British sources shed more light on the security threats that prompted the exit of American and British monitors from the Jericho prison. The Jerusalem Post writes:
According to the British sources, there were a number of riots at the prison in the past. The sources said the rioting three weeks ago wasn’t directed at the monitors, who kept a watch from the prison’s roof on the yard where Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine head Ahmed Sa’adat and the others accused of murdering Ze’evi were held, but that since the men were unarmed, they felt vulnerable and insecure….
The sources said that in addition to the rioting, past attempts to “storm” the prison from the outside also added to a sense of insecurity and vulnerability.
In addition, the sources said, this insecurity was heightened by “very specific” intelligence information received over the last few months regarding the danger of the monitors being kidnapped and held for ransom.
