Palestinian Stabs 11 Passengers on Tel Aviv Bus

[oberliner]

A Palestinian man stabbed 11 people on a bus in central Tel Aviv on Wednesday, seriously wounding three of them before he was chased down, shot and arrested by Israeli police in an attack praised by the Islamic militant Hamas group.

The assault, described by police as a "terror attack," was the latest in a spate of attacks in which Palestinians have used knives, acid and vehicles as weapons in recent months, leaving dead and injured. Police identified the assailant as a Palestinian from the West Bank and said he had entered Israel illegally.

The man, who was riding the bus with the other passengers, began stabbing people, including the driver, then managed to get out of the bus and run away from the scene.

Officers from a prison service, who happened to be nearby, saw the bus swerving out of control and a man running away. They gave chase, shot the man in the leg, wounding him lightly, and arrested him.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israeli-police-palestinian-stabs-passengers-tel-aviv-bus-28365396

[King_David]

1. The Wall has "holes" in it ?

[oberliner]

2. The Popular Resistance Committees also applauded the stabbing attack

Ahmad Bahr, deputy head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, also praised the attack, which he described as self-defense.

Bahr said in a statement that the "negotiations path" followed by the Palestinian Authority was a waste of time and a chance for Israel to "Judaize" what is left of Jerusalem and expand its settlements.

He called on the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah to abandon negotiations and return to resistance.

The Popular Resistance Committees also applauded the stabbing attack, which it described as a "natural reaction to all Israeli crimes against Palestinians, their lands and religious sites."

The PRC added in a statement that "resistance attacks will not stop."

The statement called for a complete intifada inside Israel and to support Palestinians in the Negev.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=755486

[PCIntern]

3. Note all the sympathetic posts from

The usual suspects here.

Jeez.

[King_David]

4. yes

[Fozzledick]

5. "Know them by their works".

[leftynyc]

7. I see this thread has

disgustingly few responses on it which doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

[Israeli]

8. Ditto ....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/113491560

[leftynyc]

9. I will be visiting your country

next fall. Can't wait (but I will be avoiding the buses).

[Israeli]

11. Most Israel's cant afford to avoid the buses leftynyc....

.....most American tourist can .

Enjoy your stay .

While you are here I strongly recommend you take one of Peace Now's guided tours of the Wild West Bank .....its a real eye opener .

IF your eyes are open .

[leftynyc]

12. The US State Department

recommends I don't do that. I'm well aware of the situation but since I have relatives with shrapnel still in their bodies I'm admittedly biased.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

13. Well, out of sight, out of mind...

[leftynyc]

14. If only that were true

of shrapnel being embedded in one's body.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

15. Enjoy your stay.

[leftynyc]

16. I have enjoyed it since 2002

A decade longer than you've been here.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

17. Oh, I been around longer than 2004.

I'm much older than that, but have your fantasies.

[leftynyc]

18. Here's what your profile says

Member since: Wed Jul 25, 2012, 11:16 PM

Take it up with the moderators.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

19. What are you really talking about?

Enjoy your stay was un reference to Israel.

[leftynyc]

22. Oh - then I misunderstood

I thought you meant my stay here on DU. Yes, I'm sure I will enjoy my stay in Israel. I always do.

[King_David]

24. I can't see how some people who have never been there

Can be such Uber authorities on the place .


LOL

[Israeli]

20. The US State Department recommends that ....

Peace Now's guided tours of the Wild West Bank are off limits ???

WOW ....thats news for me .

Then try Breaking the Silence tours .....or are they also off limits ?

http://www.i24news.tv/en/opinion/57680-150114-why-do-the-settlers-want-to-shut-us-up

[leftynyc]

21. I don't know what makes you think

this is my first trip to Israel or that I've never been to the territories? Right now it's simply not recommended for Jews to travel to the West Bank. Gee, I can't imagine why that might be.

[Israeli]

28. Wasnt thinking about you .....

......sorry . Nothing personal .

" Right now it's simply not recommended for Jews to travel to the West Bank. "

That is about the most idiotic statement I have ever heard on here .....who the hell do you think travels to and fro from the West Bank to Israel proper without restrictions .....????

Was it this you were referring to ? :

"American visitors to Israel are advised not to use public transport in Israel and the West Bank."

So all American visitors to Israel are Jewish ? .......

[leftynyc]

38. Of course they aren't all Jews

Many evangelicals, history students, scientists, professors from all categories. Nor did I suggest they're all Jews. But it's okay for me, I've already been to Bethlehem, Jericho and Hebron. And of course I was speaking about Americans. I don't know what made you think otherwise.

[King_David]

31. In NYC most people use transit too, the traffic in Tel Aviv is just awful

Clogged with people in their cars.

Admittedly lots and lots and lots of tourists too , despite BDS .

[King_David]

23. No Ditto :

Were responses from Shira, Oberliner , Shaktimaan, Shredder ( gone)

Nothing like this thread at all....

[azurnoir]

25. do you understand mirror image?

[King_David]

27. Yes and this wasn't it...

Myself , PC intern , leftynyc, Oberliner and Israeli are no mirror image ... More like exact replica.


Maybe it's you who doesn't understand ?

[Israeli]

29. No ditto KD ....

.....sure .....

Then why dont you answer my post # 9 as Shaktimaan seems shy to .

[King_David]

30. Then I have to go back to the thread and look for number 9

And for what ?

Most times I agree 100% with Shaktimaan
and 43% with you.

[azurnoir]

10. unlike the front page thread on this where what might be

Last edited Thu Jan 22, 2015, 01:19 PM - Edit history (1)

memory-hole politicking seemed to be at work

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014993659

[oberliner]

32. Only about a dozen people responded to that thread

And it was posted in LBN - a forum which you are a host of!

[azurnoir]

33. what does my hosting LBN have to with anything?

[oberliner]

34. It means you have a good idea how many people respond to threads in LBN

The more popular ones usually have quite a bit more than twelve from my limited experience and knowledge.

[azurnoir]

35. No I don't that's not the job of a Host

Hosts enforce a forums statement of purpose, has nothing to with how many people post on a thread or even what they post for that matter.

[oberliner]

36. Didn't say it was the job of a Host

But one would think the job would involve spending a good deal of time in that forum.

How can you enforce a statement of purpose if you don't read a good many threads?

[azurnoir]

37. For the most part Hosts work from alerts made by other DUers

we do not usually go out looking for things to alert on

Is there anything else you'd like to know about hosting?

[Israeli]

6. US issues travel warning to Israel.....

American embassy in Tel Aviv bars personnel from using public transport in Israel and West Bank, requires them to obtain permission to come near Lebanese, Syrian borders.

In the wake of the terror attack in Tel Aviv on Wednesday morning and rising tensions in northern Israel, the US Embassy issued a travel warning to its personnel, barring them from using public buses in Israel and the West Bank and from coming near Israel's borders with Lebanon and Syria.

"Because of concerns about security on Israel’s northern borders, US government personnel are currently required to obtain advance approval if they wish to travel within 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) of the Lebanon border, or travel on or east of Route 98 in the Golan Heights," a statement from the Embassy said.

American visitors to Israel are advised not to use public transport in Israel and the West Bank.

On Wednesday evening, the US condemned the stabbing attack in Tel Aviv. "We strongly condemn today's stabbings on a bus in Tel Aviv," said State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki. "There is and can be no justification for such attacks against innocent civilians."

She once again urged all sides to work cooperatively together to lower tensions, reject violence and seek a path toward peace.

The last time the United States issued a travel warning for Israel over security reasons was during Operation Protective Edge.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4617844,00.html

Still think French Jews are safer over here KD ????

[King_David]

26. You been reading what's happening to French Jews ?

They may be safer in other countries but which other countries want Jews ?

Long time ago ships-full of Jews were turned away - hence the Jewish State.