Settlers offer West Bank 'terror tours'
Jewish settlers are offering special "terror tours" of the West Bank and Gaza, in which tourists will be trained to fire weapons and participate in mock fights with Arab militants.
The four-day excursion will include aerial tours of "terrorist" enclaves and a chance to sit in the cockpit of a fighter-plane capable of delivering nuclear bombs....
He said so far more than 20 people - including a judge, doctors, and a Middle East lecturer - have signed up from the United States, at a cost of $5,500 each.
Tracking 'terrorists'
For the participants, daily activities begin with what Mr Greenwald called "light exercises" in hand-to-hand combat.
Tourists will also be taught how to fire a range of weapons, including M16s, Uzis, pistols and Kalashnikov machine guns, and learn how to operate a tank.
There will be talks by Israelis who took part in Israel's military offensive in Jenin last April, and lessons in how to track "terrorists" across the desert.
Participants will be taken on a helicopter tour of Palestinian "terrorist enclaves" and be shown arms and suicide bomber belts seized by the Israeli army.
The highlight of the trip involves a paintball fight in a simulated Arab village, where participants will be able to go from room-to-room "cleaning out Arab terrorists", said Mr Greenwald....
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