Monday, February 27, 2012

Caught on tape: Palestinian hurls brick at car

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Teacher driving home to West Bank settlement finds herself target of rock salvo – daily occurrence in area, she says

Yair Altman
Published: 02.23.12, 00:04 / Israel News
A teacher was on her way home to the West Bank settlement of Karmei Tzur on Tuesday when she found herself the target of a rock salvo that smashed her windshield.

Zehava Weiss, the driver, came out unscathed from an incident that has become a daily experience for residents in the region. An AFP photographer who was standing nearby captured the instance when a Palestinian boy hurled a boulder at her car.

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Weiss told Ynet that she saw the car in front of her getting hit, but did not think the salvo would continue. She had no choice but to continue driving into Beit Ummar, a Palestinian town, even after she bcame the target.

וייס המשיכה בנסיעה, למרות האבנים (צילום: AFP)
Weiss: They were thorwing bricks (Photo: AFP)

"I saw crowds on my left and on my right," Weiss recalled. "I knew that something was happening, but I had to continue driving because I didn't see any cops of soldiers in the area."

Luckily, Weiss said, her car is armored, but even so "the windshield was shattered and the exterior was dented in several places. They were throwing bricks, not stones."

'It happens every day'

This wasn't Weiss' first time in an incident of this kind.
Read the rest on: Ynet
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