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Report: Yeshiva graduates plan revenge attack against Arab figure
By The Associated Press
Tags: Jerusalem 

Students from the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in Jerusalem, where an Israeli Arab gunman killed eight students last Thursday, planned a revenge attack against a senior Arab official affiliated with a Jerusalem mosque, Channel 1 television reported Tuesday.

The attack has not been carried out and no arrests have been made, Channel 1 quoted security sources as saying.

According to the report, three yeshiva alumni met at the school with two rabbis to discuss whether Jewish law would permit such an attack. The television channel reported that one of the rabbis gave his blessing for the attack, and an additional rabbi from a Tel Aviv suburb also gave his approval for the attack.
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"Torah law is that you should respond," Channel 1 quoted one of the rabbis as saying.

The plan was to harm a senior Arab official affiliated with a mosque at the disputed Jerusalem holy site, Temple Mount, Channel One said.

Police believe the terrorist, who was from east Jerusalem, chose the religious school since it is the flagship of the Jewish settlement movement. The gunman was killed in the shooting.

Police would not comment on the report but said they have prepared for the possibility of such attacks in response to the shooting.

Any attack on a Muslim figure in Jerusalem would inflame tensions in the disputed city that is the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Due to the sensitivities, Israeli police have in the past acted quickly to stop several attempts by Jewish extremists to attack the mosque compound.

The holy site is located in Jerusalem's walled Old City, in east Jerusalem. Israel captured the sector of the city in the 1967 Six-Day War, and later annexed it. The Palestinians want east Jerusalem to serve as the capital of a future state.

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      1.   Yet more Leftist attempts to distract 22:48  |  Binyamin Dissen 11/03/08
      2.   Rodeph, rodeph but not justice 22:51  |  Yaakov Sullivan 11/03/08
      3.   What are they really preaching in this yeshiva....???? 23:03  |  Swiss (Dino) 11/03/08
      4.   Binyamin Dissen in Jerusalem Cried Out With a Loud Voice 23:13  |  Yaakov Sullivan 11/03/08
      5.   well at least SOMEONE ought to react to what happened!! 23:15  |  Jewish State 11/03/08
      6.   #3 Swiss (Dino) It`s called Hagana Atzmi 23:15  |  * BEN JABO 11/03/08
      7.   WOW, and the entire world knows about it already? 23:17  |  Genuine Tosefta 11/03/08
      8.   Weak... 23:20  |  Jordan 11/03/08
      9.   Note: `RELIGIOUS` school 23:23  |  Observer 11/03/08
      10.   "Holy" defence... 23:28  |  Esther 11/03/08
      11.   To Ben Jabo 23:31  |  GS 11/03/08
      12.   #4 Turncoat Sullivan in NY - complains constantly 23:31  |  * BEN JABO 11/03/08
      13.   The monster we created 23:32  |  Ronen 11/03/08
      14.   Dino - stop and think for a minute... 23:33  |  Elihu 11/03/08
      15.   Islam and Judaism joined at the hip 23:36  |  Mr. Know-it-all 11/03/08
      16.   Legitimizing the arguments of the terrorists 23:42  |  Pablo B 11/03/08
      17.   The terror state from within 23:44  |  Pazit 11/03/08
      18.   WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE VICTIMS TO DO, LAY DOWN AND TAKE IT? 23:55  |  PalestniansAreA Myth 11/03/08
      19.   Ronen - the oblivious one without any critical thinking 00:10  |  Johnny 12/03/08
      20.   # 13 Elihu 00:13  |  Swiss (Dino) 12/03/08
      21.   Show your true color 00:16  |  sam 12/03/08
      22.   notice the tone of this article 00:27  |  jojo 12/03/08
      23.   Ronen, Yes, Israelis have created a mosnter 00:30  |  POP 12/03/08
      24.   Not worth it for Haaretz to print 00:33  |  Jay 12/03/08
      25.   Ideology hould not be fought with weapons 00:42  |  Truth 12/03/08
      26.   lets assume this story is true 00:44  |  vik 12/03/08
      27.   So, does the police... 00:52  |  anti-blabla 12/03/08
      28.   Shut down Haaretz 00:54  |  Yosemite Sam 12/03/08
      29.   Does this Article present any source for its Allegations? No 01:03  |  Straight Talk 12/03/08
      30.   more bull 01:07  |  lisa 12/03/08
      31.   #7 Genuine Tosefta tosses up a thought 01:18  |  Johnboy 12/03/08
      32.   This "school" shares the same ideology as Hamas. 01:30  |  POP 12/03/08
      33.   Let them invite anyone they wish to the terrorist burial ceremony 01:54  |  Fritz 12/03/08
      34.   Alot of fluff but no story 01:55  |  Yosef 12/03/08
      35.   If you lot got so excercised about Arabs discussing attacks... 01:55  |  Tom 12/03/08
      36.   Dino 02:00  |  Tom 12/03/08
      37.   This is NOT what God teaches. And No "Rabbi",Preacher or Imam can 02:11  |  Virginia 12/03/08
      38.   As I pray that vengence will be left to the Lord in this, I will 02:13  |  Virginia 12/03/08
      39.   cycle of revenge 03:31  |  it is worthless 12/03/08
      40.   re:#27 03:34  |  cycle of revenge 12/03/08
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      43.   These Students have more balls then Olmert 05:07  |  Olmert the Coward 12/03/08
      44.   No More Baruch Goldsteins 05:15  |  Yosemite 12/03/08
      45.   Yosemite Sam 05:35  |  Yosemite 12/03/08
      46.   #25 Put on your thinking cap, Straight Talk 06:00  |  Johnboy 12/03/08
      47.   so now all you selfrighteous hypocrites? 06:01  |  eric 12/03/08
      48.   Anti-semites 06:48  |  Shalom Kolodny 12/03/08
      49.   Obviously A Case Of Libel And Slander 07:32  |  Yishai Kohen 12/03/08
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      51.   Yosemite 08:01  |  Yosemite Sam 12/03/08
      52.   RE: Yet more Leftist attempts to distract 08:03  |  Andy Levy-Stevenson 12/03/08
      53.   Ridiculous speculative report 08:05  |  Andy Levy-Stevenson 12/03/08
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