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יורם בינור, כתב לענייני ערבים, מספר שחשש לחייו לא פעם Israeli reporter: was called "yahud" – Jewish
Binur lived for a month in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. "It was not a very soft landing there," Binur recalls. "They put me through the wringer, including testing me on my knowledge of the Koran. I truly believe that had I not answered his questions correctly, I'm not sure we'd be sitting here right now having this conversation.
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"While I was living as this Arab man, I learned just how much Palestinians do not like the Jews, and how little we understand about what goes on inside Arab communities. And that's why I was not at all surprised when the first intifada broke out."
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"When we reached A'aliya Hospital, we saw a mob outside. Then, suddenly someone shouted, 'Yahud! Yahud!' and people began rushing toward us. They even tried to overturn our car. I quickly put the car in reverse and we sped away. If the car hadn't had central locking, I've no doubt they would have succeeded in dragging all of us out of the car, stuffing us with rice and raisins, and cooking us for dinner.
"Then, all of a sudden, an Arab man came up to me and began accosting me in a loud voice…. Luckily, we had protection, and my life was saved. It was only a matter of seconds before this man was going to throw me off the roof. I guess I got used to these dangerous adrenalin-inducing events, which seemed to happen to me often in those days."
Do you ever have occasion to go into Judea and Samaria these days?
"Not very often. After all of the confrontations I experienced over the years with various individuals, I think it's probably not prudent for me to go into these areas without my press badge.
