't do it, so it is up to the people to do those things," Noam
Federman, a spokesman for Kahane Chai, said.
The hospital bombing plot is the latest sign of a resurgence among Jewish 13
extremists, who have constantly accused the prime minister, Ariel Sharon, of going
soft on the Palestinians.
In March, a bomb exploded at a Palestinian boys' school in another part of Arab East
Jerusalem, injuring seven children and a teacher. It was claimed by a group called
the Revenge of the Children.
A police spokesman yesterday said investigators were looking for links between that
attack and the attempt to bomb the hospital. They are also seeking connections
between the attacks and the killing of at least seven Palestinians who were shot
dead on West Bank roads by another shadowy extremist group.
There have been no prosecutions in connection with any of these incidents, but Mr
Sprinzak said he hoped the arrest of the four men would lead to a breakthrough. He
also predicted that the arrests would scare off other extremists who might be
contemplating similar action.
But there was little sign of that at the weekend in Bat Ayin, a small Jewish settlement
in the West Bank, and home of three of the detainees. According to the Israeli press
yesterday, the settlement is particularly insular - banning entry to Palestinians and
to
non-Jews. There are no televisions, and male residents are required to grow beards.
The discovery of the plot has fuelled speculation in Israel of the re-emergence of a
highly sophisticated network of Jewish extremists. During the 1980s, a group known
as the Jewish Underground planned attacks on the Al-Aqsa mosque, a Muslim holy
site in Jerusalem, and struck at Palestinian political figures.
However, Mr Sprinzak dismissed those fears. "That underground is long gone, and
those people have been freed. When people in Israel speak of an underground they
have in mind a sophisticated group, with very well trained operatives. This is nothing
like that."
Guardian Unlimited © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2002
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