Wed Nov 25, 2015, 04:01 AM

ellenrr (3,862 posts)

Prominent Israeli settler runs over 16-year-old girl, then shoots her dead

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BETHLEHEM (Ma‘an) 22 Nov – A prominent Israeli settler ran over a 16-year-old Palestinian girl and then shot her dead [on Sunday], saying that he believed she intended to carry out a stabbing attack at Huwarra checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus, Israeli media reported.

The Palestinian military liaison office identified the teenager as Ashraqat Taha Ahmad Qatanani from Nablus, and said they had notified her family of their daughter’s death. Israeli news site Ynet identified the man who ran over and shot Qatanani as Gershon Mesika, the former head of the “Samaria regional council,” which represents Israel’s illegal settlements in the northern West Bank.

After running the girl over with his car and landing in a ditch, Mesika reportedly got out of his car and opened fire on the girl, alongside Israeli forces who also opened fire, Israeli media reported. An Israeli army spokesperson did not immediately respond when asked for comment. No Israelis were reported injured in the alleged attack. - S

http://mondoweiss.net/2015/11/prominent-israeli-settler

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16 replies	Author	Time	Post
Prominent Israeli settler runs over 16-year-old girl, then shoots her dead (Original post)	ellenrr	Nov 2015	OP
Disgusting.	Chan790	Nov 2015	#1
yep...	ellenrr	Nov 2015	#3
She was coming right for us! - (southpark)	Electric Monk	Nov 2015	#2
Loot, plunder, kill and then make up some shite story	malaise	Nov 2015	#4
and a similar, if less lethal pattern affects Black people in America,	ellenrr	Nov 2015	#6
And indigenous people	malaise	Nov 2015	#8
yes... everywhere....	ellenrr	Nov 2015	#11
One month in to intifada III	Jesus Malverde	Nov 2015	#5
He believed she INTENDED to carry out a stabbing attack. Gershon Mesika has no regards to human	B Calm	Nov 2015	#7
israel is a shitbag country.	KG	Nov 2015	#9
and the same poster says walmart is a shitbag company...	ellenrr	Nov 2015	#10
Has the Israeli media identified Mesika as a terrorist yet?	Orrex	Nov 2015	#12
Former settler leader thwarts Palestinian knife attacker	oberliner	Nov 2015	#13
Funny how Mondoweiss doesn't mention the attempted	COLGATE4	Nov 2015	#14
I'll be looking forward to the demolition of his family home...	Crunchy Frog	Nov 2015	#15
Locking	mcar	Nov 2015	#16

Response to ellenrr (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 04:24 AM

Chan790 (20,176 posts)

1. Disgusting.

I would hope he'd spend the rest of his life in prison if they cannot prove his assertions...but he's probably getting a citizenship medal.

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Response to Chan790 (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 04:44 AM

ellenrr (3,862 posts)

3. yep...

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Response to ellenrr (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 04:36 AM

Electric Monk (13,869 posts)

2. She was coming right for us! - (southpark)

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Response to ellenrr (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 05:13 AM

malaise (223,653 posts)

4. Loot, plunder, kill and then make up some shite story

There's a pattern here

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Response to malaise (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 05:38 AM

ellenrr (3,862 posts)

6. and a similar, if less lethal pattern affects Black people in America,

which is why I'm thrilled with the alliance between BLM and Palestinians.

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Response to ellenrr (Reply #6)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 05:43 AM

malaise (223,653 posts)

8. And indigenous people

everywhere

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Response to malaise (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 05:55 AM

ellenrr (3,862 posts)

11. yes... everywhere....

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Response to ellenrr (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 05:24 AM

Jesus Malverde (10,274 posts)

5. One month in to intifada III

They've lost the plot.

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Response to ellenrr (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 05:39 AM

B Calm (28,762 posts)

7. He believed she INTENDED to carry out a stabbing attack. Gershon Mesika has no regards to human

life.

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Response to ellenrr (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 05:46 AM

KG (28,306 posts)

9. israel is a shitbag country.

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Response to KG (Reply #9)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 05:53 AM

ellenrr (3,862 posts)

10. and the same poster says walmart is a shitbag company...

I don't disagree in either case.

And I love the depth of the political analysis.

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Response to ellenrr (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:46 AM

Orrex (59,582 posts)

12. Has the Israeli media identified Mesika as a terrorist yet?

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Because if the roles had been reversed, that word would appear in the headline and a few dozen times in the article.

Another tragic and senseless death.

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Response to ellenrr (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:03 AM

oberliner (58,724 posts)

13. Former settler leader thwarts Palestinian knife attacker

A Palestinian woman was run over and shot while attempting to stab an Israeli civilian outside Nablus Sunday morning, Israeli officials and media reports said.

The attempted attack took place at a junction near the Samaria Brigade headquarters in the northern West Bank.

The woman attempted to stab a civilian at the Samaria Junction, the army said.

“Forces and a bystander responded to the immediate threat, shooting the attacker,” an IDF statement read.

The bystander, former Samaria Regional Council head Gershon Mesika, said he rammed his car into the woman after seeing her attempting to stab a girl standing at a bus stop where a number of Israelis were standing.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/former-settler-leader-said-to-run-over-palestinian-knife-attacker/

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Response to oberliner (Reply #13)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:10 AM

COLGATE4 (14,435 posts)

14. Funny how Mondoweiss doesn't mention the attempted

stabbing of an Israeli civilian as the cause for the Israeli running into her, and how it claims that he (the settler) fired at her when legitimate reporting indicates that it was the IDF. But Mondoweiss never lets facts get in the way of a good anti-semitic story.

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Response to ellenrr (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:10 AM

Crunchy Frog (23,188 posts)

15. I'll be looking forward to the demolition of his family home...

for a very, very long time.

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Response to ellenrr (Original post)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 10:41 AM

mcar (35,374 posts)

16. Locking

Please consider re-posting in the I/P group.

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