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Jewish Extremist Kills 4 Arabs On Israeli Bus

Gunman Was Dressed As Israeli Soldier

POSTED: 3:47 pm EDT August 4, 2005

UPDATED: 4:33 pm EDT August 4, 2005

JERUSALEM -- Four Israeli Arabs are dead, after a Jewish extremist opened fire inside a bus.

The teenage gunman, identified by Israel TV as Eden Tsuberi, 19, was dressed as an Israeli soldier. Thirteen bystanders were also wounded in what's being called the deadliest attack on Arabs in Israel since 1990.

The attacker was then killed by a mob after the shooting.

The shooting of the Israeli Arabs was "a despicable act by a bloodthirsty terrorist," said Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Attacks by Jewish extremists on Arabs are rare inside Israel. Israel TV reported the man was from the West Bank settlement of Tapuah -- known as one of the most extreme -- and that the incident could be tied to Israel's planned Gaza and West Bank pullout.

Security officials have been warning about possible attacks as a way of sabotaging the pullout. The withdrawal is set to begin in two weeks.

Should we expect more of this in the coming weeks?

[other one]

I don't think we can even invision the possibilities.......

[Guest shiloh357]

Here is how it is being reported in Israel

Jew Kills 4 Arabs; Media Links Murder with Protests

23:27 Aug 04, '05 / 28 Tammuz 5765

Israel National News

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

A Jewish soldier who went AWOL from the IDF one month ago killed four people and wounded 12 others when he opened fire inside a bus in an Arab town in the Galilee.

Angry residents lynched the 19-year-old following the shooting. He was identified as Eden Natan Zada from Rishon L'tzion, a city south of Tel Aviv. Israeli media reported that he recently moved to the Kfar Tapuach community in northeast Samaria after turning to religion and becoming involved in extreme political activism, but the administrator of the community said he never heard of the man.

The killer's parents, worried over their son's radical change, said they had asked the army to take away their son's weapon but were told by officers there was no need to do so.

Israel media tried to link the murder with anti-expulsion protests and pointed out that the murderer had refused to take part in the planned expulsion. Former MK Rabbi Chanan Porat told questioning interviewers there is absolutely no connection to be made between the anti-expulsion protests and the murder.

The bus reached the town of Shfaram, which is made up of Christians and Moslems, from Haifa when Tzuberi, dressed in a Border Police uniform, opened fire and killed the driver, another man and two girls. He continued to shoot at people inside and outside the bus as the bus continued to roll down the residential street. The bus came to a halt and at least one bus passenger managed to disarm the gunman.

Police fanned out throughout Arab towns to ward off riots.

Many questions remained unanswered following the murder, which occurred shortly before 6 p.m., particularly concerning events immediately after the shooting. Police approached the bus in the town of Shafarm after the shooting and removed an angry mob from the bus and reportedly tried to protect the vehicle from hundreds of angry Arab residents. Five officers were injured as the mob pelted them with stones and bottles. Several people got past police, but it was not clear whether the shooter was killed following the police intervention or whether he died from the initial mob attack.

Tzuberi was in an IDF unit other than the Border Police and it is not known how or why he obtained the Border Police uniforms.

MK Uri Ariel (National Union) said the IDF must investigate why the murderer had his weapon with him after having been on AWOL for an extended period of time.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said, "This was a reprehensible act by a bloodthirsty Jewish terrorist who sought to attack innocent Israeli citizens.... I send condolences to the families of those who were murdered and my best wishes for a quick recovery to those who were wounded. The entire State of Israel, regardless of race, religion or sex, strongly condemns this act of terrorism."

The Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria (Yesha Council) announced its shock, denouncing the murder as being committed by someone "crazy." Yesha spokesmen criticized "the cynical use of the incident by certain political entities to try to make a connection between the serious incident and the democratic, legitimate and nonviolent protest against the expulsion from Gush Katif being waged.

"Repeatedly referring to him as 'a settler' even though he was not a resident of any settlement is an attempt to slander a whole population who is leading a democratic protest in an exemplary way. It would be better to act with more responsibility instead of criticizing only in order to gain dubious political benefits."

[Guest yod]

oh how different it is on this side...

His parents asked the army to take away his weapon because they feared he would be violent.

And he was killed by ISRAELI citizens who disapproved of his actions.

If he had been an-arab-who-calls-himself-Palestinian, his parents would have been latching the suicide belt on him and he's be hailed as a hero by his people.

Please note that.

[other one]

Noted, and thanks for saving me the typing. I was scrolling down to make the same note when I saw your post.

[amor]

oh how different it is on this side...

His parents asked the army to take away his weapon because they feared he would be violent.

And he was killed by ISRAELI citizens who disapproved of his actions.

If he had been an-arab-who-calls-himself-Palestinian, his parents would have been latching the suicide belt on him and he's be hailed as a hero by his people.

Please note that.

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Yes, Israeli Arabs, to be honest I think their reaction was a little stronger than mere disaproval.