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Father of bulldozer terrorist decries life as stateless East Jerusalem Palestinian
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Terrorist, Israel 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for July 27, 2008.

One day after Hasam Abu Tir was killed last week while attacking pedestrians and cars with a bulldozer in the capital, his mourning relatives in the East Jerusalem village of Umm Touba maintained he was not a terrorist.

However, Abu Tir's father did speak of the problematic undefined status of East Jerusalem's Palestinians as a source of confusion over their identities.

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he bulldozer driver's father also pointed to the disparity in the standard of living between his own village and that of the nearby the contentious Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa.



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      1.   Destroy his home,so he`d experience real disparity 11:14  |  Absolute Sweden 28/07/08
      2.   Jordan Citizen 12:35  |  Syd 28/07/08
      3.   DISPARITY, MY ROYAL CANADIAN 14:09  |  Brant 28/07/08
      4.   Isn`t that typical... 14:21  |  El-Moghreby 28/07/08
      5.   Stateless East Jerusalemite? 15:25  |  David Nigel Braham 28/07/08
      6.   to 1, 2 and 2: at least Moshe Arens was being honest 15:26  |  Ben Alofs 28/07/08
      7.   BEN ALOFS #6 15:46  |  Brant 28/07/08
      8.   To Ben Alofs 16:04  |  American Christianä 28/07/08
      9.   He`s not an Israeli citizen. DOes he want his roads paved w/gold? 16:19  |  Richard S 28/07/08
      10.   To No.2 16:45  |  Ana 28/07/08
      11.   To N0.10 17:22  |  Syd 28/07/08
      12.   To N0.10 17:22  |  Syd 28/07/08
      13.   the only thing worthwhile he could say is I am going to Gaza 17:32  |  zionist forever 28/07/08
      14.   Ana 10 17:33  |  ChanahS 28/07/08
      15.   Violence in culture 17:45  |  sweis Melbourne 28/07/08
      16.   I have figured it out, Brant. Have you? 18:37  |  Ben Alofs 28/07/08
      17.   decry your son`s terrorism instead 18:51  |  frenz 28/07/08
      18.   Reply to # 1 18:54  |  AARON 28/07/08
      19.   You CHOSE not to be Israeli citizens..live with it 19:00  |  David 28/07/08
      20.   Father of Bulldozer terrorist decries their "stateless" state 19:45  |  Susan H. Sachs 28/07/08
      21.   #11 Syd re UN RES 478 and occupied EJ 19:51  |  Labhras 28/07/08
      22.   Arabs go home 20:49  |  Ephraim 28/07/08
      23.   @20 Susan H. Sachs 20:49  |  Labhras 28/07/08
      24.   journalism 20:56  |  tal allweil 28/07/08
      25.   Who? Bulldozer or Backhoe driver which one? 21:07  |  Harold 28/07/08
      26.   Labhras: The UN and freedom 21:11  |  Arie 28/07/08
      27.   Jews live in denial 21:12  |  Harold 28/07/08
      28.   #8 American Christian 21:28  |  Adam 28/07/08
      29.   FOR BEN ALOFS: MY REPLY 21:47  |  Brant 28/07/08
      30.   East Jerusalem residents....choice? 21:52  |  Palestinian Brit 28/07/08
      31.   Ephraim - time for the Jews to go home? 21:57  |  Palestinian Brit 28/07/08
      32.   "Palestinian" Brit, thats comedy! 23:00  |  Scharker Yid 28/07/08
      33.   The guy is not totally wrong 23:03  |  MIKE 28/07/08
      34.   #26 Arie re the UN and res 478 23:13  |  Labhras 28/07/08
      35.   Squatters and occupiers 23:23  |  truejew 28/07/08
      36.   harold 27 23:43  |  alan 28/07/08
      37.   what palbrit means is you`re only Jews you have no home 23:57  |  x-ray 28/07/08
      38.   Mindless life grievances 00:21  |  allang 29/07/08
      39.   They were offered Israeli citizenship and turned it down..... 00:23  |  Jim 29/07/08
      40.   to MIKE NYC 01:35  |  Paul 29/07/08
      41.   #8 Jewish suffering 02:21  |  hala 29/07/08
      42.   #31 Palestinian Brit, you are so cruel! 02:28  |  hala 29/07/08
      43.   #32 What is so funny about "Palestinian Brit?" 02:31  |  hala 29/07/08
      44.   make jerusalem a permanent UNITED NATIONS MANDATE! 04:01  |  eric 29/07/08
      45.   Soon have jobs&citizenship in the Islamic Republic of Palestine? 04:21  |  PETER SM 29/07/08
      46.   LABRAHAS. NON BINDING resolution.!!How can we explain that to you 04:34  |  PETER SM 29/07/08
      47.   ERIC YOU can entrust YOUR security to the UN 05:12  |  PETER SM 29/07/08
      48.   Their mistake 05:21  |  Mark Lincoln 29/07/08
      49.   # 46 to peters m re: security 08:23  |  eric 29/07/08
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