An Iranian national managed to infiltrate Israel’s northern border undetected, entered a family’s house in Dovev, and asked for political asylum Monday.
And from our “understatement of the day” dept:
Israel’s defense establishment called the incident a “serious security failure” that would have ended badly if the infiltrator was a terrorist.
Gee, ya think?
On a brighter, note, seriously, how sweet is this guy:
IDF forces rushed to the scene and took the infiltrator in for questioning. The man told his interrogators that he had left Iran on foot, walked through Syria and entered Israel via Lebanon. “I came to find a better life than what I had in Tehran”, the man said…
The 23 year old Iranian told the stunned family that he had walked all the way from Iran to Syria and crossed into Israel through Lebanon. The Iranian told the Yakutis that he had come to Israel because it is a “democratic and enlightened country”… The man told us that he had hidden from the Hezbollah on the Lebanese side of the border until he had the opportunity to reach the border, and then he jumped over the fence and walked freely to our door.
Two things:
(1) Kind of puts the fact that you have your Thai food delivered into perspective.
(2) Give him food, a bath, and a week to rest. Then put him on a plane to the States – I bet I can think of some campus organizations who’d love to hear his story.
