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}}}>Begin 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." 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