Israeli security forces shot and killed a Palestinian from the militant Islamic Jihad group Tuesday. Israeli media said the Palestinian, Yusef Besharat, was responsible for the March 26 killing of two European observers from an international force stationed in Hebron. Besharat was shot and killed by Israeli forces after his car was stopped at a roadblock near the West Bank city of Hebron. Another man with Besharat was arrested. Palestinians said Besharat was stopped at the roadblock and told to remove his clothes, standard army procedure for checking for suicide bombers. They said he was then shot in the head.
Well, that'll put him in the boneyard. I know I should be saying something like "poor fellow," but this sympathy meter's been giving me trouble lately... Knowing the Paleostinian talent for truth-telling, I'd have my doubts the episode happened just as described. But even if it did, too bad. That could have something to do with my feeling that the only way to wipe out terrorism is to ruthlessly kill all the terrorists we can find. |