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West Bank settler Yaakov Teitel
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Last update - 11:31 25/11/2009
Settler admits to murder, series of bomb attacks
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel news, Jewish terrorist 

A resident of the West Bank settlement outpost Shvut Rachel was arrested last month for suspected murder and for his alleged role in a string of attempted murder plots, according to details of an investigation revealed on Sunday after a gag order on the case was lifted.

Yaakov "Jack" Teitel, 37, is suspected of killing two Palestinians, for rigging the package bomb which left the child of a Messianic Jew seriously wounded, for attempting to kill left-wing professor Ze'ev Sternhell, and for his alleged role in a series of warning attacks against Israel Police at the time of the Gay Pride Parades.

According to the Shin Bet and Israel Police, Teitel has confessed to most of the allegations against him.
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The footage below shows a man believed to be Teitel rigging a bomb package sent to the Ortiz family, Messianic Jews living in the West Bank settlement of Ariel.



Teitel, a resident of the northern West Bank outpost, was born in Florida and has moved back and forth between the United States and Israel over the last two decades. In 2000, he returned to Israel to live permanently.

During a search of his home, police discovered rifles, handguns and explosive materials; they were unable, however, to find the gun which he allegedly used to kill the Palestinians.

He even apparently claimed during his investigation to involvement in the attack on a gay-lesbian youth club in Tel Aviv, in which two people were killed. The Shin Bet has said, however, that there is not sufficient evidence at this point to tie him to that attack.

Teitel was arrested on October 7 in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Har Nof, in Jerusalem, after posting signs around town praising the attack on the Tel Aviv gay club.

His posters were signed with the name 'Shleisel,' referring to the ultra-Orthodox man who stabbed and wounded a number of marchers during the Jerusalem pride parade a couple of years ago.

Police also found posters in his neighbourhood offering a one million shekel reward to anyone killing a member of Israel's Peace
Now movement, that opposes West Bank settlement activity.

Teitel was arrested after a prolonged police follow-up; he was in possession of a loaded gun at the time of the arrest. He was interrogated without right to a lawyer. Deliberations over his arrest were held at a number of courts, even reaching the High Court of Justice.

During his investigation, Teitel repeatedly said that he had acted of his own accord and that nobody else was involved in his alleged crimes.

His wife, Rivka, was brought in for questioning for a few hours a little over a week ago. She reserved her right to silence. Police have said that they do not have sufficient evidence to believe that she had known of his plans, even though the majority of his weapons were discovered at their house and in the adjacent yard.

According to a senior Shin Bet source, Teitel was an "autodidact" who taught himself to use weapons and rig explosives, apparently on the Internet.

Teitel has confessed to murdering a Palestinian shepherd near Mount Hebron in 1997 and to killing an Arab taxi driver in East Jerusalem some two months later. He said that he came to Israel precisely to carry out attacks against Palestinians as revenge for suicide bombings.

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      1.   Let`s not blame entire groups for this guy, ok? 18:08  |  Fair play 01/11/09
      2.   Arresting a Jew 18:11  |  A TRUE American 01/11/09
      3.   Terrorism is terrorism 18:12  |  Israeli 01/11/09
      4.   Shame 18:14  |  Sheikh Yahudi 01/11/09
      5.   A closing to atrocities committed by a monster 18:14  |  Nati Hans 01/11/09
      6.   Well done Israel! 18:15  |  Gina 01/11/09
      7.   US Born Jews 18:20  |  Shoded Yam 01/11/09
      8.   Will the Left call for him to be released for Shalit? 18:23  |  Binyamin Dissen 01/11/09
      9.   Interesting heading 18:30  |  A TRUE American 01/11/09
      10.   He will be out in no time 18:34  |  JJ 01/11/09
      11.   `He`s not a terrorist; he`s a freedom fighter`... 18:37  |  flyingdoc57 01/11/09
      12.   TEITEL 18:44  |  ISRAELI 01/11/09
      13.   Try him 18:52  |  Ki`emli 01/11/09
      14.   Terrible. . . 19:13  |  Z 01/11/09
      15.   send him to gaza 19:18  |  alan 01/11/09
      16.   Will his home be demolished? 19:20  |  AH 01/11/09
      17.   all terrorists are the same 19:53  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/11/09
      18.   To Cipora Julianna Kohn 20:18  |  David LG 01/11/09
      19.   Some Wars We Don`t Need... 20:59  |  Yosemite 01/11/09
      20.   @Michael, if he were an Arab terrorist 21:04  |  Lasting peace 01/11/09
      21.   to potobac... right so killing kids is ok if you "feel"... 21:05  |  ben 01/11/09
      22.   Not enough 21:57  |  C2 01/11/09
      23.   RE: Potobac 22:03  |  judith 01/11/09
      24.   Just doing whart Arabs have always been doing 22:04  |  judith 01/11/09
      25.   # 1 not that i would fairplay, BUT... 22:25  |  eric 01/11/09
      26.   Root Cause 22:35  |  Gary 01/11/09
      27.   judith 19 22:47  |  potobac 01/11/09
      28.   #1 Fair Play Why not? 22:55  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/11/09
      29.   # 15 cjk 23:00  |  Axel 01/11/09
      30.   #9 23:00  |  syrian opinion 01/11/09
      31.   He did`nt know love.... 23:04  |  Mario 01/11/09
      32.   Scheissel. 23:05  |  Fortuna Benmayor 01/11/09
      33.   #9 sWISS dINGO; yOU EXPOSED YOURSELF AS A BIGOTED IDIOT,.HATE IS 23:13  |  Israeli Peacenik 01/11/09
      34.   the mentally ill should be in mental institutions 23:16  |  michelle 01/11/09
      35.   Who could probably become Prime Minister... 23:16  |  Marc Leb 01/11/09
      36.   MICHAEL Are you advocating demolishing Israeli Arab houses for 23:22  |  PETER SM 01/11/09
      37.   A Very bad mindset has developed.! CHILULL H` 23:27  |  PETER SM 01/11/09
      38.   Sheikh Yahudi 23:53  |  alan 01/11/09
      39.   In a week 00:02  |  Mark Lincoln 02/11/09
      40.   How did he manage to amass a small arsenal? 00:15  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/11/09
      41.   blah blah blah 00:27  |  Ramsey Kamar 02/11/09
      42.   #1, FAIR PLAY, no, lets blame him 00:48  |  VIPER 02/11/09
      43.   #9, CPK, astounding 00:50  |  VIPER 02/11/09
      44.   Dismantle the architecture of settler terror 00:50  |  Sylvie 02/11/09
      45.   To Ben... 01:47  |  Silvienne 02/11/09
      46.   I take it his house will now be demolished? 01:47  |  Johnboy 02/11/09
      47.   Binyamin Dissen, Did You Mean Exchange Him For Shalit? 01:59  |  Reader 02/11/09
      48.   to Lasting Peace - If you recall, Israel released to a hero`s 02:08  |  Neutral 02/11/09
      49.   No Jewish Terrorism? 02:13  |  Or Can 02/11/09
      50.   no lawyer, no evidence, but Shabak wrings `confession` out of man 02:52  |  Sam 02/11/09
      51.   AH Neither Arab nor Jewish Israeli citizens have their homes 03:01  |  PETER SM 02/11/09
      52.   #8 Nope, Apartheid is in place 03:01  |  Jens 02/11/09
      53.   M.LINCOLN How many thousand dollars are you prepared to bet? 03:42  |  PETER SM 02/11/09
      54.   #18....looking for that Jew conspiracy? 03:53  |  SLAVO 02/11/09
      55.   Wrong argument Eric 06:30  |  Lola 02/11/09
      56.   #1 Fair play, this guy is only a sample 11:27  |  Rachel 02/11/09
      57.   #2 Sheik Yahudi/Jew,of damascus ISRAEL 11:32  |  Abu Baker 02/11/09
      58.   if his home is not demolished... 11:54  |  mehmet 02/11/09
      59.   Consistent? condemn him and Baghrouti 12:16  |  Ilan 02/11/09
      60.   Mark Lincoln 12:36  |  Leah 02/11/09
      61.   i reiterate, death penalty i israel is necissary 17:48  |  g. lee 02/11/09
      62.   Huh 18:40  |  sam 02/11/09
      63.   At last justice in Ariel case 19:06  |  Paddy Monaghan 02/11/09
      64.   Even Menachem Begin was considered a terrorist and 19:19  |  carlo 02/11/09
      65.   # 55 lola, have you ever wondered how hamas got elected 07:02  |  eric 03/11/09
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