Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 9:07am
We were in the wall security embankment one day early in June, passing the wall in order to return to Jerusalem to continue our prayer at Via Dolorosa.We didn't know that the IDF border guard was looking for somebody returning back from Bethlehem. There it happens. The bus was redirected to the parking lot and we got down for the passport check and x-ray.
In the confusion, my wife mistakenly put her wristwatch on the conveyor without putting it on a plastic basket. Surely enough, her watch got stuck and the conveyour was jammed. I told the IDF soldier to stop the conveyor in order for us to retrieve the watch.
She didn't understand simple english and instead she called another IDF soldier to check what is wrong which leads to my talking to her from the line.
This IDF grunt just shouted at us to get back then ask the conveyor x-ray operator "what's wrong?"
He then proceed to talk to me rudely shoving his automatic assault rifle in my face. Wrong choice brother! I shouted obscenities back at him, then at his sargeant at the gangplank 3 meters above and to all his squad fellows nearing up. Basically I let it all rip!
It is just unbelievable how these youngsters act toward pilgrims, US dollar paying ones, who happen to be a respected visitor in this land.
That settled, the IDF soldiers was admonished by their sargeant above and got back to their stations with their tails behind their legs.
I was told later that Shin-Beth was trying to catch individuals known to have attacked a watchtower with stones and bee bee guns.
Wow, I told him -we are Indonesian who live day by day in a third world country violence and mayhem, anybody shouted at you and point their rifles ought to know better and do better. Indonesians stands to and never retreats, let alone by this green 18 year old rambo wanabees
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