Monday, December 14, 2009
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JTA: Bomb-toting Palestinians arrested at checkpoint - 'Two Palestinians carrying a homemade bomb and a stun grenade were arrested at a West Bank checkpoint. The men were arrested Sunday evening near Nablus and transferred for questioning, according to a statement issued by the Israel Defense Forces. Meanwhile, a Palestinian teen was found Monday to be carrying a gun and three pocket knives at a checkpoint near northern Jerusalem. Also Monday, Palestinians throwing rocks damaged an Israeli bus traveling in the Etzion bloc.' [Why there's a fence.]
The IDF should have deactivated the bomb, by detonating it at a safe distance, while the pal-e-swinaian was wearing it.