03.05.2012                      11.Ijar. 5772                    Tag 26 des Omer; Ta'anit BH"B

Sicherheit:

Mt. of Olives police post failing to allay fears

Reporter's Notebook: Some taxi drivers refuse to go up capital's Mount of Olives without security escort for fear of rock throwing.

“I can’t take you to the Mount of Olives, it’s 10:15 a.m.!” I threw up my hands in exasperation when the third taxi driver in a row refused to take me to the new police post on the mount.
“Fine,” I told him. “Take me to the Hebrew University and I’ll walk from there.”…