Chasing Terrorists With the Goldsteins of Memphis

(Jerusalem Post) - Sidney Goldstein, 52, and his son Ben, 25, along with 30 other volunteers, just completed two weeks of border patrol duty in Israel. They went on night time patrols, manned spot roadblocks, looked for terrorists, and arrested Palestinians traveling without permits in Israel. Sidney, a Memphis business consultant, had undergone training on a "Shomer Yisrael" program a decade ago. Ben had served as a combat soldier in the Givati brigade in 1996 as a foreign volunteer before moving to Jerusalem.


2002-06-28 00:00:00

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