May 22, 1987 • Page Image 49
…"Is the street clear?" a sapper colleague yells. "Get them all back." The police push everyone back even further. Silence. Suddenly, a blast booms through the street. make them — and not to make it personal." Indeed, when Israel recruits sappers, it specifically screens out people who want "to make it personal. There's no room here for a man trying to prove something, or trying to be macho," explains an official in squad management. "Our sa...…

















































