Arab Terrorists Firebomb Bus; Young Woman Wounded
Tevet 10, 5770, 27 December 09 05:53
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Arab firebomb terrorist(Israelnationalnews.com) Arab terrorists continued attacks on Israelis Sunday and firebombed a public bus south of Hevron, wounding an 18-year-old woman. She was rushed to the Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva in moderate condition and is being treated for burns.The IDF is searching for the attackers.
The attack occurred near the community of Neguhot, southwest of Hevron, where Border Police and IDF soldiers recently destroyed two homes of Jews and expelled the families.
On Thursday. Arab terrorists murdered Rabbi Meir Chai in Samaria. The IDF killed the terrorists Saturday night in Shechem after they refused to surrender. They were members of the Al Aksa Martyrs’ Brigade, the armed branch of the Fatah political party that is headed by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. He said last week that he is against the use of violence.
Terrorists also attacked elsewhere in Judea and Samaria Sunday, hurling stones at a Jewish vehicles at a checkpoint and on the main highway south of Jerusalem. No one was wounded and no damage was reported in what have become daily incidents aimed at causing a fatal traffic accident.
Last week, rocks smashed through the windshield of a vehicle in which four children were riding. The rock landed in the back seat but fell between the children without causing any injuries. The incident occurred at Beit Omar, on Highway 60 south of Jerusalem and where terrorists frequently attack Jewish vehicles.
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IDF Officer Stalks Out of Shomron Post-Murder Meeting
Tevet 10, 5770, 27 December 09 03:02
by Gil Ronen(Israelnationalnews.com) .A meeting between residents of Shavei Shomron in Samaria and the Commander of the Judea and Samaria Regiment, Col. Itzik Bar, ended in discord Saturday evening when Bar walked out angrily.
Bar had come to the Shavei Shomron clubhouse building to talk to the residents after the murder of their neighbor Rabbi Meir Chai, in a shooting attack Thursday night.
The residents voiced sharp criticism of the defense establishment and said that the removal of an IDF checkpoint near the community helped the terror cell that murdered Rabbi Chai. Col. Bar rejected the criticism and said that the removal of the checkpoint had not harmed security. After a heated discussion, he stalked out of the meeting.
"The Regiment Commander spoke arrogantly, and in a condescending and cold-hearted manner, which angered the residents,” a participant in the meeting said. “It was a shameful sight. The regiment commander said, with great insensitivity, even said that removing the checkpoint actually improved security. How can you say something like that to 150 people who are mourning the murder of their friend?”
Residents noted that this was not the first time Col. Bar showed a condescending attitude. They pointed out his instructions to soldiers not to eat at settlers' homes – an order that was repealed after the Chief of Staff intervened.
The Shavei Shomron secretariat did not issue a response after the meeting, stating that the media was not the proper place for working out disagreements with the military.
Menorah Chazani of Shavei Shomron told Arutz Sheva that the residents feel that they have been abandoned by the political leadership. She said that Bar admitted that the IDF had failed to prevent the murder.
Limor Sohn Har-Melech, whose husband Shalom was murdered six years ago, noted that her husband's killers are among the terrorists that are supposed to go free in the Shalit deal. “After we saw that these terrorists go back to killing, the feelings are very bad,” she said. "We feel that releasing the terrorists in a deal with Hamas would set the entire country on fire.”
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Murderers of Rabbi Chai Killed By IDF, Security Forces
Tevet 9, 5770, 26 December 09 07:44
by Malkah Fleisher(Israelnationalnews.com) General Security Services in partnership with soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed the murderers of Rabbi Meir Avshalom Chai. All three were convicted terrorists who had been committed to and later released from Israeli prisons.
Chai, 45, was murdered by Arabs in a drive by shooting while chauffeuring his wife and one of their children in their family car, between Shavei Shomron and Einav.
The Israeli military operation took place on the evening of December 25, the Jewish Sabbath. PA head Mahmoud Abbas was not forewarned of the mission.
The homes of three men known to have taken part in the murder were surrounded by special forces units, who tried to arrest them. According to an army spokesperson, the men "refused to cooperate", rejecting calls to surrender. Troops subequently opened fire on the buildings.
Nader Raed Sukarji, a 40 year-old inhabitant of Shechem, was arrested in 2002 and suspected of being a top Al Aksa terror group brigade operative and participant in many terror attacks. He also prepared bombs and helped establish explosives factories in Nablus (Shechem). He was released from prison in January 2009.
Palestinian sources say Sukarji's wife was also injured in the operation, after her husband used her as a human shield while hiding in their house.
Ghassan Abu Sharkh, 39, was imprisoned by security forces in 1990. His brother, Nayef, was the head of the Tanzim terror organization's military wing in Nablus. Nayef facilitated several terror attacks until being killed by IDF forces in June 2004.
Anan Suleiman Mustafa Subih, 36, resident of Nablus, was an operative of the "Shuhada al-Aksa" brigade, which was involved in extensive Tanzim military operations as a cell of Tanzim in Nablus. The group was led by Nayef Abu Sharkh, until Nayef's death. Subih worked in trafficking weapons and supplies for use in terror acts.
Subih had recently been accepted to Israel's amnesty program for Fatah gunmen. His participation in Tanzim activity was a direct violation of that agreement.
In the process of attempting to arrest Subih, Israeli forces found 2 rifles and 2 guns hidden in the house. The weapons have been transferred to police laboratories to determine if they were the ones used to kill Rabbi Chai.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad condemned the IDF operation in Shechem, saying it would hurt the Palestinian ability to achieve stability and security. Terror organizations swore they would take revenge for the operation.
National Union chairman MK Yaakov "Ketzaleh" Katz demanded the indictment of the judges of the Supreme Court, for having released the men from jail who went on to commit the murder of Rabbbi Chai and other terror attacks. "[...] prosecute the Supreme Court justices who took part in the freeing of the murderers of Rabbi Meir Chai (may G-d avenge his blood), although they were warned that these men would return to killing," Katz said. "This is the only way we can bring the infamous releases of our people's murderers to an end."
CEO Meir Indor of the organization representing terror victims, Almagor, praised the army's mission, but is urging citizens to contact the Defense Minister's office and demand a cessation to the release and pardon of terrorists. He says the government should re-evaluate its relationship with the PA leadership, claiming that the PA leaks information, training, and arms to Tanzim terrorists on a regular basis.
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'There may not be a [Schalit] deal'
Dec. 27, 2009
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There is no deal with Hamas to free captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit at the moment, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Likud ministers on Sunday morning.
"At this point, there's no deal, and it's not clear whether or not there will be a deal," he said. "If it comes to a vote, I'll bring it to the government, but we're not there yet, and I don't know if we ever will be."
The prime minister added that though Israel wants to bring captives back home, "We need to minimize risk to civilians."
He went on to point out the connection between terrorist acts committed against Israeli civilians and the difficult of releasing prisoners sentenced for such acts, made all the more stark as details of the murder of Rabbi Meir Chai began to unfold on Saturday and Sunday.
Netanyahu praised a joint IDF-Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) operation, in which three Fatah men behind the fatal attack were killed.
"I want to praise the Shin Bet and the IDF on the speedy operation against the cell which murdered Rabbi Meir Chai," he said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting. "Our policy against terrorism is clear. We will continue to respond aggressively - against any attack on Israeli citizens and against any firing of rockets or missiles at Israeli territory."
Various sources reported on Sunday morning that Raed Sarkaji, one of Fatah's Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades members killed by IDF troops during an operation to apprehend those responsible for Chai's murder, had been interred in an Israeli prison until January 2009.
It seemed as though it had taken Sarkaji almost no time at all to return to terrorism, the very activity for which he was arrested in the first place.
Also speaking on the issue was Kadima MK and former Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head Avi Dichter, who told Israel Radio that a deal was imminent and that Israelis would "have to learn to live" with the heavy price that would be paid for Schalit's release.
Dichter stated that Tanzim chief Marwan Barghouti and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLF) secretary-general Ahmed Sa'adat - the two most disputed names on the list of prisoners whose release Hamas demands - would not be released within the framework of a deal.
Meanwhile on Sunday, Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hussam Zaci asserted that negotiations over a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas were already in their final stages.
Speaking on Israel Radio, Zaci stated that Egypt had solved 90 percent of the issues which had previously stood in the way of a deal. He added that Hamas had accepted the condition of expelling controversial security prisoners from the West Bank.
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