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Thread ID: 19479 | Posts: 4 | Started: 2005-08-07
2005-08-07 17:16 | User Profile
AWOL Israeli Soldier Kills 4, Then Bludgeoned To Death By Julie Stahl CNSNews.com Jerusalem Bureau Chief August 04, 2005
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - An AWOL Jewish Israeli soldier riding on a public bus opened fire with an automatic weapon on passengers, killing four and wounding more than 10 others on Thursday before he was lynched by angry residents of the northern Israeli Arab town of Shfaram.
Tensions are already running high within the Jewish community in Israel ahead of the country's planned pullout from 21 Gaza Strip and four northern West Bank settlements, scheduled to begin in less than two weeks.
Fearing a backlash and rioting in Arab communities in northern Israel, the police flew reinforcements into the area.
Security sources named the attacker as Eden Tzuberi, 19, a soldier who had gone AWOL a month ago to protest the disengagement, reports said. He lived in the West Bank settlement of Tapuach and was newly religious, they said.
About 6 p.m. Tzuberi, dressed in Israeli military uniform, opened fire from inside the intercity bus from Haifa as it arrived in the Druze neighborhood of Shfaram, killing the driver and three other people.
Passengers tackled Tzuberi before a mob boarded the bus and bludgeoned him to death, reports said.
Television images showed the windows completely shot out of the bus. The seats and floors were covered with blood and shattered glass. Angry crowds pressed in close around the bus.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon condemned the attack, calling it a "deliberate attempt to harm the fabric of relations among all Israeli citizens."
"This was a reprehensible act by a bloodthirsty Jewish terrorist who sought to attack innocent Israeli citizens," Sharon said.
"Terrorism by civilians against civilians is the most dangerous thing affecting the future of the State of Israel and its stability as a democracy," Sharon said in a statement. "The entire State of Israel, regardless of race, religion or sex, strongly condemns this act of terrorism."
Sharon said the Israeli government was determined to protect Israeli citizens from every ethnic community and sector. He said he had instructed the security services to give the highest priority to the investigation into what he called the "terrorist attack."
Sharon called on Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Druze leaders "to work together in an effort to maintain the internal fabric of relations and to act responsibly and with restraint, and to allow the legal authorities to finish their investigation of this awful terrorist attack."
Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra blamed the attack on what he called the current atmosphere of incitement in the country surrounding demonstrations against the disengagement plan.
Thousands of anti-disengagement protesters have been gathered in southern Israel for two days, some attempting to march to the Gush Katif settlement bloc in the Gaza Strip and reinforce residents there.
The army closed the settlement to all non-residents three weeks ago, but some Israelis against the disengagement have tried anyway to sneak into the area. But settler leaders who have organized the anti-pullout demonstrations have pointed out that all of their rallies and events have passed peacefully.
Eve Harrow, who served on a local settlement council for 10 years, said it was not fair to blame those who are legitimately protesting the disengagement for the crazy actions of one person.
"The vast majority of the people protesting have been astonishingly well-behaved," said Harrow. Even the press, which is not in favor of the protests, has made it a point to note how peaceful the rallies have been, she said.
"It's a dangerous plan [the disengagement] for the state of Israel. It's a legitimate stand to be taking," said Harrow. "The stakes are as high as it goes."
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2005-08-07 17:38 | User Profile
"This was a reprehensible act by a bloodthirsty Jewish terrorist who sought to attack innocent Israeli citizens," Sharon said.
Go look in the mirror, Sharon. You are reaping your own whirlwind.
We reap what we sow.
2005-08-07 23:17 | User Profile
[QUOTE=CWRWinger]*"This was a reprehensible act by a bloodthirsty Jewish terrorist who sought to attack innocent Israeli citizens," Sharon said. *
Go look in the mirror, Sharon. You are reaping your own whirlwind.
We reap what we sow.[/QUOTE] Yes, and it is actually pretty amusing the war criminal/mass murderer Sharon calling someone who killed 4 people a bloodthirsty terrorist. Too bad Sharon didn't become No. 5.
2005-08-08 00:21 | User Profile
To tell you the truth I am getting bored with what is happening in Palestine, we all know that the Zionist Israelis will never leave Palestinian land, they will always find and excuse why they should not give back the 8% of the 97% that used to be Arab land before 1948.
Only thing that makes me happy from this situation is that the Israelis will never find peace in Palestine, the Arabs can afford to loose many wars but the Jews only one.
By the way, according to Congolesa Rice the insurgency are loosing the "political" war in Iraq, who the hell cares about political war? I care more about the Americans being killed just so that the Israelis can have oil.
The only oil pipe lines that dosen't get sabotage are the two going to Israel.