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| Kahanist opens fire, kills 4 Israeli Arabs |
| 2005-08-04 |
| Note that the crowd put him down and then imagine what would happen had he been a Paleo doing the same thing to Jews in the West Bank or Gaza. A Jewish extremist wearing an army uniform opened fire inside a bus Thursday, killing four Israeli Arabs and wounding 13 in the deadliest attack on Arabs in Israel since 1990. An angry crowd then killed the gunman. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon condemned the shootings as "a despicable act by a bloodthirsty terrorist." Security officials have warned that Jewish militants, desperate to sabotage Israel's upcoming pullout from Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank, might attack Arabs to deflect forces away from the Gaza withdrawal. "This cannot be disconnected from the pullout," retired army Gen. Yom-Tov Samia told Israel TV. Israel TV identified the gunman as Eden Tsuberi, 19, from the settlement of Tapuah in the West Bank. The attack took place in the Arab town of Shfaram in northern Israel, where a bearded gunman boarded the No. 165 bus and opened fire. Police said the gunman wore a skullcap, identifying him as an Orthodox Jew. The windows of the bus were shattered, and blood stained some of the seats. Two hours after the shooting, police with white plastic gloves fingerprinted a body on the floor, apparently that of the assailant. A policeman with a bullhorn stood near the body and addressed a crowd of thousands at the scene. Mohammed Barakeh, an Arab member of parliament, told Channel 10 from the scene that the dead were Arabs. "The victims are all residents of Shfaram, and today this town is mourning," he said. Israeli Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra called it a "terrible terror attack" and appealed for calm. The police commissioner, Moshe Karadi, said the killing could lead to further violence. Jewish settler leaders condemned the attack. Tapuah is one of the most extreme Jewish settlements, dominated by followers of U.S.-born Rabbi Meir Kahane, who believed in expelling Arabs from Israel and the West Bank. Kahane was assassinated in New York in 1990. Israel TV said Tsuberi was an army deserter who grew up in the Israeli city of Rishon Letzion and recently moved to the settlement. However, a statement from the settlers' council said the gunman did not live in Tapuah. Israeli Arab members of parliament called the shooting a "terror attack" by Jewish extremists. On Thursday, opponents of Israel's withdrawal ended their second mass protest after police blocked their plan to march into the Gaza Strip to reinforce the settlements. A few hundred protesters stayed in the town of Ofakim, including settlers' council head Bentsi Lieberman, who denounced the shooting. "Murder is murder is murder, and there can be no other response but to denounce it completely and express revulsion," he said. Police said Thursday they had detained 441 people trying to sneak into the Jewish settlements in Gaza, which have been sealed off. In Gaza City, meanwhile, about 10,000 Palestinians hoisting Palestinian flags and dancing in the streets, rallied at the parliament building Thursday to celebrate the withdrawal scheduled to begin Aug. 15. Dozens of gunmen fired in the air in celebration. "After 38 years of ugly occupation, they are leaving and they will never come back," Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia told the crowd. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #20 NPR reported this a.m. that Tsuberi's parents informed the IDF right after he called them to say he'd deserted, because he didn't want to help evict the Gaza settlers. The IDF didn't pick him up and take away his weapon in time. Is Tapuah where the rabbis recited the death curse against Ariel Sharon? The last time they did such a thing, they got Rabin murdered. Vicious fools who think they're being clever! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-08-04 22:58 |
| #19 93rd Volunteer Infantry, reporting for duty! |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-08-04 21:05 |
| #18 Two wrongs don't make a right, but it's certainly germane to observe that the Arabs who started this mass-murdering crap shouldn't be surprised that somebody on the other side finally decided that the tables deserved to be turned. I'm actually rather surprised there haven't been more of these kinds of attacks. The Paleos most assuredly merit them. |
| Posted by: mac 2005-08-04 20:38 |
| #17 I just find it interesting how much coverage this piece is getting....vs the amount of coverage paleo attacks on Jews gets. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2005-08-04 20:03 |
| #16 An angry crowd then killed the gunman. If the attack took place in an Arab town, I assume the angry crowd was made up of Arabs. |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2005-08-04 18:52 |
| #15 I have yet to meet an Agnostic who acts like this. I've yet to meet anyone who acts like this, but that's beside the point. The list of non-religious mass-murderers is pretty damn long. |
| Posted by: Colt 2005-08-04 18:19 |
| #14 Glad that he's dead. The last deadly Arab attack on Jews was 10 days ago. The last deadly Jewish attack on Arabs, prior to this, was eleven years ago. |
| Posted by: Colt 2005-08-04 18:17 |
| #13 A Jewish extremist wearing an army uniform opened fire inside a bus Thursday, killing four Israeli Arabs and wounding 13 in the deadliest attack on Arabs in Israel since 1990. An angry crowd then killed the gunman. Stark contrast compared to Paleo actions/responses. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-04 18:15 |
| #12 I'm with SPoD, though I'm more of an apathist than an agnostic. I don't know and I don't care. |
| Posted by: Graviling Juth5966 2005-08-04 17:49 |
| #11 I have yet to meet an Agnostic who acts like this He recently turned to religion. Sounds like he was a nutcase first, simply looking to believe in something. And as far as agnostic nutcases, we could spend all day filling out a list. |
| Posted by: Doolittle 2005-08-04 16:54 |
| #10 The bulldozers and tanks should already be there at work leveling this scums home. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-08-04 16:39 |
| #9 I'm glad the bus riders got him -- such people don't deserve to live. And an Army deserter... Damn! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-08-04 16:19 |
| #8 1. this probably greatly weakens the anti disengagement forces -- they will less likely to draw big crowds since some people will be embarrassed to be seen with the Kahanists 2. the settlement of Talpuah is widely known in Israel as a village of kooks; the rabbis there are probably guilty of inciting this crime and if witnesses can be procured they will probably be tried; if witnesses can't be procured, Tsuberi's house is going to be bulldozed; if I was the Israeli govt. I would bulldoze the whole settlement and arrest the rabbis on suspicision of incitement and I'd do it quick before the settlement's lawyers can file the Israeli equivalent of a restraining order. |
| Posted by: mhw 2005-08-04 16:16 |
| #7 This bastard got we he deserved. But Kahanism is NOT mainstream Judaism. Even LESS than Salafism is mainstream Islam. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2005-08-04 16:14 |
| #6 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon condemned the shootings as "a despicable act by a bloodthirsty terrorist." 'nuff said. |
| Posted by: Red Dog 2005-08-04 16:08 |
| #5 He got what he deserved. What a pity he killed people before getting it. Still, this leaves the terr. nutjob count at, oh, 3:30,000? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-08-04 16:07 |
| #4 Another reason I turned my back on religion. Asstards like this abound, it's not a sectarian thing, the crazys, zealots and people who want to control everything abound. I have yet to meet an Agnostic who acts like this. Enjoy your own personal hell you weak asstard. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-08-04 15:58 |
| #3 Looks like nobody's got the monopoly on lunatics... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-08-04 15:45 |
| #2 Scum. |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-08-04 15:41 |
| #1 Got his ass. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-04 15:39 |