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man demands car from Palestinian Authority and gets it back
2 Comments · Posted by Saar Drimer in transportation
It was all over the radio news last night in Israel but I couldn’t find a single web article about it.
A frustrated man drove to the Palestinian town of Qalqilya to find his mother’s car. It is illegal (and very dangerous) for Israelis to enter Palestinian towns so he was “asked” to leave. He refused to do so until the car is returned. Upon this, the Palestinian Authority promised him to find and return the car and within a few hours did!
Car theft is all too common in Israel and pretty much everyone (including the Palestinian and Israeli authorities) know where it is going. As you can see in this map, Qalqilya sits on the west bank border and is the nearest Palestinian town to the greater Tel-Aviv metropolitan area so there is little wonder why all the chop-shops are there.
I wonder how many people will follow this guy’s lead and try to get their car back this way.
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Anonymous · December 26, 2005 at 18:07
I wonder if it was really his car ?!?
Admin comment by Saar Drimer · December 27, 2005 at 14:30
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I bet it was though. The trick might have worked in “The Sopranos” but I doubt it will in real life :)