you re right. anthony: elsewhere in the west bank, just outside of ramallah. meet betty sadeh and mona inale. two members of the group of women who call themselves the speed sisters. the first all-female palestinian racing team. betty: hi. anthony: hi, i m tony. betty: hi, betty. anthony: good to meet you. betty: when i m racing a car, i m the happiest girl ever. racing. it s in my blood, racing.
across from the ofer detention center. anthony: what do they think about this next door, do they ever give you problems? betty: this is an israeli jail. it s called ofer. one time we were here with speed sisters and there was problems because of the prisoners. so i just stopped my car over there, and i was walking, i wanted to see what s going on. and the israeli soldiers, they came running at me, and they started shooting at me, and i got i got shot in the back. it was tear gas. anthony: the canister hit you? betty: yeah, so my speed sisters, they took me to the hospital. i fainted. anthony: have you thought of challenging the israelis to put up a team? betty: i can t race because my car is palestinian. anthony: what if they come over here? betty: they re not allowed to enter the west bank, and we re not allowed to go to jerusalem, so how can we race together? anthony: okay. silly question. (woman) wow, that s something. (burke) you get a whole lot of something with
here in palestine, it s very small. there s no roads, so when i drive i speed. i feel free. anthony: did you find that people underestimated you at first? betty: at the beginning, they could maybe make fun of us, but when we got good scores, we win our respect. anthony: now they know. betty: yeah, well a car doesn t know if you re a woman or a man. anthony: yeah. betty: a lot of girls want to join us, the speed sisters. but some of the families are very reserved, they don t like their daughters to be between men racing, you know? palestine is a very reserved society. anthony: so are things getting better, staying the same, or worse? betty: you never know what s going to happen in palestine. one day it s good, and the other day it s just, you never know, it s a crazy country. anthony: the local police would prefer them off the streets for obvious reasons. but the track here, such as it is, has its drawbacks. it s basically a parking lot
very reserved, they don t like their daughters to be between men racing you know? palestine is a very reserved society. anthony: so are things getting better, staying the same, or worse? betty: you never know what s going to happen in palestine. one day it s good and the other day it s just, you never know, it s a crazy country. anthony: the local police would prefer them off the streets for obvious reasons. but the track here, such as it is, has its drawbacks. it s basically a parking lot across from the detention center. anthony: what do they think about this next door, do they ever give you problems? betty: this is an israeli jail. it s called . one time we were here with speed sisters and there was problems because of the prisoners. so i just stopped my car over there, and i was walking, i wanted to see what s going on. and the israeli soldiers, they came running at me, and they started shooting at me, and i got
complicated things. they see the world in black and white. when you get older, you re able to see the grey. and when someone hits you anthony: look i understand why kids would do it. given what you told me earlier, identifying the perpetrators within within the realm of possibility. amind: young people. anthony: why not paint it over? amind: good question. i don t know. maybe we should. you re right. anthony: elsewhere in the west bank, just outside of ramalah. anthony: meet betty sadeh and mona inale.