MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI SECURITY ON HIGH ALERT FOR FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS ON AMERICA

Record ID: 400091

  • Title: MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI SECURITY ON HIGH ALERT FOR FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS ON AMERICA
  • Date: 11th September 2002
  • Summary: (U3) TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (SEPTEMBER 11, 2002) (REUTERS) 1. WS: EXTERIOR OF BEN-GURION AIRPORT NEAR TEL AVIV 0.05 2. MV/SV: PEOPLE IN SECURITY CHECKS; SV AIRPORT SECURITY SCANNING BAGAGE (3 SHOTS) 0.22 3. SV ULTRA ORTHODOX PASSANGER PRAYING WHILE STANDING IN LINE FOR SECURITY CHECK; SV PEOPLE COLLECTING BAGAGE FROM SCANNER; ZOOM OUT AIRPORT SE
  • Embargoed: 26th September 2002 13:00
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  • Location: TEL AVIV, ISRAEL / GAZA/ RAMALLAH, WEST BANK / JERUSALEM
  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVAAAE3DWXEDFZRX8EBUU2P2V9CB
  • Story Text: Israel has beefed up its security forces on the first anniversary
    of the attacks on New York and Washington even as
    Islamic militants at home warned of more strikes to come.


    Israeli security was on high alert on Wednesday
    (September 11, 2002) fearing an attack on the anniversary of the
    attacks on New York's World Trade Center and The Pentagon in
    Washington. Ben-Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv has
    tightened it's security. Passengers had to stand in queues to
    pass the security checks, and needed to arrive several hours
    before their flight.

    In Gaza, Abdel-Aziz Rantissi, a leader of the Hamas, has
    blamed the American humiliating and oppressive policy for the
    September eleventh attack which he referred to as an
    'accident'. Rantissi said, "I believe that the main enemy of
    the Unites states of America is the policy of the United
    States of America. The humiliation of others, the oppression
    and aggression against the Islamic people will lead in the
    future to the same accidents like that in the eleventh of
    September. So America should change it's policy, without that
    they should expect the same accidents in the future," he said.

    In the West Bank city of Ramallah, resident Riad Moussa
    said that the Palestinians have suffered dearly after the
    September eleventh attack. He said that the world's public
    opinion has changed towards them, and has ceased to be
    supportive. He said, "We are seeing that the world has
    changed, people are not looking the same, looking before
    eleventh of September to the Palestinians like they looked
    after. Now they look at the Palestinian people and comparing
    us to Osama bin Laden, they see us as terrorists, and not as
    people who want to fight to who want to get thier freedom, so
    I think it is very bad it has a very bad effect on the
    Palestinian people and the Palestinian case (cause)."
    Riad claims the the people responsible for last years
    attack were misrepresenting the Islamic people, "Personally I
    think it is done by extremists who don't understand anything
    about the modern life. I don't believe that this is the true
    face of Islam, as they are trying to represent, I think they
    are fundamental people who do not understand what is going on
    in front of them."
    In Jerusalem people were expressing fear, saying that the
    attack on America is also is an attack on Israel, since
    America is Israel's supporter:
    Israeli David Barium said, "Two flaming towers, this is what I
    see in my mind. The terrorist attack upon America is not only
    an attack on America it is an attack on all the free world,
    especially Israel. It is very sad to hear today that many people
    in the world think that the jews in Israel is responsible for this attack. I do hope that very soon the world will understand that
    Israel is not responsible for this attack and the true responsible
    for this attack will be caught and put to trial, said David
    Barium.


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