The mother of a thirteen-year-old Israeli Arab girl who stabbed a security guard issued an impassioned apology, praising the guard for not opening fire on her and said she hoped all Israel would soon find peace. She had no idea her daughter was planning a terror attack, or where she got the knife from. The student and a friend in the mixed Jewish-Arab town of Ramle pulled kitchen knives out of their clothing and stabbed the guard in the leg and hand, saying the attack was ‘revenge for the situation in the Al-Aqsa Mosque,’ and in protest against Israel ‘killing Palestinians.’ The stabbing was the latest in a series of attacks (killing 31 Israelis) carried out mainly by Palestinians, and a handful of Israeli Arabs, over several months. Some of the attackers have been young teens. On Wednesday, Palestinians opened fire on a group of policemen, killing one and seriously wounding another.