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IDF soldier blinded in one eye after Palestinian woman throws acid in his face
By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Nablus, IDF, West Bank 

A soldier was lightly to moderately wounded on Monday, when a Palestinian woman threw acid in his face at the Hawara checkpoint near Nablus.

The terrorist was arrested by security forces, and the soldier was rushed into surgery because doctors fear he may have lost vision in one eye as a result of the attack.

IDF troops in the area have been on high alert since last week's infiltration of Yitzhar by a Palestinian militant, an incident which sparked a settler rampage in the nearby Palestinian village of Assira al-Kubliyeh.
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During the infiltration last Saturday, a 9-year-old boy was lightly wounded when he was stabbed in the hand.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared after the incident last week that Israel's government will not allow settlers to carry out "pogroms against non-Jews in the State of Israel."

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      1.   Can we trust the Arabs?... 11:04  |  Jean Van Daem 22/09/08
      2.   Wrong analysis! 11:14  |  Dutch Dirk 22/09/08
      3.   The SETTLERS are OUR DAILY ACID. The Woman learnt the lesson 11:32  |  ABORT YITZHAR 22/09/08
      4.   let the punishment fit the crime acid in the face 11:43  |  v.hardman 22/09/08
      5.   Good for her 11:44  |  Palestinian in UK 22/09/08
      6.   There Will Be Peace When Olmert Loves His Childrem More Than He.. 11:45  |  Friar 22/09/08
      7.   True story: the soldier was the terrorist 11:50  |  x-ray 22/09/08
      8.   Close Down Hawara: Let No Arabs Through 11:56  |  Yishai Kohen 22/09/08
      9.   the law must be hopefully applied 12:06  |  Sol Isiter 22/09/08
      10.   Legitimate resistence to Occupation 12:07  |  avi 22/09/08
      11.   The French MAQUIS-Resistance-harassed Nazi occupation forces 12:38  |  Historian 22/09/08
      12.   Let the residents of Yitzhar have her 12:51  |  JD 22/09/08
      13.   Well done that woman 13:22  |  Labhras 22/09/08
      14.   Is this the second case of a acid throwing palestinian? 13:53  |  R 22/09/08
      15.   Haaretz editor`s choice of title 13:57  |  Mashiach 22/09/08
      16.   Dutch Dirk 14:21  |  Serge 22/09/08
      17.   Predudice Title 14:27  |  Proud Israeli 22/09/08
      18.   Nablus? 14:32  |  Jim 22/09/08
      19.   To Jean Van Daem 14:44  |  Arab 22/09/08
      20.   DIRK wrong analysis.Occupation or no occupation 14:48  |  PETER SM 22/09/08
      21.   Attacking the IDF is NOT terrorism 15:01  |  POP 22/09/08
      22.   And every week at Bil`in ... 15:02  |  JW 22/09/08
      23.   Arab #19 is the same true about Arabs in the USA 15:29  |  x-ray 22/09/08
      24.   is she a terrorist? 15:40  |  Ivan 22/09/08
      25.   This is the 2nd attack by the same woman 16:07  |  Gili 22/09/08
      26.   To No. 2 16:21  |  Jackie 22/09/08
      27.   #23 Yes, the ones who don`t accept our values. 16:34  |  John Allen 22/09/08
      28.   There is no excuse 17:19  |  Dave Duncan 22/09/08
      29.   Palestinian in UK& Labhras 17:24  |  Chaval 22/09/08
      30.   correct action 17:28  |  Mr Ipp 22/09/08
      31.   serge 16 17:29  |  potobac 22/09/08
      32.   Where are the btselem video cameras? 17:33  |  Arie 22/09/08
      33.   Long Time in Prison 17:59  |  Ron 22/09/08
      34.   Soldier Update 18:02  |  Ali 22/09/08
      35.   so much for helpless women 18:09  |  judith 22/09/08
      36.   acid as a gun 18:23  |  noname 22/09/08
      37.   # 28 dave 18:36  |  Axel 22/09/08
      38.   Dutch Dirk #2 18:39  |  SDHD 22/09/08
      39.   The eternal victim 18:40  |  Jonathan 22/09/08
      40.   #18 Jim...he lost his eye. 18:58  |  Lynn 22/09/08
      41.   sdhd 34 19:00  |  potobac 22/09/08
      42.   I hope his eye recovers. My very best wishes and hopes for him 19:17  |  Alan SA 22/09/08
      43.   Not long ago 19:23  |  Janice 22/09/08
      44.   #7 x-ray fully agree 19:30  |  Rab C Nesbitt 22/09/08
      45.   I can`t believe what I am reading 19:31  |  Ben 22/09/08
      46.   # 36 sdhd 19:32  |  Axel 22/09/08
      47.   Regardless of rights or wrongs 20:01  |  DJStahl 22/09/08
      48.   Re #44 Interesting. See... 20:04  |  DJStahl 22/09/08
      49.   the term terrorist... 20:12  |  emily Schneider 22/09/08
      50.   Re #46 It isn`t magic 20:12  |  DJStahl 22/09/08
      51.   Please note: IDF must Approach All With Extreme Caution 20:32  |  Baruch Gold 22/09/08
      52.   djstahl 46 20:34  |  potobac 22/09/08
      53.   This is not terrorism , but soldirers need to protect themselves 20:39  |  judith 22/09/08
      54.   # 49 DJStahl 20:48  |  Axel 22/09/08
      55.   Axel--did you have a point 20:49  |  Dave Duncan 22/09/08
      56.   #48 DJStahl 21:15  |  Rab C Nesbitt 22/09/08
      57.   Re #52 mid eighteenth century 21:19  |  DJStahl 22/09/08
      58.   the woman, who was found to be the same terrorist who struck 22:00  |  Joseph.E 22/09/08
      59.   What is light to moderate 22:06  |  Jackie 22/09/08
      60.   Wrong analysis, Dirk 22:14  |  Joe Sittizen 22/09/08
      61.   #21, POP defines terror for us! 22:21  |  DR 22/09/08
      62.   The Terrorist PA Arab Woman Is A Repeat Offender 22:29  |  Joseph.E 22/09/08
      63.   the beat goes on 22:41  |  rm 22/09/08
      64.   Re #56 heart attacks, etc. 22:42  |  DJStahl 22/09/08
      65.   Labhras 22:42  |  Ellis 22/09/08
      66.   Dismantle the shamefull Howarah check point 22:47  |  Nablus resident 22/09/08
      67.   Re #54 The German contrast 22:59  |  DJStahl 22/09/08
      68.   Re #54 Hispanic America 23:05  |  DJStahl 22/09/08
      69.   rachida dati:stop the terrorism 23:11  |  michel 22/09/08
      70.   Yishai #8 23:15  |  Esther 22/09/08
      71.   What is shameful about Hawara is that it`s necessary 23:17  |  x-ray 22/09/08
      72.   rm this attack shows that the checkpoints are necessary 23:19  |  x-ray 22/09/08
      73.   A "light to moderate wound"??? 23:24  |  Boris 22/09/08
      74.   Joseph #62 23:26  |  Esther 22/09/08
      75.   Nablus resident 23:28  |  alan 22/09/08
      76.   Joseph #58... "humanitarian lane"...?! 23:30  |  Esther 22/09/08
      77.   Esther # 74 23:57  |  ChanahS 22/09/08
      78.   Esther needs to get out more 23:58  |  peter 22/09/08
      79.   # x-ray 00:02  |  Axel 23/09/08
      80.   To Axel #54 - statute of limitations? 00:04  |  Joe Sittizen 23/09/08
      81.   to all Israel bashers - bash away 00:06  |  ChanahS 23/09/08
      82.   Lightly/Moderately? Loose Vision 00:06  |  docD 23/09/08
      83.   More terrorism. 00:10  |  Maureen Ann 23/09/08
      84.   A soldier is half-blinded yet... 00:47  |  Free Gilad Shalit 23/09/08
      85.   Rab C Nesbitt - and your source is? 01:16  |  docD 23/09/08
      86.   Terrorism? or retaliation for the death of a child? 01:48  |  Tony Price 23/09/08
      87.   Tony Price - Tony,s Fantasies 02:41  |  docD 23/09/08
      88.   Pop goes the weasel try 2 02:44  |  docD 23/09/08
      89.   # 19 Arab 02:59  |  Michael Jacobs 23/09/08
      90.   #87 docD: Understanding reasons. 03:10  |  Tony Price 23/09/08
      91.   To 28 Dave Duncan: Victim and agressor 03:43  |  ALGERIAN 23/09/08
      92.   You cannot hold a people in subjugation 03:52  |  Bitin Dawg 23/09/08
      93.   Bitin Dawg 04:33  |  alan 23/09/08
      94.   Tony Price - face it the sun set on your empire 04:42  |  docD 23/09/08
      95.   That Knock in the Night...in Occupied Palestine 04:42  |  Gray 23/09/08
      96.   Tragic, all the way around 05:50  |  Gray 23/09/08
      97.   doc d, Channah etc; Also Guilty... 06:12  |  Gray 23/09/08
      98.   That still leaves him with one to snipe Arab kids. 06:46  |  American 23/09/08
      99.   PAL in UK You like acid throwing?By "civillianans" 07:16  |  PETER SM 23/09/08
      100.   If I was the IDF whom she had sprayed with acid.... 07:22  |  Al 23/09/08
      101.   Tony Price 07:39  |  x-ray 23/09/08
      102.   THE PALESTINIAN WOMAN WILL MOST LIKELY GET ONLY A REPROMAND/SLAP 07:44  |  glenna 23/09/08
      103.   time to go home to Israel 08:08  |  wibism 23/09/08
      104.   Deliberate distortion and lying by Gray 08:09  |  x-ray 23/09/08
      105.   Has even a single Meretz MK spoken out against this attack? 08:20  |  Binyamin Dissen 23/09/08
      106.   Has even a single member of Machsom Watch appologized? 08:20  |  Binyamin Dissen 23/09/08
      107.   #74, Esther 08:37  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/09/08
      108.   AMERICAN" Snipe Arab kids"You mean children sent out by Hamas. 08:42  |  PETER SM 23/09/08
      109.   WIBISM But the Govt. Hamas will not accept Israel as their home 08:46  |  PETER SM 23/09/08
      110.   Jean Van Daem 09:12  |  Roland 23/09/08
      111.   For Dutch 09:13  |  Yakov 23/09/08
      112.   Terrorism 09:21  |  ra 23/09/08
      113.   Esther - I thought the subject was about a soldier losing an eye. 09:45  |  S 23/09/08
      114.   #81 If I wasn`t such a serious person 10:22  |  MaryRose 23/09/08
      115.   A deliberate act of terrorism. 11:51  |  Stephen. 23/09/08
      116.   Rab C Nesbitt 13:24  |  Christian Van Nieker 23/09/08
      117.   # 1 Jean Van 13:37  |  Mary 23/09/08
      118.   # 100 Al 13:42  |  Mary 23/09/08
      119.   #116 Christian Van Nieker 13:55  |  Rab C Nesbitt 23/09/08
      120.   Acid 13:56  |  Dana 23/09/08
      121.   Ah hah 14:29  |  Jackie 23/09/08
      122.   to Grey 14:36  |  Jackie 23/09/08
      123.   # 120 Dana 14:42  |  Palestinian 23/09/08
      124.   Well done that woman 14:47  |  J 23/09/08
      125.   #10 Avi - next time someone argues with you 14:48  |  * BEN JABO 23/09/08
      126.   #98 American ?? 14:52  |  * BEN JABO 23/09/08
      127.   acid attacks 14:56  |  democrat 23/09/08
      128.   Shkem resident - its your prize 15:17  |  Miche Norman 23/09/08
      129.   #33 Ron - Long time in prison 15:35  |  * BEN JABO 23/09/08
      130.   IDF needs better equippments for soldiers for all eventualities 16:17  |  Alicia 23/09/08
      131.   Hello Jackie: #122 Thanks for... 22:15  |  Gray 23/09/08
      132.   wibism 22:21  |  Connie 23/09/08
      133.   rab nesbitt 22:31  |  Connie 23/09/08
      134.   shame on you Esther in Tel Aviv 22:35  |  Connie 23/09/08
      135.   Connie - waisting time on convincing Arabs? 23:07  |  Please, don`t 23/09/08
      136.   Gray vomiting libel - 23:12  |  17 23/09/08
      137.   Was the soldier blinded in one eye or not? 04:42  |  Moshe Wurgaft 24/09/08
      138.   #83 MO ANN - How was the IDF to know 18:51  |  * BEN JABO 24/09/08
      139.   One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter 03:45  |  Mike 01/10/08
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