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Last update - 15:02 12/11/2009
Alleged Jewish terrorist: I know God is pleased
By Chaim Levinson and Nir Hasson, Haaretz Correspondents and DPA
Tags: Ze'ev Sternhell 

The Jerusalem District Prosecutor's Office on Thursday charged alleged Jewish terrorist Yaakov (Jack) Teitel with two murders, three attempted murders and other acts of violence.

"It was a pleasure and an honor to serve my God," said Teitel at the Jerusalem courthouse. "I have no regret and no doubt that God is pleased."

Teitel also denied recent reports that he had operated as an undercover Shin Bet agent.
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Teitel, 37, born in Florida but a resident of the northern West Bank settlement of Shvut Rahel since 1997, 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 after a gag order on the case was lifted.

He was arrested on October 7 and police said he later confessed to most of the allegations against him.

The indictment charges that Teitel smuggled a disassembled firearm into Israel from the United States in 1997 by placing it in a video player, and used that gun to murder taxi driver Samir Akram Balbisi in June of that year.

According to the indictment, in August 2007, Teitel murdered Issa Jabrin, a Palestinian shepherd from Susya, after which he fled Israel for three years.

The indictment also lists Teitel's efforts for more than a decade to harm Arabs, gays and lesbians, leftists, police officers and messianic Jews.

Teitel had admitted to, among other offences, sending a booby-trapped Purim gift basket to a family of messianic Jews in Ariel, which seriously wounded their teenage son, Ami Ortiz, and planting a pipe bomb at the Jerusalem residence of Prof. Ze'ev Sternhell, who was lightly wounded.

At this stage, however, Teitel will not be charged with the murder of two policemen in the Jordan Valley eight months ago. While police also suspect him of this crime, they do not yet have enough evidence to charge him with it.

Earlier in the week the Petah Tikva Magistrate's Court extended his remand for another three days - and, for the first time since his arrest on October 7, Teitel himself appeared in court for the hearing. The Shin Bet security service had barred him from attending previous remand hearings.

During the hearing, Teitel's lawyer protested the difficult conditions of his imprisonment, saying he was chained to his bed 24 hours a day. The court ordered the Shin Bet to look into this complaint.
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  1.   He should get life without parole 10:26  |  JO 12/11/09
  2.   The most worrying aspect is that altho` he acted alone... 10:28  |  Esther 12/11/09
  3.   My problem is with the Palestinian "Teitels" 11:06  |  Joe Sittizen 12/11/09
  4.   #2, Esther, exactly like Nidal Hasan 11:15  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/11/09
  5.   dare to compare? 11:33  |  Hirz 12/11/09
  6.   his house should be demolished too 11:50  |  Rimon 12/11/09
  7.   Teitel must be serving the same God of al-Qaeda. 11:55  |  Mark 12/11/09
  8.   Life in prison? 11:57  |  Edward 12/11/09
  9.   I Have No Doubt That G-d Is Pleased That Teitel Is In Jail 12:00  |  Yishai Kohen 12/11/09
  10.   Part of the problem, Joe #3... 12:08  |  Esther 12/11/09
  11.   has G-d already given his opinion? 12:19  |  Henon 12/11/09
  12.   Palestinians have civil systems, but use uncivil policies 12:27  |  Joe Sittizen 12/11/09
  13.   God is pleased 12:30  |  liz 12/11/09
  14.   A perceptive post, Cipora #4, but the analogy inexact... 12:30  |  Esther 12/11/09
  15.   Teitel 12:32  |  DT 12/11/09
  16.   psychiatric case 12:49  |  Ilan 12/11/09
  17.   The simple fact is 12:49  |  Zeidan 12/11/09
  18.   #7 Mark 13:08  |  BDS 12/11/09
  19.   llan, we can`t lock them all up 13:16  |  BDS 12/11/09
  20.   demolish his home 13:17  |  A Swede 12/11/09
  21.   The fact remains, Joe #12, that under-the-Israeli-heel... 13:17  |  Esther 12/11/09
  22.   I AM NOT PLEASED 13:22  |  GOD 12/11/09
  23.   Hey Joe Sittizen 13:44  |  David 12/11/09
  24.   What G-d is really thinking 13:46  |  Someone 12/11/09
  25.   Oh fair fair Israel ! 13:51  |  Good guy 12/11/09
  26.   Esther - denial only shows you`re avoiding the issue 13:59  |  Joe Sittizen 12/11/09
  27.   Another one killing in the name of religion 14:04  |  sj 12/11/09
  28.   This guy is nuts! 14:09  |  Mayer 12/11/09
  29.   this guy is a microcosm of israel 14:13  |  sam i am 12/11/09
  30.   "Jewish Terrorist" vs. "Palestinian Militant" 14:13  |  Zev 12/11/09
  31.   ALLEGED? WHY? He admits it quite proudly!!!!!! 14:23  |  jim the mechanic 12/11/09
  32.   Re: Joe Sittizen 14:27  |  Apa 12/11/09
  33.   Re: Zev 14:30  |  Apa 12/11/09
  34.   TEITEL: TRUE FACE OF ISRAEL 14:32  |  JUDGE 12/11/09
  35.   Cipora Julianna Kohn 14:55  |  Disgusted 12/11/09
  36.   Esther 15:05  |  J 12/11/09
  37.   I like the comments of Esther... 15:07  |  Amir Mohamed 12/11/09
  38.   What Is There To Replace His Ideology? 15:38  |  Yaakov Sullivan 12/11/09
  39.   #23 David from Tel Aviv 16:13  |  TOMY 12/11/09
  40.   # 39 TOMY from NY 16:52  |  Amir Mohamed 12/11/09
  41.   Hitchens is right: Religion poisons everything 17:42  |  Israeli Humanist 12/11/09
  42.   #18. BDS. Timothy McVeigh did it against a simbol of ... 17:49  |  Mark 12/11/09
  43.   Edward- Always read the caveat in a contract Edward 18:22  |  CJ 12/11/09
  44.   #42, Mark.... 18:29  |  Silvienne 12/11/09
  45.   Joe Sittizen 18:43  |  Sylvie 12/11/09
  46.   joe sittizen 3 19:22  |  potobac 12/11/09
  47.   joe sittizen 10 19:26  |  potobac 12/11/09
  48.   Jewish terrorist/murderer 20:36  |  Renee 12/11/09
  49.   Jewish terrorist/murderer 20:39  |  Renee 12/11/09
  50.   #42 Mark 20:56  |  BDS 12/11/09
  51.   #40 Amir Mohamed , with most what you say 21:00  |  TOMY 12/11/09
  52.   Around the bend with Teitel and Hasan 21:09  |  Mark Lincoln 12/11/09
  53.   To Tomy, #51 21:46  |  Silvienne 12/11/09
  54.   A Terrorist is a Terrorist No Matter Which Religion 22:09  |  Jane 12/11/09
  55.   Israeli Humanist; Right on! 05:00  |  Deacon2 13/11/09
  56.   My God is definitely not the same God as this Jewish Terrorists. 06:45  |  Yoav Feinstein 13/11/09
  57.   Palestinians have civil systems, but use uncivil policies 10:00  |  Helen 13/11/09
  58.   holy land 10:39  |  Helen 13/11/09
  59.   holy land 10:40  |  Helen 13/11/09
  60.   holy land part 2 16:40  |  Helen 13/11/09
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