A Palestinian scratches his skin by a plastic knife frightened US planes passengers

The American authorities on Wednesday arrested a Palestinian youth from the Territories of 1948 while he was in a flight from Tel Aviv port to New York on the board of an American Continental airline company.

The Hebrew language Israeli radio said that Yassin Yasser ( 25 year old) took off a plastic knife from his bag during the flight and started to scratch his skin. A matter which raised fear and concern inside the plane which landed at New York airport and the airport's authorities immediately arrested him and brought him before the court and he was sentenced to pay USD 25, 000 as a guarantee for his release under the condition to be tried later.

The Israeli radio said that Yasser told the American court that has the habit of scratching his body by a plastic knife.