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Hamas: Jerusalem stabbing is natural response to Israeli aggression
By Jonathan Lis and Nadav Shragai, Haaretz Correspondents and Agencies
Tags: gilo, israel news, jerusalem 

Following the stabbing of an elderly Israeli and a policeman by a Palestinian in Jerusalem on Thursday, Hamas said such attacks were a "natural response" to Israel's continued aggression.

Abraham Ozeri, an 86-year-old Jerusalem resident, died of his wounds shortly after the terror attack. The policeman, 30, was taken for treatment at the Hadassah Hospital in Ein Kerem, where his condition was classified as serious.

The attacker, 20-year-old Mohammed al-Badan, was shot and disarmed during the attack.
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The Palestinian militant group Hamas added that the terror attack came as a direct response to Israeli moves to make Jerusalem more Jewish.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said two police officers on patrol in Gilo had stopped an Arab for questioning on the street when he pulled out a knife and stabbed one of them.

"The [wounded] policeman fired at the terrorist, but he continued to attack and stabbed a 86-year-old passerby, before he was apprehended," Rosenfeld said.

A civilian, Yoav Mizrahi, and a municipal inspector, Yehoshua Ben Nun, who were in the area gave chase, seizing the Palestinian some two hundred meters away from the site of the stabbing.

Mizrahi said: "I succeeded in grabbing hold of his back, and with the municipal inspector who was in the area, we held him and called on civilians to phone the police and Magen David Adom [emergency services]. I put my leg on him and pointed a gun at him until the police arrived."

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the stabbing.

Magen David Adom, revising its information that the Palestinian was killed, said he sustained moderate wounds.

IDF raids assailant's village

The Israel Defense Forces later searched the West Bank home of the attacker in the village of Tekoa, near Bethlehem. Witnesses said two of al-Badan's friends were taken away in military jeeps.

Witnesses said about 100 local teenagers hurled rocks at the soldiers, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. Palestinian medics said three Palestinians were lightly injured. The army said a soldier was also lightly wounded in the clash, but it gave no further details of the operation.

Security establishment sources said the police officers' alertness had likely foiled an attack on one of the educational institutions in the area.

On September 22, a Palestinian plowed his car into a group of soldiers at a busy intersection, injuring 13 before he was shot dead.

In two incidents in July, Palestinians carried out attacks on city streets using heavy construction machinery, killing three people and wounding several others.

About two months ago, an Israel Defense Forces soldier was lightly to moderately wounded when he was stabbed by a Palestinian near the Almog Junction north of the Dead Sea.

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      1.   Leftie Esther,jump,family of the perp is to be consoled,just as 11:29  |  Absolute Sweden 23/10/08
      2.   `Israeli`-Arabs. 11:39  |  Jean Van Daem 23/10/08
      3.   Give His House To The Israeli Victims 12:11  |  Yishai Kohen 23/10/08
      4.   Terror Runs in Their Veins 12:26  |  Khaled 23/10/08
      5.   no condemnation from the left here 12:33  |  lefty turned righty 23/10/08
      6.   Palestinian stabs and seriously wounds 2 Israelis 12:34  |  Ralph 23/10/08
      7.   Khaled 4 attributes criminality to an entire race. 12:44  |  Michael 23/10/08
      8.   Utterly disgusting palestinian act of satanism 12:56  |  Johnny 23/10/08
      9.   Arafat drove them crazy 13:11  |  lady from USA 23/10/08
      10.   Arabs back to Arabia, Lefties back to Europe 13:16  |  Jews back to Judea 23/10/08
      11.   Jean Van Daem 13:17  |  lady from USA 23/10/08
      12.   #4 Khaled 13:17  |  Hassan 23/10/08
      13.   mike the brit 13:24  |  larry from delaware 23/10/08
      14.   Gilo is actually a `settlement` 13:27  |  Myles 23/10/08
      15.   Now another prisoner to release eventually? 13:29  |  Murray of Montreal 23/10/08
      16.   Myles,Gilo is a settlement just like Belfast and Londonderry are 13:37  |  Absolute Sweden 23/10/08
      17.   Once again idiot police fail to kill terrorist. 13:37  |  Jew 23/10/08
      18.   MYLES Gilo was purchased land before WW2 Arabs tried to steal it 13:39  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      19.   #14 Myles the Irish knows what is and what`s not a settlement 13:40  |  Hastaroth 23/10/08
      20.   MYLES The Arabs never owned more tha 30% of Palestine but got 87% 13:41  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      21.   The policeman were the terrorists 13:41  |  Tim 23/10/08
      22.   MYLES Gilo was purchased before WW2 by Dov Joseph etc 13:47  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      23.   #12 Hassan 13:49  |  Daniela 23/10/08
      24.   He is"Palestinian assaillant"but not terrorist 13:50  |  Nora 23/10/08
      25.   Larry from Delaware 13. You`re very hasty. 13:50  |  Michael 23/10/08
      26.   The palestinian is the victim 13:52  |  Danish 23/10/08
      27.   Pedo-Tim from Toronto passes through Israel during his visits to 13:53  |  Absolute Sweden 23/10/08
      28.   "lefty turned righty" exactly,just apology or pompous lectures 13:56  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      29.   10 Morons back to Moronland 13:56  |  DNA 23/10/08
      30.   "TIM"which part of " pulled out a knife and stabbed one of them." 13:59  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      31.   Myles 14:01  |  lady from USA 23/10/08
      32.   A criminal is a criminal whether he be Jewish or Arab 14:02  |  Natallie Durson 23/10/08
      33.   Israel should make prisoners learn the Tanakh 14:03  |  lady from USA 23/10/08
      34.   "DANISH"murder for ?"humiliation" Like Arab honor killing 14:06  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      35.   DNA 14:07  |  lady from USA 23/10/08
      36.   Why he was shot?so he stabed two Jews,big deal 14:11  |  Jacob 23/10/08
      37.   In Jerusalem? 14:16  |  Gene 23/10/08
      38.   Peter SM."Ged" means "goat" in Danish,so "Let Ged bless 14:21  |  Absolute Sweden 23/10/08
      39.   Jerusalem needs to be Arab free. 14:24  |  ottomatik 23/10/08
      40.   DNA Pals are what they call themselves,ARABS 14:26  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      41.   p.s. Larry from Delaware 13 14:27  |  Michael 23/10/08
      42.   To Jean Van Damn 14:29  |  IsraeliArab 23/10/08
      43.   35 Glad you agree the Pals have always been there, Lady from USA 14:30  |  DNA 23/10/08
      44.   To Yishai Kohen 14:33  |  Cynical 23/10/08
      45.   #26 Danish -(Muslim Danish) 14:34  |  ChanahS 23/10/08
      46.   PSM 40 You call youself Australian, but you`re ethnically not 14:35  |  DNA 23/10/08
      47.   So Embarassed! 14:37  |  MOe Ham 23/10/08
      48.   Do they want a State? 14:41  |  Israeli citizen 23/10/08
      49.   They harm their own people 14:45  |  Ana 23/10/08
      50.   Israelis better get used to these scenes.... 14:46  |  Dutch Dirk 23/10/08
      51.   and all this talk about "humilation" 14:49  |  Ben 23/10/08
      52.   DNA I regard myself as Australian,the Pals regard themselves Arab 14:49  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      53.   A MUSLIM PALESTINIAN 14:50  |  MOe HAm 23/10/08
      54.   To No. 47 14:51  |  Ana 23/10/08
      55.   DIRK Israelis ARE used to stabbings You have them too 14:54  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      56.   Neutralized 14:57  |  Bitin Dawg 23/10/08
      57.   YK #3 reveals the wild wacky world of the settlers` mind 15:01  |  Tzfonit 23/10/08
      58.   Arabs need to be taught a lesson 15:02  |  Danny 23/10/08
      59.   BITINDAWG.Who stopped the Arabs having their own state 60 yrs ago 15:03  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      60.   BITINDAWG.Who stopped the Arabs having their own state 60 yrs ago 15:03  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      61.   BITINDAWG he is alive his victim is dead ! 15:06  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      62.   Reply to #56 15:06  |  Danny 23/10/08
      63.   Bad luck, the pal terrorist is not dead 15:10  |  maurice 23/10/08
      64.   Next time, shoot them first, ask question after 15:10  |  maurice 23/10/08
      65.   I`m an Extremist 15:21  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      66.   what a racist society??? as if no one in the word except palest. 15:37  |  discusted observer 23/10/08
      67.   Gilo=Jerusalem Neighbourhood?? 15:38  |  Mike 23/10/08
      68.   Bitin Dawg 15:42  |  lady from USA 23/10/08
      69.   Introducing: the security barrier to seal in Jerusalem 15:45  |  Richard S 23/10/08
      70.   Dutch Dirk 15:47  |  lady from USA 23/10/08
      71.   MOe Ham 15:50  |  lady from USA 23/10/08
      72.   More Terror: Attack the Civilians (Iran Must Be Proud) 15:51  |  Brad 23/10/08
      73.   DNA again 15:53  |  lady from USA 23/10/08
      74.   Danish # 26 15:54  |  Brad 23/10/08
      75.   MDeHam Lakeland 15:55  |  Pamela 23/10/08
      76.   #37 Gene 15:56  |  Dr Noam 23/10/08
      77.   Cynical 15:58  |  lady from USA 23/10/08
      78.   #56 Dawg 16:00  |  Dr Noam 23/10/08
      79.   suppression generates resistance. 16:06  |  Salem Awaad 23/10/08
      80.   To ottomatik #39 - Only Jerusalem to be Arab-free...? 16:10  |  The Threadmill 23/10/08
      81.   Tim in Toronto 16:12  |  Terminator 23/10/08
      82.   #26 Danish 16:12  |  Dr Noam 23/10/08
      83.   Blin Dawg Tallahassee 56 16:12  |  Pamela 23/10/08
      84.   Dutch Dirk...what is needed in Europe is not 16:18  |  Terminator 23/10/08
      85.   Blin Dawg Tallahassee 56 16:21  |  Pamela 23/10/08
      86.   Bitin Dawg - read the article again... 16:22  |  Elihu 23/10/08
      87.   Peter Sm here are the true figures how much Israel gave up 16:37  |  Big Sur 23/10/08
      88.   #56 Bitin dAWG Amazing cry for Palis painful reminder for Israel 16:42  |  Big Sur 23/10/08
      89.   absolute sweden 16:56  |  john 23/10/08
      90.   Beware you Jewish people, it`s going to be worse..... 17:01  |  Dagma 23/10/08
      91.   To Dr. Noam #78 17:10  |  Gene 23/10/08
      92.   Re:Lady from US #68 17:12  |  Guy from US 23/10/08
      93.   Mike 17:29  |  Justice 23/10/08
      94.   Reponse to Neutralized 17:35  |  Congolais 23/10/08
      95.   Only strict separation can bring "peace of mind" to Israel..... 17:35  |  Swiss (Dino) 23/10/08
      96.   Make This Argument to Muslim Fundamentalists 17:43  |  Raanan Geberer 23/10/08
      97.   Who stopped the Arabs having their own state 17:43  |  Bitin Dawg 23/10/08
      98.   Jerusalem stabbing 17:46  |  yomy 23/10/08
      99.   86 Year Old Man Murdered 17:50  |  Honest Observation 23/10/08
      100.   Pamela 85. Please read some history. 17:52  |  Michael 23/10/08
      101.   The land... 17:53  |  Ernie P. 23/10/08
      102.   pardon my scepticism 17:59  |  johnathon 23/10/08
      103.   peace 18:03  |  N/A 23/10/08
      104.   Of course, things have to give 18:04  |  Robert Haymond 23/10/08
      105.   Answer Dr Noam 18:06  |  Bitin Dawg 23/10/08
      106.   so...where is sternhell now? 18:17  |  Arie 23/10/08
      107.   Jonathan read the article correctly there was one poiceman and an 18:18  |  Big Sur 23/10/08
      108.   Do they want a State? 18:18  |  Israeli citizen 23/10/08
      109.   Reply to Pamela 18:21  |  Bitin Dawg 23/10/08
      110.   Jerusalem stabbing is natural 18:28  |  Ralph 23/10/08
      111.   #20 Peter SM you got it the other way around 18:39  |  antoine 23/10/08
      112.   TO NO 6 18:48  |  DANNY 23/10/08
      113.   TO NO 11. 18:53  |  DANNY. 23/10/08
      114.   Bitin Dawg 18:53  |  Honest Observation 23/10/08
      115.   Israeli Aggression? 19:00  |  Dagma 23/10/08
      116.   Michael the Sage 19:03  |  Jasper 23/10/08
      117.   Durson`s Hezbollah heroes are criminals too 19:08  |  Joe Sittizen 23/10/08
      118.   Israeli- arabs...and discrimination 19:09  |  Ines 23/10/08
      119.   LOOK WHAT WE GET FOR WEAKNESS 19:09  |  zionist forever 23/10/08
      120.   Post # 10 "Jews back to Judea" 19:12  |  Schmidlap 23/10/08
      121.   Every attack an excuse.... 19:15  |  Rose 23/10/08
      122.   39 19:19  |  zionist forever 23/10/08
      123.   Re # 3 Give his house to the Israeli victims 19:24  |  Ines 23/10/08
      124.   Re# 4 Terror in their veins 19:33  |  Ines 23/10/08
      125.   To Michael 19:39  |  Ben 23/10/08
      126.   Re # 5 condemnation for sure 19:40  |  Ines 23/10/08
      127.   re `no condemnation from the left here ` 19:42  |  Colin Wright 23/10/08
      128.   Re # 6 For Haaretz... 19:44  |  Ines 23/10/08
      129.   $43, Arabs native to Arabia, Jews native to Israel 19:45  |  David 23/10/08
      130.   #97 Bitin Dawg - what are you talking about? 19:47  |  Elihu 23/10/08
      131.   Palestinians do not belong in Israel, its not even 1% theirs..but 19:47  |  Jordan 23/10/08
      132.   disgusting 19:47  |  alan 23/10/08
      133.   Jacob 19:53  |  Ben 23/10/08
      134.   Terminator... have you ever been to canada? 19:56  |  Ben 23/10/08
      135.   Only a matter of time 19:58  |  Arie 23/10/08
      136.   To Ben 115 20:00  |  Michael 23/10/08
      137.   #21 Tim 20:00  |  Moshe 23/10/08
      138.   Any idiot can murder an 86 yr old, and one did. 20:02  |  Mu 23/10/08
      139.   David 119. You`re wrong. 20:03  |  Michael 23/10/08
      140.   To Justice 20:04  |  Ben 23/10/08
      141.   The Destruction of Gaza is A natural Response to Arab Terrorism 20:06  |  Murray of Montreal 23/10/08
      142.   The saviges have to be caged . 20:08  |  TOMY 23/10/08
      143.   Arab/ Muslem culture on display 20:09  |  TOMY 23/10/08
      144.   Re # 7 Right answer 20:22  |  Ines 23/10/08
      145.   discusted observer - no it was not an ordinary 20:25  |  ChanahS 23/10/08
      146.   Re# 8 An act of revenge and hatred 20:27  |  Ines 23/10/08
      147.   Colin 127 - stop and think a moment 20:28  |  Elihu 23/10/08
      148.   Re # 10 There are jews and arabs and more... 20:31  |  Ines 23/10/08
      149.   Dastardly Crime But Don`t Go Over The Top Israel 20:53  |  Yosemite 23/10/08
      150.   Why call it "terror" 20:57  |  BT 23/10/08
      151.   Michael on Stereotyping 21:00  |  Jasper 23/10/08
      152.   Re # 12 Hassan 21:19  |  Ines 23/10/08
      153.   Re # 140 To Ben... Have Israel lost the war 21:27  |  Ines 23/10/08
      154.   Natural Response 21:30  |  Not impressed 23/10/08
      155.   Re# 131.. May be the best will be 21:33  |  Ines 23/10/08
      156.   Antoine Arabs owned about 30 % of land in Brit. Palestine mandate 21:39  |  PETER SM 23/10/08
      157.   Re # 127 Well lets not forget 21:41  |  Ines 23/10/08
      158.   ignorant Israelis 21:42  |  asad ul Islam 23/10/08
      159.   Another natural response 21:58  |  Jess Ghannam 23/10/08
      160.   Yisha`s idea (number 3) is brilliant! 22:07  |  James 23/10/08
      161.   They call themselves freedom fighters 22:10  |  Moshe 23/10/08
      162.   To Tomy in NY 22:14  |  Myles 23/10/08
      163.   Re # 51... Well Ben... The fact is that there is humiliation 22:15  |  Ines 23/10/08
      164.   Tribal Talkbackers 22:25  |  Myles 23/10/08
      165.   Re # 56 Is not simple... 22:25  |  Ines 23/10/08
      166.   Ines dont be fooled i never put in Canada 22:29  |  Ben 23/10/08
      167.   Re # 53 THANKS MOe HAm 22:31  |  Ines 23/10/08
      168.   Jasper 151 Do you think all Yanks are aggressive idiots? 22:37  |  Michael 23/10/08
      169.   #146 On satanic acts 22:39  |  Johnny 23/10/08
      170.   #99 22:42  |  Jane 23/10/08
      171.   naturalResponse 22:46  |  Yaacob 23/10/08
      172.   COWARDLY ATTACK 22:58  |  Tania 23/10/08
      173.   jean van daem 2 23:06  |  potobac 23/10/08
      174.   peter sm 23:17  |  potobac 23/10/08
      175.   Michael #168 23:20  |  Jasper 23/10/08
      176.   Re # 16 23:21  |  Ines 23/10/08
      177.   Re # 22 Thanks Peter ..good to know 23:26  |  Ines 23/10/08
      178.   Re: # 37 Yah in Jerusalem 23:30  |  Ines 23/10/08
      179.   Los Angeles is under occupation 23:36  |  Great White North 23/10/08
      180.   BT 23:37  |  Brad 23/10/08
      181.   Destroy His House 23:41  |  Ron 23/10/08
      182.   There are over a three million Jewish-Arab refugees in Israel 23:49  |  Great White North 23/10/08
      183.   Ines 23:55  |  Jasper 23/10/08
      184.   #127 Colin Wright 23:56  |  Moshe 23/10/08
      185.   Stuff happens 23:58  |  ted heath 23/10/08
      186.   Myles # 162 The Concept Of Zero 00:05  |  Jeff Northridge 24/10/08
      187.   #105 Dawg new twist 00:08  |  Dr Noam 24/10/08
      188.   POTOBAC You are what identify yourself to be. 00:12  |  PETER SM 24/10/08
      189.   Gilo: Jewish land which Arabs Are trying to occupy 00:14  |  Brad 24/10/08
      190.   PICTURE Shows Arab youths in the front line again! Parents ?? 00:16  |  PETER SM 24/10/08
      191.   LINES the Arabs were sniping at Israelis from their side 00:19  |  PETER SM 24/10/08
      192.   nu. 14 00:22  |  Chosen 24/10/08
      193.   #7...Michael.. that gentleman 00:24  |  athiest zionist 24/10/08
      194.   potobac 00:27  |  alfredo 24/10/08
      195.   They are worse than animals 01:02  |  Robin 24/10/08
      196.   #162 Myles from Ireland 01:07  |  TOMY 24/10/08
      197.   # 89 john to absolute sweden 01:20  |  mhung 24/10/08
      198.   Bull Twaddle 01:32  |  Mark Lincoln 24/10/08
      199.   Response to "Honest Observation" 01:54  |  Bitin Dawg 24/10/08
      200.   LIKE hero of Arabia Kuntar,kill one more Jew before surrender.! 02:32  |  PETER SM 24/10/08
      201.   Bitin Dawg 02:38  |  Honest Observation 24/10/08
      202.   ted heath 185 `stuff happens` 03:00  |  alan 24/10/08
      203.   hamas will pay 03:01  |  alan 24/10/08
      204.   Michael - Khaled attribute common education and 03:09  |  17 24/10/08
      205.   #195 04:18  |  ted heath 24/10/08
      206.   Why is this so hard 06:01  |  Dave Duncan 24/10/08
      207.   So many sad things... 06:11  |  Niva dos Santos 24/10/08
      208.   if it is over the line 06:12  |  tomas 24/10/08
      209.   despite my regrets for the death of avraham ozeri... 06:33  |  eric 24/10/08
      210.   95 Dino Are you for ethnic cleansig of Israel from Arabs? Strange 06:43  |  Rob AA 24/10/08
      211.   United Nations, 1947, Resolution 181 06:52  |  Anna 24/10/08
      212.   203 Eric Such stabbing of Jews by Arabs go back 70+ years 06:55  |  Rob AA 24/10/08
      213.   #95 swiss d - and what do YOU mean by "STRICT SEPARATION"? 08:03  |  CK Tan 24/10/08
      214.   Why did Arabs Reject the Partition Plan 08:38  |  Dagma 24/10/08
      215.   Just as blowing away Hamas leaders should be for 09:08  |  Yaakov K. 24/10/08
      216.   Haaretz is lying by omission 09:20  |  Xavier 24/10/08
      217.   Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo!! LOL 09:46  |  Free Palestine 24/10/08
      218.   Hamas are petty criminals 09:51  |  ScotGuy 24/10/08
      219.   Murray (15) let´s have them the animal part of life 09:56  |  Jew- and Bookburner 24/10/08
      220.   For Johnny in Stockholm # 8 10:09  |  Clickfool 24/10/08
      221.   # 204 Rob AA, there couldn`t be a bigger difference.... 10:33  |  Swiss (Dino) 24/10/08
      222.   alfredo 194 10:35  |  potobac 24/10/08
      223.   to my friend eric #203 10:38  |  S 24/10/08
      224.   # 206 to rob aa re: time 10:50  |  eric 24/10/08
      225.   Michael UK 100 11:47  |  Pamela 24/10/08
      226.   Blin Dawg Tallahassee 12:09  |  Pamela 24/10/08
      227.   Great White North 182 12:41  |  Pamela 24/10/08
      228.   michael #136 maybe "all" palestinians aren`t raving terrorist but 17:31  |  uk colonist 24/10/08
      229.   Pamela 225 Let`s get serious. 20:17  |  Michael 24/10/08
      230.   224eric More Germans than Americans killed in WWII. Proves what? 01:16  |  Rob AA 25/10/08
      231.   220 Clickfool Always hypotheticals vs Reality 01:22  |  Rob AA 25/10/08
      232.   # 74 Brad it aint cheese he swallows, it`s shi`ite 12:56  |  Petra 25/10/08
      233.   Jerusalem stabbing is natural response to Muslim oppression 17:41  |  lady from USA 25/10/08
      234.   # 230 and your logic is moot, rob 09:29  |  eric 26/10/08
      235.   The settlements are Israel`s terrorism against the Palestinians 10:56  |  Dutch 26/10/08
      236.   # 223 to my good friend "S" in response 22:37  |  eric 26/10/08
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