Solidarity with Palestinians -Berkeley Action Demands End Apartheid, Divest

Wake up Americans. Put an end to this costly parasite on american politik.

You mean America should support the Palestinians who were dancing and celebrating when 5000 civilians were massacred by Arab terrorists at the WTC.

To the students who held this rally - you are true heros. Brave, righteous and decent. Remember the mass of the world supports you and the mass of americans will too as they learn the truth about the occupation.

Palestine will win! I love you all.

thanks for being courageous enough to stand up.
all americans should realize what israel is doing with the 6 billion we give them every year.
these attacks in the last few days: amazing.
is the complacency and ignorance of americans really so etched into our societal fabric that we refuse to recognize the oppression?
do folks here just not care?

Congratulations young students at Berkeley, for standing up for what you believe - Support of a corrupt dictatorship terrorist state over a democratic free state. Remember, while you protest in complete safety and freedom against your government, you would be imprisoned or executed if you did the same in most Arab countries.

The Palestinian people deserve to be liberated from a regime led by Yassir Arafat that breeds fear, hate and terror. The Palestinian people, as well as you, are victims of propaganda, a propaganda whose source is Yassir Arafat\'s regime and the western media.

Continue on, brave students. Remind the rest of us how much freedom we have here in America and in Israel.

Right, complete freedom. That's why it's against the law to raise funds for any of the main palestinian factions in the US. This, while billions are given to Israel. Our schools rot and we send F-16s to Israel. Fuck you.

And in the meantime, over a thousand Muslims have been arrested and detained without charge or with dubious charges in hidden prisons without legal aid.

You are a fascist.

students should protest to have the US stay out of either side of this issue.
Neither side are the 'good guys'.

Given every chance, Palestinians have uniformly chosen to do nothing else but attack Israel and plot the murder of Jews.

Those who claim that billions are given to Israel by the US should also understand that the PA enjoys the same thing. They don't build schools, they teach hatred, they buy weapons, and they turn young people into walking bombs.

Time to stop fucking around with them.

burningman, go heave yourself throat-first from the top of a high cliff onto a flaming pile of spiked cocks, you murder-loving, unstable, imbalanced faggot.

burningman December 20 2001, Thu, 12:46pm:

"Fuck You."

Exactly what we have come to expect from the lefty Hate Our Own Country First crowd. Obfuscate the facts, treat your own propagandization as truth (even after someone succinctly points it out to you), and question the motives of anyone with whom you disagree. Then when all else fails, resort to name calling and obscenities.

Show us your education, Berkeley!.

The Palenstinians need to be bombed into oblivian.
That goes double for all fanatical muslims.

I agree, let's stop tax funding these sophmoric students and their silly little games. Let them protest on their own time and money.

All palestinians are terrorists at heart. Thier actions have lead me to believe that they forfieted their right to live many years ago. The other Arab nations put down Israel, but are quick to refuse the palestinians any terrirtory. The eradication of Palestinians would be but a step toward world peace! I am not so sure that those who support Palestine shouldn't be considered terrorists, thus enemies of America, and treated accordingly.

the level of vitriol spewed out in these comments, and on sf indymedia in general, is simply amazing. how can so many speak without offering even the slightest bit of reasoning or evidence to back up their words. most people will listen if you speak somewhat calmly and don't just attack them personally. well, that is if you're actually trying to convey some message other than "i'm so irrationaly that i can't hold a conversation so i'll just call you names as if i were five."

i mean, come on, there are ton of trolls on this site, or perhaps just a few with several nicks, and hardly any of them have anything to say other than "fuck off faggot."

at least with jon-type folks there is a discussion of some sort.

to claim that all palestinians are terrorists is just ludicrous. to claim that all israelis are zionists is ludicrous too. arafat is a power-hungry sell-out and sharon is a murderous thug operating under the rule of thugs led by the united states. governments are basically just legal, organized bodies of crime.

the israeli people need to rise up against their government, to stop being complicit in the colonialist government they implicitly support. palestinians need to get rid of arafat and create true, direct democracy so that they have a say in the issues that affect their lives.

and the US, fuck, people here need to learn that they're living off the fruits of imperialism, and that our privilege in being able to ignore violent conflicts in the world will come to a screeching halt as soon as this "war on terrorism" escalates beyond control, and more and more desperate people rise up to oppose us.

waiting for a flame-baiter.............

"Yes, the existence of a separate Palestinian identity serves only tactical purposes. The founding of a Palestinian state is a new tool in the continuing battle against Israel ...
-- Zuheir Muhsin, late Military Department head of the PLO and member of its Executive Council, Dutch daily Trouw, March 1977

"Kill a settler every day.... Shoot at settlers everywhere.... Woe to you if you let them reach their homes safely or travel safely on the roads.... I want you to kill as many settlers as possible.... Do not pay attention to what I say to the media, the television or public appearances. Pay attention only to the written instructions that you receive from me."
- Yasser Arafat, addressing his people at a public event, July 2001

"The suicide bombers of today are the noble successors of their noble predecessors...the Lebanese suicide bombers, who taught the US Marines a tough lesson in [Lebanon]... These suicide bombers are the salt of the earth, the engines of history...They are the most honorable [people] among us..." [Al Hayat Al Jadida Sept. 11, 2001].

The Achille Lauro Hijacking

The morning of Oct 7, four members of the Palestine Liberation Front, or PLF, walked out of cabin 82, and into the main dining room, where a small number of passengers were. The majority of the passengers were off the ship in Alexandria, Egypt, on a tour of the area when the terrorists attacked. Walking into the room, they began firing their weapons at random, wounding two people before stopping. Armed with AK-47s, grenades, and handguns, the four terrorists gathered up the 320 crewmen and 80 remaining passengers, and began seperating them by nationality. The American and British hostages were placed together and surrounded with oil drums, which the terrorists threatened to light on fire. They then ordered the ships Captain to set sail for the Syrian port of Tartus.

The demands of the terrorist were simple. They wanted the release of 50 Palestinians being held by the Israeli government. Negotiations were already being held Tuesday morning. The Syrian government, after having consulted the American and Italian governments, denied the Achille Lauro permission to dock at the port in Tartus. This is when the terrorists took action.

The terrorists took Leon Klinghoffer, a 69 year old retired Jewish businessman from New York, who was confined to a wheelchair after being partially paralyzed by two strokes, and threw him overboard, after having shot him in the head and chest. The terrorists then ordered the ship to sail for the ships original destination of Port Said in Egypt, since attempts to dock in Cyprus were also met with denial.

Leon Klinghoffer's body was found several days later, when it washed up on a Syrian beach.

Partial List of major terrorist attacks against Israelis and Jews 1968 - 1985:

Nov. 1968, Mahane Yehuda bomb, 12 dead, 53 wounded
Dec. 1968 - attack on El Al plane in Athens airport
Feb. 1969 - attack in Zurich
Aug. 1969 - hijacking of plane from Rome to Tel Aviv
Nov. 1969 - attack on El Al office, Athens, 1 dead, 14 wounded
May 20, 1970, school bus ambush, 12 dead, 19 wounded
July 1970 - plane hijacking from Lebanon to Greece
May 30, 1972, Ben-Gurion airport attack, 26 dead, 76 wounded
Sept. 1973 - Vienna train attack
Nov 1974 - attack in Beit She'an
Dec. 1974 - Tel Aviv movie theater bomb, 2 dead, 66 wounded
March 1975, Tel Aviv hotel, 25 dead, 6 wounded
May 1975 - Jerusalem bomb, 1 dead, 3 wounded
June 1975 - attack on Kfar Yuval
July 4, 1975, Zion Square-Jerusalem bomb, 15 dead, 62 wounded
Aug. 1976 attack on El Al Plaine, Istanbul
Oct. 1977 - Lufthansa plane hijacked, 1 killed, 10 wounded
April 1978 - Brussels airport attack, 12 wounded
May 1978 attack on El Al plane, Paris
March 1979 - Paris restaurant bomb, 24 wounded
April 7, 1980 - attack on Kibbutz Misgav Am, 3 dead, 16 wounded
Oct. 1980 - bomb, Paris synagogue
June 1981, in Greece, attack on travel agency, 2 dead, 70 wounded
August 1981, attack on Vienna synagogue, 2 dead, 19 wounded
Oct. 1981 - attack in Belgium
Aug. 9, 1982 - attack on Paris restaurant, 6 dead, 22 wounded
Oct. 1982 - attack on Rome synagogue
Nov. 1985 - hijacking of Egyptian plane, 8 killed

Partial list of attacks in which American citizens were killed:

June 17, 1969: Shirley Louise Anderson, a 25 year-old tourist from Rochester, New York, was killed when the PLO shelled the Israeli resort town of Kallia.

December 27, 1969: Leon Holtz, 48, a tourist from Brooklyn, New York, was killed when PLO terrorists fired shots at a tourist bus near Hebron.

February 21, 1970: Arab terrorists blew up an Israel-bound Swiss jet. The following Americans were killed:
Melvin Meyerson, of Stamford, Connecticut
Thomas Lingafelter, of Huntington, Long Island, New York
Mr. S. Silvershots, of Chula Vista, California
Mrs. S. Silvershots, of Chula Vista, California
Dr. Glenn Ware, of Barrington Hills, Illinois
Mrs. Glenn Ware, of Barrington Hills, Illinois
Dr. Weinermann, of Hamden, Connecticut
Mrs. Weinermann, of Hamden, Connecticut
February 23, 1970: Barbara Ertle, of Grandville, Michigan, wife of Reverend Theodore Ertle, was killed during a PLO shooting attack on a busload of pilgrims in the village of Halhoul, near Hebron.

September 5, 1972: David Berger, an American-Israeli from Cleveland who was a member of the Israeli weightlifting team,was killed during the PLO attack on the Israeli athletes at the Olympics games in Munich, Germany.

March 2, 1973: Cleo A. Noel, Jr. , U.S. ambassador to Sudan, and U.S. diplomat G. Curtis Moore, were held hostage and then killed by PLO terrorists at the U.S. embassy in Khartoum.

September 9, 1974: Terrorists from the Palestinian Abu Nidal group bombed a TWA jet in the air near Greece.
Mrs. Katherine Hadley Michel, of Poughkeepsie, New York, was killed (along with her son Jeremiah; see below)
Jeremiah Michel, of Poughkeepsie, New York, was killed (along with his other; see above)
Frederick Hare of Bernardsville, New Jersey, was killed (along with his wife; see below)
Margaret Hare of Bernardsville, New Jersey, was killed (along with her husband; see above)
Seldon Bard of Tuckahoe, New York, was killed (along with his son; see below)
Eitan Bard of Tuckahoe, New York, was killed (along with his father; see above)
Dr. Frederick Stohlman of Newton, Massachusetts, was killed (along with his wife; see below)
Mrs. Frederick Stohlman of Newton, Massachusetts, was killed (along with her husband; see above)
Don H. Holliday of Mahwah, New Jersey
Jon L. Cheshire of Old Lyme, Connecticut,
Ralph H. Bosh of Madison, Connecticut,

November 21, 1975: Michael Nadler, an American-Israeli student from Miami Beach, Florida, was killed when axe-wielding terrorists from the Democcrat Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a PLO faction, attacked students at in the Israeli town of Ramat Hamagshimim.

1976: Frances E. Meloy, U.S. ambassador in Lebanon, and Robert O. Waring, U.S. economic counselor in Lebanon,was shot to death by PLO terrorists.

March 11, 1978: Gail Rubin, niece of U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff, was shot to death by PLO terrorists on the Tel Aviv beachfront.

June 2, 1978: Richard Fishman, a medical student from Maryland, was killed in a PLO bus bombing in Jerusalem.

May 2, 1980: Eli Haze'ev, an American-Israeli from Alexandria, Virginia, was killed in a PLO attack on Jewish worshippers walking home from a synagogue in Hebron.

July 7, 1983: Aharon Gross, age 19, an American-Israeli from New York, stabbed to death by PLO terrorists in the Hebron marketplace.

December 19, 1983: Serena Sussman, a 60 year-old tourist from Anderson, South Carolina, died from wounds suffered when the PLO bombed a bus in Jerusalem on December 6, 1983.

October 8, 1985: Leon Klinghoffer, a wheelchair-bound tourist about the Achille Lauro killed by members of the PLO's Palestine Liberation Front who hijacked the ship.

December 28, 1985: Palestinian Arab terrorists from the Abu Nidal group attacked the El Al terminal at the Rome airport. The following Americans were killed:

Natasha Simpson, age 11, the daughter of Victor L. Simpson of New York, who was the Associated Press news editor in Rome
Frederick Gage of Madison, Wisconsin
John Buonocore III, age 20, of Wilmington, Delaware
Don Maland of New Port Richey, Florida
Elena Tomarello, age 67, a nurse's aide, formerly of Pittsburgh, who was living in Naples, Florida

September 6, 1986: Rajesh Kumar, of Huntington Beach, California, was killed when Palestinian terrorists hijacked a Pan Am jet at the Karachi, Pakistan airport.

October 15, 1986: Gail Klein was killed in a PLO grenade attack at Jerusalem's Western Wall.

July 6, 1989: Rita Levine, an attorney from Philadelphia, killed when an Islamic Jihad terrorist steered an Israeli bus into a ravine.

February 24, 1993: Hava Wechsberg, age 11, was killed when Palestinian Arab rock-throwers attacked the car in which she was riding, causing it to crash, near Karmei Tzur.

December 1, 1993: Yitzhak Weinstock, age 19, an American-Israeli student whose family came from Los Angeles, was murdered by Hamas terrorists in a drive-by shooting attack near El Bireh, north of Jerusalem.

October 9, 1994: Nachshon Wachsman, an American-Israeli, was kidnapped and then murdered by Hamas terrorists.

April 9, 1995: Alisa Flatow, a Brandeis University student, killed when an Islamic Jihad terrorist attacked the bus in which she was riding, near Kfar Darom.

August 21, 1995: Joan Davenny, a schoolteacher from New Haven, Connecticut, killed in a Hamas suicide bombing attack on a bus in Jerusalem.

February 25, 1996: in a Hamas suicide bombing attack on a bus in Jerusalem, the followign Americans were killed:
Sara Duker, of Teaneck, New Jersey, killed (along with her fiancée, Matthew Eisenfeld)
Matthew Eisenfeld, of West Haven, Connecticut
Ira Weinstein, of New York, wounded in a Hamas suicide bombing attack on a bus in Jerusalem; died of his wounds in April 1996.

May 13, 1996: David Boim, age 17, an American-Israeli from New York, killed in a drive-by shooting by Palestinian terrorists near Beit El.

June 9, 1996: Yaron Ungar, an American-Israeli schoolteacher, killed (along with his wife, Efrat) in a drive-by shooting by Palestinian gunmen near the Jerusalem suburb of Beit Shemesh.

July 30, 1997: Mrs. Leah Stern, an American-Israeli from Passaic, New Jersey, killed in a Hamas suicide bombing attack in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda marketplace.

September 4, 1997: Yael Botwin, age 14, an American-Israeli from the Los Angeles suburb of Claremont killed in a Hamas suicide bombing attack in downtown Jerusalem.

April 19, 1998: Dov Dribben, an American-Israeli farmer, age 28, was killed by Arab terrorists near the Israeli town of Maon.

FATAL TERRORIST ATTACKS ON ISRAELIS SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES

Since the signing of the Declaration of Principles between Israel and the PLO on September 13, 1993, 253 civilians and soldiers have been killed in terrorist attacks in Israel, as follows:

Sep 24 93 - Yigal Vaknin was stabbed to death in an orchard near the trailer home where he lived near the village of Basra. A squad squad of the HAMAS' Iz a-Din al Kassam claimed responsibility for the attack.

Oct 9 93 - Dror Forer and Aran Bachar were murdered by terrorists in Wadi Kelt in the Judean Desert. The Popular Front and the Islamic Jihad 'Al-Aqsa Squads' each publicly claimed responsibility.

Oct 24 93 - Two IDF soldiers, Staff Sgt. (res.) Ehud Rot, age 35, and Sgt. Ilan Levi, age 23, were killed by a HAMAS Iz a-Din al Kassam squad. The two entered a Subaru with Israeli license plates outside a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, whose passengers were apparently terrorists disguised as Israelis. Following a brief struggle, the soldiers were shot at close range and killed. HAMAS publicly claimed responsibility for the attack.

Oct 29 93 - Chaim Mizrahi, resident of Beit-El, was kidnapped by three terrorists from a poultry farm near Ramallah. He was murdered and his body burned. Three Fatah members were convicted of the murder on July 27, 1994.

Nov 7 93 - Efraim Ayubi of Kfar Darom, Rabbi Chaim Druckman's personal driver, was shot to death by terrorists near Hebron. HAMAS publicly claimed responsibility for the murder.

Nov 9 93 - Salman 'Id el-Hawashla, age 38, an Israeli Bedouin of the Abu Rekaik tribe who was driving a car with Israeli plates, was killed by three armed men driving a truck hijacked from the Gaza municipality, in a deliberate head-on collision.

Nov 17 93 - Sgt. 1st Cl. Chaim Darina, age 37, was stabbed by a Gazan terrorist while seated at the cafeteria at the Nahal Oz road block at the entrance to the Gaza Strip. The perpetrator was apprehended. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the murder.

Dec 1 93 - Shalva Ozana, age 23, and Yitzhak Weinstock, age 19, were shot to death by terrorists from a moving vehicle, while parked on the side of the road to Ramallah because of engine trouble. Weinstock died of his wounds the following morning. Iz a-Din al Kassam claimed responbility for the attack, stating that it was carried out in retaliation for the killing by Israeli forcesof Imad Akel, a wanted HAMAS leader in Gaza.

Dec 5 93 - David Mashrati, a reserve soldier, was shot and killed by a terrorist attempting to board a bus on route 641 at the Holon junction. The Islamic Jihad Shekaki gorup claimed responsibility for the attack.

Dec 6 93 - Mordechai Lapid and his son Shalom Lapid, age 19, were shot to death by terrorists near Hebron. HAMAS publicly claimed responsibility for the attack.

Dec 22 93 - Eliahu Levin and Meir Mendelovitch were killed by shots fired at their car from a passing vehicle in the Ramallah area. HAMAS claimed responsibility.

Dec 23 93 - Anatoly Kolisnikov, an Ashdod resident employed as a relief watchman at a construction site there, was stabbed to death while on duty.

Dec 31 93 - Chaim Weizman and David Bizi were found murdered in a Ramle apartment. ID cards of two Gaza residents were found in the apartment, together with a leaflet of the Popular Front 'Red Eagle' group, claiming responsibility for the murder.

Dec 24 93 - Lieut.Col. Meir Mintz, commander of the IDF special forces in the Gaza area, was shot and killed by terrorists in an ambush on his jeep at the T-junction in Gaza. The HAMAS Iz a-Din al Kassam squads publicly claimed responsibility for the attack.

Jan 12 94 - Moshe Becker of Rishon Le-Zion was stabbed to death by three Palestinian employees while working in his orchard. The Popular Front claimed responsibility for the murder.

Jan 14 94 - Grigory Ivanov was stabbed to death by a terrorist in the industrial zone at the Erez junction, near the Gaza Strip. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Feb 9 94 - Ilan Sudri, a taxi driver, was kidnapped and murdered while returning home from work. The Islamic Jihad Shekaki group sent a message to the news agencies claiming responsibility for the murder.

Feb 10 94 - Naftali Sahar, a citrus grower, was murdered by blows to his head. His body was found in his orchard near Kibbutz Na'an.

Feb 13 94 - Noam Cohen, age 28, member of the General Security Service, was shot and killed in an ambush on his car. Two of his colleagues who were also in the vehicle suffered moderate injuries. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Feb 17 94 - Yuval Golan, stabbed on December 29, 1993 by a terrorist near Adarim in the Hebron area, died of his wounds.

Feb 19 94 - Zipora Sasson, resident of Ariel and five months pregnant, was killed on the trans-Samaria highway in an ambush by shots fired at her car. The terrorists were members of HAMAS.

Feb 25 94 - Sam Eisenstadt, age 80, was assaulted with an axe in the center of Kfar Saba. He died of his wounds shortly afterwards.

Mar 23 94 - Victor Lashchiver, employed as a guard at the Income Tax offices in East Jerusalem, was shot and killed near Damascus Gate on his way to work. The Popular Front claimed responsibility for the attack.

Mar 29 94 - Yitzhak Rothenberg, age 70 of Petah Tikva, was attacked on a construction site by two residents of Khan Yunis by axe blows to the head. He died several days later of his wounds. The murderers, apprehended the next day, stated that they carried out the attack in order to clear themselves of suspected collaboration with the Israeli authorities.

Mar 31 94 - Yosef Zandani, age 28 of Bnei Ayish, near Gedera, was found murdered in his apartment. Near the body was a leaflet of the DFLP "Red Star", explaining that the murder was carried out in revenge for the shooting of one of its members by an Israeli citizen. The Israeli acted in self-defense.

Apr 6 94 - Asher Attia, 48, of Afula, bus driver; Vered Mordechai, 13, of Afula; Maya Elharar, 17, of Afula; Ilana Schreiber, 45, a teacher from Kibbutz Nir David; Meirav Ben-Moshe, 16, of Afula; Ayala Vahaba, 40, a teacher from Afula; and Fadiya Shalabi, 25, of Iksal were killed in a car-bomb attack on a bus in the center of Afula. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack. Ahuva Cohen Onalla, 37, wounded in the attack, died of her wounds on April 25.

Apr 7 94 - Yishai Gadassi, age 32 of Kvutzat Yavne, was shot and killed at a hitchhiking post at the Ashdod junction by a member of HAMAS. The terrorist was killed by bystanders at the scene.

Apr 13 94 - Rahamim Mazgauker, 34, of Hadera; David Moyal, 26 of Ramat Gan, an Egged mechanic; Daga Perda, 44, who immigrated from Ethiopia in 1991; Bilha Butin, 49, of Hadera; and Sgt. Ari Perlmutter, 19, of Ir Ovot in the Arava were killed in a suicide bombing attack on a bus in the central bus station of Hadera. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Apr 21 94 - The body of officer cadet Shahar Simani, 20, of Ashkelon, was found stabbed to death near the roadside at the village of Beit Hanina, north of Jerusalem. He had been kidnapped while hitchhiking in the south.

May 17 94 - Rafael Yairi (Klumfenbert), 36, of Kiryat Arba, and Margalit Ruth Shohat, 48, of Ma'ale Levona, were killed when their car was fired upon by by terrorists in a passing car near Beit Haggai, south of Hebron.

May 20 94 - Staff Sgt. Moshe Bukra, 30, and Cpl. Erez Ben-Baruch, 24, were shot dead by HAMAS terrorists at a roadblock one kilometer south of the Erez checkpoint in the Gaza Strip.

Jul 7 94 - Sarit Prigal, 17, was shot to death when terrorists opened fire from a passing car near the entrance to Kiryat Arba.

Jul 7 94 - The body of Arye Frankenthal, 20, from Moshav Gimzo near Lod, who had left his base in the south the previous day, was found stabbed and shot near the Arab village of Kafr Akab, near Ramallah.

Jul 19 94 - Lt. Guy Ovadia, 23, of Kibbutz Yotvata, was fatally wounded in an ambush near Rafiah. HAMAS took responsibility for the attack, saying it was "a response to the massacre at the Erez checkpoint".

Jul 25 94 - Border policeman Sgt.-Maj. Jacques Attias, 24, died of his wounds after being shot by Palestinian policemen during the riots at Erez checkpoint on July 17.

Aug 2 94 - Yoram Sakuri, 30, of Kiryat Netafim in Samaria, died of stab wounds suffered when a terrorist broke into his home on July 1st.

Aug 14 94 - Ron Soval, 18, of Lehavim, north of Beersheba, was shot to death in an ambush near Kissufim junction in the Gaza Strip. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Aug 26 94 - Shlomo Kapach, 22, of Holon and Gil Revah, 21, of Bat Yam, elevator technicians, were murdered at a Ramle building site. Israel has requested the extradition of the suspected killers from the Palestinian Authority.

Sep 4 94 - Sgt. Victor Shichman, 24, was killed at the Morag junction in the southern Gaza Strip while on patrol, from shots fired from a vehicle bearing Palestinian license plates.

Oct 9 94 - Ma'ayan Levy, 19, an off-duty soldier from Moshav Beit Zayit and Samir Mugrabi, 35, from Kafr Akab, in north Jerusalem, were killed in a terrorist attack in the Nahalat Shiva section of downtown Jerusalem. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Oct 14 94 - Cpl. Nahshon Wachsman, 20, who had been abducted by HAMAS, was murdered by his captors. Capt. Nir Poraz, 23, was killed in the course of the unsuccessful IDF rescue operation to obtain his release.

Oct 19 94 - In a suicide bombing attack on the No. 5 bus on Dizengoff Street in Tel-Aviv, 21 Israelis and one Dutch national were killed: Haviv Tishbi, 54, of Tel Aviv; Moshe Gardinger, 83, of Tel Aviv; Pnina Rapaport, 74, of Tel Aviv; Galit Rosen, 23, of Holon; Zippora Ariel, 64, of Tel Aviv; David Lida, 74, of Tel Aviv; Puah Yedgar, 56, of Givatayim; Dalia Ashkenazi, 62, of Tel; Aviv Esther Sharon, 21, of Lod; Ofra Ben-Naim, 33, of Lod; Tamar Karlibach-Sapir, 24, of Moshav Zafaria; Shira Meroz-Kot, 20, of Kibbutz Beit Hashita; Miriam Adaf, 54, of Sderot; Anat Rosen, 21, of Ra'anana; Salah Ovadia, 52, of Holon; Eliahu Wasserman, 66, of Bat Yam; Alexandra Sapirstein, 55, of Holon; Dr. Pierre Atlas, 56, of Kiryat Ono; Ella Volkov, 21, of Safed; Ayelet Langer-Alkobi, 26, of Kibbutz Yiron; Kochava Biton, 59, of Tel Aviv; Rinier Yurest, 23, of the Netherlands.

Nov 11 94 - Capt. Yehazkel Sapir, 36, of Kfar Sava; Lt. Yotam Rahat, 31, of Tel-Aviv; and Capt. Elad Dror, 24, of Kibbutz Nachson were killed at the Netzarim junction in the Gaza Strip when a Palestinian riding a bicycle detonated explosives strapped to his body. Islamic Jihad said it carried out the attack to avenge the car bomb killing of Islamic Jihad leader Hani Abed on Nov 2.

Nov 19 94 - Sgt.-Maj. Gil Dadon, 26, of Bat Yam, was killed at the army post at Netzarim junction by shots fired from a passing car. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Nov 27 94 - Rabbi Amiran Olami, 34, of Otniel was killed near Beit Hagai 10 kms south of Hebron by shots fired from a passing car.

Nov 30 94 - Sgt. Liat Gabai, 19, of Afula, was axed to death in the center of Afula.

Jan 6 95 - Ofra Felix, 20, of Beit El, a university student, was killed when terrorists opened fire on her car north of Beit El.

Jan 22 95 - Two consecutive bombs exploded at the Beit Lid junction near Netanya, killing 18 soldiers and one civilian. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. The soldiers killed were: Lt. David Ben-Zino, 20, of Ashdod; Lt. Adi Rosen, 20, of Moshav Bitzaron; Lt. Yuval Tuvya, 22, of Jerusalem; Sgt.-Maj. Anan Kadur, 24, of Daliat al-Carmel; Staff-Sgt. Damian Rosovski, 20, of Kadima; Staff-Sgt. Yehiel Sharvit, 21, of Haifa; Staff-Sgt. Yaron Blum, 20, of Jerusalem; Sgt. Maya Kopstein, 19, of Jerusalem; Sgt. Daniel Tzikuashvili, 19, of Jerusalem; Sgt. Avi Salto, 19, of Rishon Lezion; Sgt. Rafael Mizrahi, 19, of Ramat Gan; Sgt. Eran Gueta, 20, of Ashkelon; Cpl. Soli Mizrahi, 18, of Ramat Ramat Gan; Cpl. David Hasson, 18, of Ashkelon; Cpl. Amir Hirschenson, 18, of Jerusalem; Cpl. Gilad Gaon, 18, of Herzliya; Cpl. Ilie Dagan, 18, of Kochav Yair; Cpl. Eitan Peretz, 18, of Nahariya; and Shabtai Mahpud, 34, of Moshav Tnuvot. Lt. Eyal Levy, 20, of Ashdod, and Cpl. Yaniv Weiser, 18, of Givatayim, who were seriously wounded in the attacks, later died of their wounds.

Feb 6 95 - Yevgeny Gromov, 32, of Ashkelon, a security guard, was killed when terrorists opened fire from a passing car on the Gaza bypass road between Jabalya and Gaza City, as he was escorting a gasoline truck to a Gaza Strip filling station.

Feb 13 95 - Rafael Cohen, 35, of Jerusalem, a taxi driver, was fatally stabbed on the Jerusalem-Ma'aleh Adumim road.

Mar 19 95 - Nahum Hoss, 32, of Hebron and Yehuda Fartush, 41, of Kiryat Arba, were killed when terrorists fired on an Egged bus near the entrance to Hebron.

Mar 29 95 - Police Insp. Nitzan Cohen, 22, of Jerusalem and Sgt.-Maj. Jamal Suwitat from Makr village in Western Galilee were killed when a Palestinian driver rammed his truck into their jeep in a convoy east of the Netzarim junction in Gaza.

Apr 9 95 - Staff-Sgt. Yuval Regev, 20, of Holon; Staff-Sgt. Meir Scheinwald, 20, of Safed; Sgt. Itai Diener, 19, of Rishon Lezion; Sgt. Zvi Narbat, 19, of Rishon Lezion; Sgt. Netta Sufrin, 20, of Rishon Lezion; Cpl. Tal Nir, 19, of Kibbutz Miflasim; Sgt. Avraham Arditi, 19, of Jerusalem; and Alisa Flatow, 20, of the United States were killed when a bus was hit by an explosives-laden van near Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

Jul 18 95 - Ohad Bachrach, 18, of Beit El, and Ori Shahor, 20, of Ra'anana, were killed while hiking in Wadi Kelt.

Jul 24 95 - Moshe Shkedi, 75, of Ramat Gan; Rahel Tamari, 65, of Tel Aviv; Zviya Cohen, 62, of Tel Aviv; Zahava Oren, 60, of Tel Aviv; Nehama Lubowitz, 61, of Tel Aviv; and Mordechai Tovia, 37, of Tel Aviv were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a bus in Ramat Gan.

Aug 21 95 - Rivka Cohen, 26, of Jerusalem; Hannah Naeh, 56, of Jerusalem; Joan Davenney, 46, of Connecticut; and Police Chief Superintendent Noam Eisenman, 35, of Jerusalem were killed in a suicide bombing of a Jerusalem bus.

Sep 5 95 - Daniel Frei, 28, of Ma'aleh Michmash, was stabbed to death when a terrorist broke into his home at night.

Jan 16 96 - Sgt. Yaniv Shimel and Major Oz Tibon, both of Jerusalem, were killed when terrorists fired on their car on the Hebron-Jerusalem road.

Jan 30 96 - Staff Sgt. Ehud Tal, 21, of Kibbutz Maoz Haim, was stabbed to death at the liaison office in an army camp south of Jenin.

Feb 25 96 - In a suicide bombing of bus No. 18 near the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem, 26 were killed (17 civilians and 9 soldiers). The civilians: Daniel Biton, 42; Yitzhak Elbaz, 57, Boris Sharpolinsky, 64; Semion Trakashvili, 60; Yitzhak Yakhnis, 54; Peretz Gantz, 61; Anatoly and Jana Kushnirov, 36 and 37; Masuda Amar, 59; Swietlana Gelezniak, 32; Celine Zaguri, 19 - all of Jerusalem; Navon Shabo, 22, of Bnei Brak; Michael Yerigin, 16, of Kibbutz Maabarot; Matthew Eisenfeld, 25 and Sara Duker, 23, of the United States. Wael Kawasmeh, 23, of East Jerusalem, and Ira Yitzhak Weinstein, 53, of Maaleh Adumim, later died of their wounds. The soldiers: Sgt. Yonatan Barnea, 20; St-Sgt. Gavriel Krauss, 24; St.-Sgt. Gadi Shiloni, 22; Cpl. Moshe Reuven, 19; St.-Sgt. Maj. (res.) Arye Barashi, 39; Cpl. Iliya Nimotin, 19; Cpl. Merav Nahum, 19; Sgt. Sharon Hanuka, 19; Arik Gaby, 16 (student in pre-army boarding school) - all of Jerusalem. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Feb 25 96 - Sgt. Hofit Ayyash, 20, of Ashdod was killed in an explosion set off by a suicide bomber at a hitchhiking post oustide Ashkelon. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Feb 26 96 - Flora Yehiel, 28, of Kiryat Ata, was killed when a car was driven into a bus stop at the French Hill junction in Jerusalem.

Mar 3 96 - In a suicide bombing of bus No. 19 on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, 18 were killed (16 civilians and 3 soldiers). The civilians: Maya Birkan, 59; Naima Zargary, 66; Gavriel Shamashvili, 43; Shemtov Sheikh, 63; Anna Shingeloff, 36; Raya Daushvili, 55; George Yonan, 38 - all of Jerusalem; Sarina Angel, 45, of Beit Jalla; Gidi Taspanish, 23, a tourist from Ethiopia; Valerian Krasyon, 44, a tourist from Romania; Dominic Lunca, 29; Daniel Patenka, 33; Marian Grefan, 40; Mirze Gifa, 39; Dimitru Kokarascu, 43 - all Romanian workers. Imar Ambrose, 51, of Romania, died on March 9. The soldiers: Sgt. Yoni Levy, 21, of Jerusalem; Sgt. Haim Amedi, 19, of Jerusalem; Senior NCO Uzi Cohen, 54, border policeman of Jerusalem.

Mar 4 96 - Outside Dizengoff Center in Tel-Aviv, a suicide bomber detonated a 20-kilogram nail bomb, killing 13 (12 civilians and 1 soldier): Bat-Hen Shahak, 15, of Tel Mond; Hadas Dror, 15, of Tl Mond; Kobi Zaharon, 13, of Tel Aviv; Inbar Atiya, 21, of Ramat-Efal; Dan Tversky, 58, of Tel Aviv; Dana Gutman, 14, of Moshav Mishmeret; Yovav Levy, 13, of Tel Aviv; Leah Mizrahi, 60, of Tel Aviv; Tali Gordon, 24, of Givatayim; Rahel Sela, 82, of Tel Aviv; Sylvia Bernstein, 73, of Hod Hasharon; Gail Belkin, 48, of Herzliya; St.-Sgt. Assaf Wachs, 21, of Holon.

May 14 96 - David Baum, 17, a yeshiva high school student in Beit El, was killed when terrorists fired at students at a hitchhiking post at Beil El, near Ramallah.

Jun 9 96 - Yaron (26) and Efrat (25) Unger, of Kiryat Arba, were killed when terrorists fired on their car near Beit Shemesh.

Jun 16 96 - First-Sgt. Meir Alush, 40, an off-duty policeman, was shot and killed in a toy store in the village of Bidiya.

Jun 26 96 - Staff Sgt. (Res.) Asher Berdugo, 22, of Kiryat Bialik; Sgt. Ashraf Shibli, 20, of Shibli; and Cpl. (Res.) Ya'acov Turgeman of Rishon Lezion were killed in an ambush along the Jordan River north of Jericho by terrorists who infiltrated from Jordan.

Jul 26 96 - Uri Munk, 53, and his daughter-in-law, Rachel Munk, 24, of Moshav Mevo Betar, were killed in a drive-by shooting attack near Beit Shemesh. 30-year-old Ze'ev Munk, Rachel's husband, was critically wounded and died in the hospital the following week.

Dec 11 96 - Etta Tzur, 48, and her son Ephraim, 12, were killed when their car was shot at by terrorists near Surda, west of Beit El.

Mar 21 97 - Michal Avrahami, 32, Yael Gilad, 32, and Anat Winter-Rosen, 32, were killed when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb on the terrace of a Tel Aviv cafe. 48 people were wounded.

Apr 10 97 - The body of IDF Staff-Sgt. Sharon Edri, missing for seven months, was found buried near the West Bank village of Kfar Tzurif. Edri had been kidnapped and murdered by a Hamas terrorist cell in September 1996 while hitchiking to his home in Moshav Zanoah.

Apr 25 97 - Hagit Zavitzky, 23, of Kfar Adumim and Liat Kastiel, 23, of Holon were found stabbed to death in Wadi Kelt.

Jul 30 97 - 13 people were killed and 170 wounded in two consecutive suicide bombings in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. The names of 8 victims have been released: David Nasko, 44, of Mevaseret Zion; Sami Shmuel Malka, 44, of Mevaseret Zion; Simha Fremd, 92 of Jerusalem; Razalla Tazkatro, 80, of Jerusalem; Valentina Koblenko, 67, of Jerusalem; Lev Baseitnik, 60, of Jerusalem, Golan Shalom Zevulun, 52, of Jerusalem; Mohi Adin Osman, 33, of Abu Ghosh.

Jul 30 97 - 16 people were killed and 178 wounded in two consecutive suicide bombings in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem: Lev Desyatnik, 60, of Jerusalem; Regina Giber, 76, of Jerusalem; Valentina Kovalenko, 67, of Jerusalem; Shmuel Malka, 44, of Mevaseret Zion; David Nasco, 44, of Mevaseret Zion; Muhi A-din Othman, 33, of Abu Ghosh; Simha Fremd, 92, of Jerusalem; Grisha Paskhovitz, 15, of Jerusalem; Leah Stern, 50, of Jerusalem; Rachel Tejgatrio, 80, of Jerusalem; Liliya Zelezniak, 47, of Jerusalem; Shalom (Golan) Zevulun, 52, of Jerusalem; Mark Rabinowitz, 80, of Jerusalem. Eli Adourian, 49, of Kfar Adumim, died of his wounds on August 11. Ilia Gazrach, 73, of Pisgat Ze'ev, died on August 29. Baruch Ostrovsky, 84, of Jerusalem died on October 3.

Sep 4 97 - Five people were killed and 181 wounded in three suicide bombings on the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian mall in Jerusalem. The victims: Yael Botwin, 14; Sivan Zarka, 14; Smadar Elhanan, 14; Rami Kozashvili, 20; and Eliahu Markowitz, 40 - all of Jerusalem.

Nov 19 97 - Gabriel Hirschberg, 26, was killed by automatic gunfire in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Jan 6 98 - Yael Meivar, 25, died of gunshot wounds sustained in a terrorist attack on Dec 31, 1997 near the settlement of Alei Zahav in Samaria.

May 6 98 - Haim Kerman, 28, was stabbed to death in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Aug 5 98 - Harel Bin-Nun, 18, and Shlomo Liebman, 24, were shot and killed in an ambush by terrorists while on patrol at the Yizhar settlement in Samaria.

Aug 20 98 - Rabbi Shlomo Ra'anan, 63, was stabbed to death in the bedroom of his caravan in Hebron.

Oct 9 98 - IDF soldier Michal Adato, 19, was stabbed to death at Moshav Tomer in the Jordan Valley.

Oct 14 98 - Itamar Doron, 24, was shot to death near Moshav Ora, outside Jerusalem.

Oct 26 98 - Danny Vargas, 29, of Kiryat Arba was shot to death in Hebron.

Oct 29 98 - ergeant Alexey Neykov, 19, was killed when a terrorist drove an explosives-laden car into an Israeli army jeep escorting a bus with 40 elementary school students from the settlement of Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip.

Jan 13 99 - Sergeant Yehoshua Gavriel, 25, of Ashdod, was killed when terrorists opened fire at the Othniel junction near Hebron.

Aug 7 99 The body of an Israeli, shot in the head, was found in a burned vehicle.

Aug 30 99 Yehiel Finfeter, 25, of Kiryat Motzkin, and Sharon Steinmetz, 21, of Haifa, were murdered whlie hiking in the Megiddo region.

FATAL TERRORIST ATTACKS ON ISRAELIS SINCE SEPTEMBER 27, 2000 PALESTINIAN UPRISING

Sept 27, 2000 - Sgt. David Biri, 19, of Jerusalem, was fatally wounded in a bombing near Netzarim in the Gaza Strip.

Sept 29, 2000 - Border Police Supt. Yossi Tabaja, 27, of Ramle was shot to death by his Palestinian counterpart on a joint patrol near Kalkilya.

Oct 1, 2000 - Border Police Cpl. Yosef Madhat, 19, of Beit Jann, died of gunshot wounds sustained in a gun battle with Palestinians at Joseph's Tomb in Nablus.
Oct 2, 2000 - Wichlav Zalsevsky, 24, of Ashdod, was shot in the head in the village of Masha on the trans-Samaria highway.
Sgt. Max Hazan, 20, of Dimona, died of gunshot injuries sustained near Beit Sahur.

Oct 8, 2000 - The bullet-riddled body of Hillel Lieberman, 36, of Elon Moreh was found at the southern entrance to Nablus.

Oct 12, 2000 - First Cpl. Yosef Avrahami and First Sgt. Vadim Novesche, 33, two reserve IDF soldiers, were lynched by a Palestinian mob at the police building in Ramallah.

Oct 19, 2000 - Rabbi Binyamin Herling, 64, of Kedumim, was killed when Fatah members and Palestinian security forces opened fire on a group of Israeli men, women, and children on a trip at Mount Ebal near Nablus.

Oct 28, 2000 - The body of Marik Gavrilov, 25, of Bnei Aysh was found inside his burned-out car, between the village of Bitunia and Ramallah.

Oct 30, 2000 - Eish-Kodesh Gilmor, 25, of Mevo Modi'in, was shot and killed while on duty as a security guard at the National Insurance Institute's East Jerusalem branch.
Amos Machlouf, 30, of the Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem, was found murdered in a ravine near Beit Jala.

Nov 1, 2000 - Lt. David-Hen Cohen, 21, of Karmiel and Sgt. Shlomo Adshina, 20, of Kibbutz Ze'elim were killed in a shooting incident in the Al-Hader area, near Bethlehem.
Maj. (res.) Amir Zohar, 34, of Jerusalem was killed in the Nahal Elisha settlement in the Jordan Valley while on active reserve duty.

Nov 2, 2000 - Ayelet Shahar Levy, 28, and Hanan Levy, 33, were killed in a car bomb explosion near the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

Nov 8, 2000 - Noa Dahan, 25, of Moshav Mivtahim in the south, was shot to death while driving to her job at the Rafah border crossing in Gaza.

Nov 10, 2000 - Sgt. Shahar Vekret, 20, of Lod was fatally shot by a Palestinian sniper near Rachel's Tomb at the entrance to Bethlehem.

Nov 11, 2000 - Sgt. 1st Class Avner Shalom, 28, of Eilat, was killed in a shooting attack at the Gush Katif junction in the Gaza Strip.

Nov 13, 2000 - Sarah Leisha, 42, of Neveh Tzuf was killed by gunfire from a passing car while travelling near Ofra, north of Ramallah.
Cpl. Elad Wallenstein, 18, of Ashkelon, and Cpl. Amit Zanna, 19, of Netanya were killed by gunfire from a car passing the military bus carrying them near Ofra.
Gabi Zaghouri, 36, of Netivot was killed by gunfire directed at the truck he was driving near the Kissufim junction in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Nov 18, 2000 - St.-Sgt. Baruch (Snir) Flum, 21, of Tel-Aviv was shot and killed by a senior Palestinian Preventive Security Service officer who infiltrated the Kfar Darom greenhouses in the Gaza Strip.
St.-Sgt. Sharon Shitoubi, 21, of Ramle, wounded in the Palestinan shooting attack in Kfar Darom, died of his wounds on Nov 20.

Nov 20, 2000 - Miriam Amitai, 35, and Gavriel Biton, 34, both of Kfar Darom, were killed when a roadside bomb exploded alongside a bus carrying children from Kfar Darom to school in Gush Katif.

Nov 21, 2000 - Itamar Yefet, 18, of Netzer Hazani died from a gunshot wound to the head by Palestinian sniper fire at the Gush Katif junction.

Nov 22, 2000 - Shoshana Reis, 21, of Hadera, and Meir Bahrame, 35, of Givat Olga, were killed, and 60 wounded when a powerful car bomb was denotated alongside a passing bus on Hadera's main street, when the area was packed with shoppers and people driving home from work.

Nov 23, 2000 - Lt. Edward Matchnik, 21, of Beersheba, was killed in an explosion at the District Coordination Office near Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip. (The joint DCOs were established at the borders of Palestinian-ruled areas under the interim peace accords and were responsible for coordinating security and humanitarian cooperation.)
Sgt. Samar Hussein, 19, of Hurfeish, was killed when Palestinian snipers opened fire at soldiers patrolling the border fence near the Erez crossing.

Nov 24, 2000 - Maj. Sharon Arameh, 25, of Ashkelon was killed by Palestinian sniper fire in fighting near Neve Dekalim in the Gaza Strip.
Ariel Jeraffi, 40, of Petah Tikva, a civilian employed by the IDF, was killed by Palestinian fire as he travelled near Otzarin in the West Bank.

Dec 8, 2000 - Rina Didovsky, 39, a Beit Hagai school teacher on her way to work, and Eliyahu Ben-Ami, 41, of Otniel, the driver of the van, were killed when a car full of gunmen opened fire on the van near Kiryat Arba.
Sgt. Tal Gordon, 19, was killed when gunmen in a passing car opened fire on an Egged bus traveling south from Tiberias to Jerusalem on the Jericho bypass road.

Dec 21, 2000 - Eliahu Cohen, 29, of Modi'in was shot and killed tonight by Palestinian terrorists waiting in ambush on the road between Givat Ze'ev and Beit Horon.

Dec 28, 2000 - Capt. Gad Marasha, 30, of Kiryat Arba and Border Police Sgt.-Maj. Yonatan Vermullen, 29, of Ben-Shemen, were killed when called to dismantle a road-side bomb near the Sufa crossing in the Gaza Strip. The bomb was dismantled, but another bomb exploded, killing both and injuring two other soldiers. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

Dec 31, 2000 - Binyamin Zeev Kahane, the son of the late right-wing leader Meir Kahane, and his wife, Talia, were killed when Palestinian snipers opened fire while they were driving on the Ramallah bypass road. Five of their children, aged two months to 10 years, were injured.

Jan 14, 2001 - The bullet-ridden body of Ron Tzalah, 32, of Kfar Yam in Gush Katif, apparently killed on Sunday night (Jan 14), was found the following morning near the Kfar Yam hothouses.

Jan 17, 2001 - Ofir Rahum, 16, of Ashkelon, traveled to Jerusalem to meet a young woman with whom he had conducted a relationship over the Internet. She then drove him toward Ramallah. At a prearranged location, another vehicle drove up and three Palestinian gunmen inside shot Rahum more than 15 times. One terrorist drove off with Rahum's body and dumped it, while the others fled in the second vehicle.

Jan 23, 2001 - Motti Dayan, 27, and Etgar Zeituny, 34, cousins from Tel Aviv, were abducted from a restaurant in Tulkarem by masked Palestinian gunmen and executed.

Jan 25, 2001 - Akiva Pashkos, 45, of Jerusalem, was shot dead in a terror attack near the Atarot industrial zone north of Jerusalem.

Jan 29, 2001 - Arye Hershkowitz, 55, of Ofra, was killed by shots fired from a passing car near the Rama junction north of Jerusalem.

Feb 1, 2001 - Dr. Shmuel Gillis, 42, of Karmei Tzur, was killed by Palestinian gunmen who fired at his car near the Aroub refugee camp on the Jerusalem-Hebron highway.
Lior Attiah, 23, of Afula was shot to death by terrorists while traveling near Jenin.

Feb 5, 2001 - St.-Sgt. Rujayah Salameh, 23, was killed by sniper fire near Rafah.

Feb 11, 2001 - Tzachi Sasson, 35, of Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim in Gush Etzion, was shot and killed by Palestinian gunmen as he drove home from Jerusalem.

Feb 14, 2001 - Simcha Shitrit, 30, of Rishon Lezion; Staff-Sgt. Ofir Magidish, 20, of Kiryat Malachi; Sgt. David Iluz, 21, of Kiryat Malachi; Sgt. Julie Weiner, 21, of Jerusalem; Sgt. Rachel Levy, 19, of Ashkelon; Sgt. Kochava Polanski, 19, of Ashkelon; Cpl. Alexander Manevich, 18, of Ashkelon; and Cpl. Yasmin Karisi, 18, of Ashkelon were killed when a bus driven by a Palestinian terrorist plowed into a group of soldiers and civilians waiting at a bus stop near Holon, south of Tel-Aviv. In addition, 25 people were injured in the attack.

Feb 26, 2001 - The body of Mordechai Shefer, 55, of Kfar Sava, was found in an olive grove near Moshav Hagor. An autopsy revealed that he was murdered. Investigators suspect terrorist motives.

Mar 1, 2001 - Claude Knap, 29, of Tiberias was killed when a terrorist detonated a bomb in a Tel Aviv to Tiberias service taxi at the Mei Ami junction in Wadi Ara.

Mar 4, 2001 - Naftali Dean, 85, of Tel Mond; his niece, Shlomit Ziv, 58, of Netanya; and Yevgenya Malchin, 70, of Netanya were killed in a suicide bombing in downtown Netanya. The Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

Mar 19, 2001 - Baruch Cohen, 59, of Efrat, was killed by shots fired at his car while driving to work in Jerusalem from his home in the Gush Etzion area. After being hit by bullets, he lost control of the car and collided with an oncoming truck.

Mar 26, 2001 - Shalhevet Pass, age 10 months, was killed by sniper fire at the entrance to the Avraham Avinu neighborhood in Hebron.

Mar 28, 2001 - Eliran Rosenberg-Zayat, 15, of Givat Shmuel and Naftali Lanzkorn, 13, of Petah Tikva were killed in a suicide bombing at the Mifgash Hashalom ("peace stop") gas station several hundred meters from an IDF roadblock near the entrance to Kalkilya, east of Kfar Saba. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

Apr 1, 2001 - Staff Sgt. Ya'akov Krenschel, 23, of Nahariya, an IDF reserve soldier, was killed in a firefight between army and Palestinian forces southeast of Nablus.

Apr 2, 2001 - Sgt. Danny Darai, 20, of Arad, was killed by a Palestinian sniper after completing guard duty at Rachel's Tomb at the entrance to Bethlehem.

Apr 21, 2001 - The mutilated body of Stanislav Sandomirsky, 38, of Beit Shemesh, was found in the trunk of his car near a village north of Ramallah late last night. Terrorist motives are suspected.

Apr 22, 2001 - Dr. Mario Goldin, 53, of Kfar Sava, was killed when a terrorist detonated a powerful bomb he was carrying near a group of people waiting at a bus stop on the corner of Weizman and Tchernichovsky streets. About 60 people were injured in the blast. Hamas claimed responsibility.

Apr 28, 2001 - Sgt. Shlomo Elmakias, 20, of Netanya, was killed and four women passengers wounded in a drive-by terrorist shooting attack on the Wadi Ara highway in the Galilee.

May 1, 2001 - Assaf Hershkowitz, 30, of Ofra, was killed when his vehicle was fired upon and overturned at a junction between Ofra and Beit El.

May 8, 2001 - Arnaldo Agranionic, 48, was murdered by terrorists as he guarded the Binyamin Farm, a lonely outpost where he lived, on an isolated hilltop east of Itamar in Samaria.

May 9, 2001 - Yossi Ish-Ran, 14, and Kobi Mandell, 14, both of Tekoa, were found stoned to death in a cave about 200 meters from the small community south of Jerusalem where they lived.

May 10, 2001 - Constantin Straturula, 52, and Virgil Martinesc, 29, two Romanian citizens employed by an Israeli contractor, were killed in a bomb attack while repairing a vandalized fence at the Kissufim Crossing into the Gaza District.

May 15, 2001 - Idit Mizrahi, 20, of Rimonim, was fatally shot in a terrorist ambush as she drove with her father and brother on the Alon Highway to attend a family wedding. Terrorists fired 30 bullets, 19 of which hit the family's car.

May 18, 2001 - Tirza Polonsky, 66, of Moshav Kfar Haim; Miriam Waxman, 51, of Hadera; David Yarkoni, 53, of Netanya; Yulia Tratiakova, 21, of Netanya; and Vladislav Sorokin, 34, of Netanya were killed in a suicide bombing at Hasharon Mall in the seaside city of Netanya, in which over 100 were wounded. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

May 18, 2001 - Lt. Yair Nebenzahl, 22, of Neve Tzuf (Halamish), was killed and his mother seriously wounded, in a Palestinian roadside ambush north of Jerusalem.

May 23, 2001 - Asher Iluz, 33, of Modi'in was killed outside Ariel en route to supervise a road paving in the area, when Palestinian gunmen opened fire in an ambush.

May 25, 2001 - The burnt body of Yosef Alfasi, 50, of Rishon Letzion, was discovered near the West Bank city of Tulkarem.

May 29, 2001 - Gilad Zar, 41, of Itamar, was shot dead in a terrorist ambush while driving in the West Bank between Kedumim and Yizhar. The Fatah Tanzim claimed responsibility for the attack.

May 29, 2001 - Sarah Blaustein, 53, and Esther Alvan, 20, of Efrat, were killed in a drive-by shooting near Neve Daniel in the Gush Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem. The Fatah Tanzim claimed responsibility for the attack.

May 31, 2001 - Zvi Shelef, 63, of Mevo Dotan, was killed in a drive-by shooting attack in northern Samaria north of Tulkarem. He was shot in the head and died en route to hospital.

June 1, 2001 - Marina Borokovsky, 17, of Tel Aviv; Roman Dezanshvili, 21, of Bat Yam; Ilya Gutman, 14, of Bat Yam; Anya Kazachkov, 16, of Holon; Katherine Kastaniyada-Talkir, 15, of Ramat Gan; Aleksei Lupalu, 16, of the Ukraine; Mariana Madbaneko, 16, of Tel Aviv; Irina Nefminiyashachi, 16, of Bat Yam; Yelena Nelimov, 18, of Tel Aviv; Yulia Nelimov, 16, of Tel Aviv; Raisa Nimrovsky, 15, of Netanya; Pvt. Diez (Dani) Normanov, 21, of Tel Aviv; Simona Rodin, 18, of Holon; Ori Shahar, 32, of Ramat Gan; Liana Sakiyan, 16, of Tel Aviv; Maria Tagilchev, 14, of Netanya; and Irena Usdachi, 18, of Holon were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself outside a disco near Tel Aviv's Dolphinarium along the seafront promenade just before midnight on Friday. Roman Gurokhovsky, 20, of the Ukraine; Yael-Yulia Sklianik, 15, of Holon; and Jan Bloom, 25, of Ramat Gan died subsequently from their injuries. 120 people were wounded in the bombing.

June 11, 2001 - Yehuda Shoham, aged 5 months, of Shilo, died of injuries incurred in a fatal stoning on June 5. He was critically injured by a rock thrown at the family's car near Shilo in Samaria.

June 12, 2001 - Father Georgios Tsibouktzakis, 34, a Greek Orthodox monk from the St. George Monastery in Wadi Kelt in the Judean desert, was shot and killed while driving on the Jerusalem-Ma'ale Adumim road.

June 14, 2001 - Lt.Col. Yehuda Edri, 45, of Ma'ale Adumim was killed by a Palestinian agent for Israeli intelligence in a shooting attack on the Bethlehem bypass tunnel road connecting the Gush Etzion bloc with Jerusalem. One of his security guards was seriously injured.

June 18, 2001 - Dan Yehuda, 35, of Homesh was killed in a drive-by shooting attack between Homesh and Shavei Shomron, near Nablus. Alex Briskin, 17, was moderately injured.
Doron Zisserman, 38, of Einav, was shot and killed in his car by sniper fire near the entrance to Einav, east of Tulkarem. Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.

June 20, 2001 - Ilya Krivitz, 62, of Homesh in Samaria was shot and killed at close range in an ambush late Wednesday afternoon in the nearby Palestinian town of Silat a-Dahar.

June 22, 2001 - Sgt. Aviv Iszak, 19, of Kfar Saba, and Sgt. Ofir Kit, 19, of Jerusalem, were killed near Dugit in the Gaza Strip as a jeep with yellow Israeli license plates, supposedly stuck in the sand, blew up as they approached.

June 28, 2001 - Ekaterina (Katya) Weintraub, 27, of Ganim in northern Samaria was killed and another woman injured late Thursday afternoon by shots fired at the two-car convoy on the Jenin bypass road.

July 2, 2001 - Aharon Obadyan, 41, of Zichron Ya'akov was shot and killed near Baka a-Sharkia, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and close to the 1967 Green Line border, after shopping at the local market.

July 2, 2001 - The body of Yair Har Sinai, 51, of Susiya in the Hebron hills, missing since Monday (July 2) was found early Tuesday morning shot in the head and chest.

July 4, 2001 - Eliahu Na'aman, 32, of Petah Tikva, was shot at point-blank range just inside the Green Line at Sueika, near Tulkarem.

July 9, 2001 - Capt. Shai Shalom Cohen, 22, of Pardes Hanna, was killed and another soldier was wounded when an explosive charge detonated beneath their jeep after leaving the Aduraim IDF base south of Hebron.

July 13, 2001 - Yehezkel (Hezi) Mualem, 49, father of four from Kiryat Arba, was shot and killed between Kiryat Arba and Hebron while protesting a shooting attack in the area the previous day.

July 14, 2001 - David Cohen, 28, of Betar Illit, died of injuries sustained in a drive-by shooting in Kiryat Arba on July 12.

July 16, 2001 - Cpl. Hanit Arami, 19, and St.Sgt. Avi Ben Harush, 20, both of Zichron Yaakov, were killed and 11 wounded - 3 seriously - when a bomb exploded in a suicide terrorist attack at a bus stop near the train station in Binyamina, halfway between Netanya and Haifa, at about 19:30 Monday evening. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

July 24, 2001 - The body of Yuri Gushchin, 18, of Jerusalem, brutally murdered, bearing stab and gunfire wounds, was found in Ramallah.

July 26, 2001 - Ronen Landau, 17, of Givat Ze'ev, was shot and killed by Palestinian terrorists while returning home from Jerusalem with his father.

Aug 5, 2001 - Tehiya Blumberg, 40, of Karnei Shomron, mother of five and 5 months pregnant, was killed when Palestinian gunmen opened fire on the family vehicle between Alfei Menashe and Karnei Shomron. Three people were seriously wounded, including her husband, Shimon, and daughter, Tzippi, 14.

Partial List of major terrorist attacks against Israelis and Jews 1968 - 1985:

Nov. 1968, Mahane Yehuda bomb, 12 dead, 53 wounded
Dec. 1968 - attack on El Al plane in Athens airport
Feb. 1969 - attack in Zurich
Aug. 1969 - hijacking of plane from Rome to Tel Aviv
Nov. 1969 - attack on El Al office, Athens, 1 dead, 14 wounded
May 20, 1970, school bus ambush, 12 dead, 19 wounded
July 1970 - plane hijacking from Lebanon to Greece
May 30, 1972, Ben-Gurion airport attack, 26 dead, 76 wounded
Sept. 1973 - Vienna train attack
Nov 1974 - attack in Beit She'an
Dec. 1974 - Tel Aviv movie theater bomb, 2 dead, 66 wounded
March 1975, Tel Aviv hotel, 25 dead, 6 wounded
May 1975 - Jerusalem bomb, 1 dead, 3 wounded
June 1975 - attack on Kfar Yuval
July 4, 1975, Zion Square-Jerusalem bomb, 15 dead, 62 wounded
Aug. 1976 attack on El Al Plaine, Istanbul
Oct. 1977 - Lufthansa plane hijacked, 1 killed, 10 wounded
April 1978 - Brussels airport attack, 12 wounded
May 1978 attack on El Al plane, Paris
March 1979 - Paris restaurant bomb, 24 wounded
April 7, 1980 - attack on Kibbutz Misgav Am, 3 dead, 16 wounded
Oct. 1980 - bomb, Paris synagogue
June 1981, in Greece, attack on travel agency, 2 dead, 70 wounded
August 1981, attack on Vienna synagogue, 2 dead, 19 wounded
Oct. 1981 - attack in Belgium
Aug. 9, 1982 - attack on Paris restaurant, 6 dead, 22 wounded
Oct. 1982 - attack on Rome synagogue
Nov. 1985 - hijacking of Egyptian plane, 8 killed

Partial list of attacks in which American citizens were killed:

June 17, 1969: Shirley Louise Anderson, a 25 year-old tourist from Rochester, New York, was killed when the PLO shelled the Israeli resort town of Kallia.

December 27, 1969: Leon Holtz, 48, a tourist from Brooklyn, New York, was killed when PLO terrorists fired shots at a tourist bus near Hebron.

February 21, 1970: Arab terrorists blew up an Israel-bound Swiss jet. The following Americans were killed:
Melvin Meyerson, of Stamford, Connecticut
Thomas Lingafelter, of Huntington, Long Island, New York
Mr. S. Silvershots, of Chula Vista, California
Mrs. S. Silvershots, of Chula Vista, California
Dr. Glenn Ware, of Barrington Hills, Illinois
Mrs. Glenn Ware, of Barrington Hills, Illinois
Dr. Weinermann, of Hamden, Connecticut
Mrs. Weinermann, of Hamden, Connecticut
February 23, 1970: Barbara Ertle, of Grandville, Michigan, wife of Reverend Theodore Ertle, was killed during a PLO shooting attack on a busload of pilgrims in the village of Halhoul, near Hebron.

September 5, 1972: David Berger, an American-Israeli from Cleveland who was a member of the Israeli weightlifting team,was killed during the PLO attack on the Israeli athletes at the Olympics games in Munich, Germany.

March 2, 1973: Cleo A. Noel, Jr. , U.S. ambassador to Sudan, and U.S. diplomat G. Curtis Moore, were held hostage and then killed by PLO terrorists at the U.S. embassy in Khartoum.

September 9, 1974: Terrorists from the Palestinian Abu Nidal group bombed a TWA jet in the air near Greece.
Mrs. Katherine Hadley Michel, of Poughkeepsie, New York, was killed (along with her son Jeremiah; see below)
Jeremiah Michel, of Poughkeepsie, New York, was killed (along with his other; see above)
Frederick Hare of Bernardsville, New Jersey, was killed (along with his wife; see below)
Margaret Hare of Bernardsville, New Jersey, was killed (along with her husband; see above)
Seldon Bard of Tuckahoe, New York, was killed (along with his son; see below)
Eitan Bard of Tuckahoe, New York, was killed (along with his father; see above)
Dr. Frederick Stohlman of Newton, Massachusetts, was killed (along with his wife; see below)
Mrs. Frederick Stohlman of Newton, Massachusetts, was killed (along with her husband; see above)
Don H. Holliday of Mahwah, New Jersey
Jon L. Cheshire of Old Lyme, Connecticut,
Ralph H. Bosh of Madison, Connecticut,

November 21, 1975: Michael Nadler, an American-Israeli student from Miami Beach, Florida, was killed when axe-wielding terrorists from the Democcrat Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a PLO faction, attacked students at in the Israeli town of Ramat Hamagshimim.

1976: Frances E. Meloy, U.S. ambassador in Lebanon, and Robert O. Waring, U.S. economic counselor in Lebanon,was shot to death by PLO terrorists.

March 11, 1978: Gail Rubin, niece of U.S. Senator Abraham Ribicoff, was shot to death by PLO terrorists on the Tel Aviv beachfront.

June 2, 1978: Richard Fishman, a medical student from Maryland, was killed in a PLO bus bombing in Jerusalem.

May 2, 1980: Eli Haze'ev, an American-Israeli from Alexandria, Virginia, was killed in a PLO attack on Jewish worshippers walking home from a synagogue in Hebron.

July 7, 1983: Aharon Gross, age 19, an American-Israeli from New York, stabbed to death by PLO terrorists in the Hebron marketplace.

December 19, 1983: Serena Sussman, a 60 year-old tourist from Anderson, South Carolina, died from wounds suffered when the PLO bombed a bus in Jerusalem on December 6, 1983.

October 8, 1985: Leon Klinghoffer, a wheelchair-bound tourist about the Achille Lauro killed by members of the PLO's Palestine Liberation Front who hijacked the ship.

December 28, 1985: Palestinian Arab terrorists from the Abu Nidal group attacked the El Al terminal at the Rome airport. The following Americans were killed:

Natasha Simpson, age 11, the daughter of Victor L. Simpson of New York, who was the Associated Press news editor in Rome
Frederick Gage of Madison, Wisconsin
John Buonocore III, age 20, of Wilmington, Delaware
Don Maland of New Port Richey, Florida
Elena Tomarello, age 67, a nurse's aide, formerly of Pittsburgh, who was living in Naples, Florida

September 6, 1986: Rajesh Kumar, of Huntington Beach, California, was killed when Palestinian terrorists hijacked a Pan Am jet at the Karachi, Pakistan airport.

October 15, 1986: Gail Klein was killed in a PLO grenade attack at Jerusalem's Western Wall.

July 6, 1989: Rita Levine, an attorney from Philadelphia, killed when an Islamic Jihad terrorist steered an Israeli bus into a ravine.

February 24, 1993: Hava Wechsberg, age 11, was killed when Palestinian Arab rock-throwers attacked the car in which she was riding, causing it to crash, near Karmei Tzur.

December 1, 1993: Yitzhak Weinstock, age 19, an American-Israeli student whose family came from Los Angeles, was murdered by Hamas terrorists in a drive-by shooting attack near El Bireh, north of Jerusalem.

October 9, 1994: Nachshon Wachsman, an American-Israeli, was kidnapped and then murdered by Hamas terrorists.

April 9, 1995: Alisa Flatow, a Brandeis University student, killed when an Islamic Jihad terrorist attacked the bus in which she was riding, near Kfar Darom.

August 21, 1995: Joan Davenny, a schoolteacher from New Haven, Connecticut, killed in a Hamas suicide bombing attack on a bus in Jerusalem.

February 25, 1996: in a Hamas suicide bombing attack on a bus in Jerusalem, the followign Americans were killed:
Sara Duker, of Teaneck, New Jersey, killed (along with her fiancée, Matthew Eisenfeld)
Matthew Eisenfeld, of West Haven, Connecticut
Ira Weinstein, of New York, wounded in a Hamas suicide bombing attack on a bus in Jerusalem; died of his wounds in April 1996.

May 13, 1996: David Boim, age 17, an American-Israeli from New York, killed in a drive-by shooting by Palestinian terrorists near Beit El.

June 9, 1996: Yaron Ungar, an American-Israeli schoolteacher, killed (along with his wife, Efrat) in a drive-by shooting by Palestinian gunmen near the Jerusalem suburb of Beit Shemesh.

July 30, 1997: Mrs. Leah Stern, an American-Israeli from Passaic, New Jersey, killed in a Hamas suicide bombing attack in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda marketplace.

September 4, 1997: Yael Botwin, age 14, an American-Israeli from the Los Angeles suburb of Claremont killed in a Hamas suicide bombing attack in downtown Jerusalem.

April 19, 1998: Dov Dribben, an American-Israeli farmer, age 28, was killed by Arab terrorists near the Israeli town of Maon.

FATAL TERRORIST ATTACKS ON ISRAELIS SINCE THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES

Since the signing of the Declaration of Principles between Israel and the PLO on September 13, 1993, 253 civilians and soldiers have been killed in terrorist attacks in Israel, as follows:

Sep 24 93 - Yigal Vaknin was stabbed to death in an orchard near the trailer home where he lived near the village of Basra. A squad squad of the HAMAS' Iz a-Din al Kassam claimed responsibility for the attack.

Oct 9 93 - Dror Forer and Aran Bachar were murdered by terrorists in Wadi Kelt in the Judean Desert. The Popular Front and the Islamic Jihad 'Al-Aqsa Squads' each publicly claimed responsibility.

Oct 24 93 - Two IDF soldiers, Staff Sgt. (res.) Ehud Rot, age 35, and Sgt. Ilan Levi, age 23, were killed by a HAMAS Iz a-Din al Kassam squad. The two entered a Subaru with Israeli license plates outside a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, whose passengers were apparently terrorists disguised as Israelis. Following a brief struggle, the soldiers were shot at close range and killed. HAMAS publicly claimed responsibility for the attack.

Oct 29 93 - Chaim Mizrahi, resident of Beit-El, was kidnapped by three terrorists from a poultry farm near Ramallah. He was murdered and his body burned. Three Fatah members were convicted of the murder on July 27, 1994.

Nov 7 93 - Efraim Ayubi of Kfar Darom, Rabbi Chaim Druckman's personal driver, was shot to death by terrorists near Hebron. HAMAS publicly claimed responsibility for the murder.

Nov 9 93 - Salman 'Id el-Hawashla, age 38, an Israeli Bedouin of the Abu Rekaik tribe who was driving a car with Israeli plates, was killed by three armed men driving a truck hijacked from the Gaza municipality, in a deliberate head-on collision.

Nov 17 93 - Sgt. 1st Cl. Chaim Darina, age 37, was stabbed by a Gazan terrorist while seated at the cafeteria at the Nahal Oz road block at the entrance to the Gaza Strip. The perpetrator was apprehended. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the murder.

Dec 1 93 - Shalva Ozana, age 23, and Yitzhak Weinstock, age 19, were shot to death by terrorists from a moving vehicle, while parked on the side of the road to Ramallah because of engine trouble. Weinstock died of his wounds the following morning. Iz a-Din al Kassam claimed responbility for the attack, stating that it was carried out in retaliation for the killing by Israeli forcesof Imad Akel, a wanted HAMAS leader in Gaza.

Dec 5 93 - David Mashrati, a reserve soldier, was shot and killed by a terrorist attempting to board a bus on route 641 at the Holon junction. The Islamic Jihad Shekaki gorup claimed responsibility for the attack.

Dec 6 93 - Mordechai Lapid and his son Shalom Lapid, age 19, were shot to death by terrorists near Hebron. HAMAS publicly claimed responsibility for the attack.

Dec 22 93 - Eliahu Levin and Meir Mendelovitch were killed by shots fired at their car from a passing vehicle in the Ramallah area. HAMAS claimed responsibility.

Dec 23 93 - Anatoly Kolisnikov, an Ashdod resident employed as a relief watchman at a construction site there, was stabbed to death while on duty.

Dec 31 93 - Chaim Weizman and David Bizi were found murdered in a Ramle apartment. ID cards of two Gaza residents were found in the apartment, together with a leaflet of the Popular Front 'Red Eagle' group, claiming responsibility for the murder.

Dec 24 93 - Lieut.Col. Meir Mintz, commander of the IDF special forces in the Gaza area, was shot and killed by terrorists in an ambush on his jeep at the T-junction in Gaza. The HAMAS Iz a-Din al Kassam squads publicly claimed responsibility for the attack.

Jan 12 94 - Moshe Becker of Rishon Le-Zion was stabbed to death by three Palestinian employees while working in his orchard. The Popular Front claimed responsibility for the murder.

Jan 14 94 - Grigory Ivanov was stabbed to death by a terrorist in the industrial zone at the Erez junction, near the Gaza Strip. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Feb 9 94 - Ilan Sudri, a taxi driver, was kidnapped and murdered while returning home from work. The Islamic Jihad Shekaki group sent a message to the news agencies claiming responsibility for the murder.

Feb 10 94 - Naftali Sahar, a citrus grower, was murdered by blows to his head. His body was found in his orchard near Kibbutz Na'an.

Feb 13 94 - Noam Cohen, age 28, member of the General Security Service, was shot and killed in an ambush on his car. Two of his colleagues who were also in the vehicle suffered moderate injuries. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Feb 17 94 - Yuval Golan, stabbed on December 29, 1993 by a terrorist near Adarim in the Hebron area, died of his wounds.

Feb 19 94 - Zipora Sasson, resident of Ariel and five months pregnant, was killed on the trans-Samaria highway in an ambush by shots fired at her car. The terrorists were members of HAMAS.

Feb 25 94 - Sam Eisenstadt, age 80, was assaulted with an axe in the center of Kfar Saba. He died of his wounds shortly afterwards.

Mar 23 94 - Victor Lashchiver, employed as a guard at the Income Tax offices in East Jerusalem, was shot and killed near Damascus Gate on his way to work. The Popular Front claimed responsibility for the attack.

Mar 29 94 - Yitzhak Rothenberg, age 70 of Petah Tikva, was attacked on a construction site by two residents of Khan Yunis by axe blows to the head. He died several days later of his wounds. The murderers, apprehended the next day, stated that they carried out the attack in order to clear themselves of suspected collaboration with the Israeli authorities.

Mar 31 94 - Yosef Zandani, age 28 of Bnei Ayish, near Gedera, was found murdered in his apartment. Near the body was a leaflet of the DFLP "Red Star", explaining that the murder was carried out in revenge for the shooting of one of its members by an Israeli citizen. The Israeli acted in self-defense.

Apr 6 94 - Asher Attia, 48, of Afula, bus driver; Vered Mordechai, 13, of Afula; Maya Elharar, 17, of Afula; Ilana Schreiber, 45, a teacher from Kibbutz Nir David; Meirav Ben-Moshe, 16, of Afula; Ayala Vahaba, 40, a teacher from Afula; and Fadiya Shalabi, 25, of Iksal were killed in a car-bomb attack on a bus in the center of Afula. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack. Ahuva Cohen Onalla, 37, wounded in the attack, died of her wounds on April 25.

Apr 7 94 - Yishai Gadassi, age 32 of Kvutzat Yavne, was shot and killed at a hitchhiking post at the Ashdod junction by a member of HAMAS. The terrorist was killed by bystanders at the scene.

Apr 13 94 - Rahamim Mazgauker, 34, of Hadera; David Moyal, 26 of Ramat Gan, an Egged mechanic; Daga Perda, 44, who immigrated from Ethiopia in 1991; Bilha Butin, 49, of Hadera; and Sgt. Ari Perlmutter, 19, of Ir Ovot in the Arava were killed in a suicide bombing attack on a bus in the central bus station of Hadera. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Apr 21 94 - The body of officer cadet Shahar Simani, 20, of Ashkelon, was found stabbed to death near the roadside at the village of Beit Hanina, north of Jerusalem. He had been kidnapped while hitchhiking in the south.

May 17 94 - Rafael Yairi (Klumfenbert), 36, of Kiryat Arba, and Margalit Ruth Shohat, 48, of Ma'ale Levona, were killed when their car was fired upon by by terrorists in a passing car near Beit Haggai, south of Hebron.

May 20 94 - Staff Sgt. Moshe Bukra, 30, and Cpl. Erez Ben-Baruch, 24, were shot dead by HAMAS terrorists at a roadblock one kilometer south of the Erez checkpoint in the Gaza Strip.

Jul 7 94 - Sarit Prigal, 17, was shot to death when terrorists opened fire from a passing car near the entrance to Kiryat Arba.

Jul 7 94 - The body of Arye Frankenthal, 20, from Moshav Gimzo near Lod, who had left his base in the south the previous day, was found stabbed and shot near the Arab village of Kafr Akab, near Ramallah.

Jul 19 94 - Lt. Guy Ovadia, 23, of Kibbutz Yotvata, was fatally wounded in an ambush near Rafiah. HAMAS took responsibility for the attack, saying it was "a response to the massacre at the Erez checkpoint".

Jul 25 94 - Border policeman Sgt.-Maj. Jacques Attias, 24, died of his wounds after being shot by Palestinian policemen during the riots at Erez checkpoint on July 17.

Aug 2 94 - Yoram Sakuri, 30, of Kiryat Netafim in Samaria, died of stab wounds suffered when a terrorist broke into his home on July 1st.

Aug 14 94 - Ron Soval, 18, of Lehavim, north of Beersheba, was shot to death in an ambush near Kissufim junction in the Gaza Strip. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Aug 26 94 - Shlomo Kapach, 22, of Holon and Gil Revah, 21, of Bat Yam, elevator technicians, were murdered at a Ramle building site. Israel has requested the extradition of the suspected killers from the Palestinian Authority.

Sep 4 94 - Sgt. Victor Shichman, 24, was killed at the Morag junction in the southern Gaza Strip while on patrol, from shots fired from a vehicle bearing Palestinian license plates.

Oct 9 94 - Ma'ayan Levy, 19, an off-duty soldier from Moshav Beit Zayit and Samir Mugrabi, 35, from Kafr Akab, in north Jerusalem, were killed in a terrorist attack in the Nahalat Shiva section of downtown Jerusalem. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Oct 14 94 - Cpl. Nahshon Wachsman, 20, who had been abducted by HAMAS, was murdered by his captors. Capt. Nir Poraz, 23, was killed in the course of the unsuccessful IDF rescue operation to obtain his release.

Oct 19 94 - In a suicide bombing attack on the No. 5 bus on Dizengoff Street in Tel-Aviv, 21 Israelis and one Dutch national were killed: Haviv Tishbi, 54, of Tel Aviv; Moshe Gardinger, 83, of Tel Aviv; Pnina Rapaport, 74, of Tel Aviv; Galit Rosen, 23, of Holon; Zippora Ariel, 64, of Tel Aviv; David Lida, 74, of Tel Aviv; Puah Yedgar, 56, of Givatayim; Dalia Ashkenazi, 62, of Tel; Aviv Esther Sharon, 21, of Lod; Ofra Ben-Naim, 33, of Lod; Tamar Karlibach-Sapir, 24, of Moshav Zafaria; Shira Meroz-Kot, 20, of Kibbutz Beit Hashita; Miriam Adaf, 54, of Sderot; Anat Rosen, 21, of Ra'anana; Salah Ovadia, 52, of Holon; Eliahu Wasserman, 66, of Bat Yam; Alexandra Sapirstein, 55, of Holon; Dr. Pierre Atlas, 56, of Kiryat Ono; Ella Volkov, 21, of Safed; Ayelet Langer-Alkobi, 26, of Kibbutz Yiron; Kochava Biton, 59, of Tel Aviv; Rinier Yurest, 23, of the Netherlands.

Nov 11 94 - Capt. Yehazkel Sapir, 36, of Kfar Sava; Lt. Yotam Rahat, 31, of Tel-Aviv; and Capt. Elad Dror, 24, of Kibbutz Nachson were killed at the Netzarim junction in the Gaza Strip when a Palestinian riding a bicycle detonated explosives strapped to his body. Islamic Jihad said it carried out the attack to avenge the car bomb killing of Islamic Jihad leader Hani Abed on Nov 2.

Nov 19 94 - Sgt.-Maj. Gil Dadon, 26, of Bat Yam, was killed at the army post at Netzarim junction by shots fired from a passing car. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Nov 27 94 - Rabbi Amiran Olami, 34, of Otniel was killed near Beit Hagai 10 kms south of Hebron by shots fired from a passing car.

Nov 30 94 - Sgt. Liat Gabai, 19, of Afula, was axed to death in the center of Afula.

Jan 6 95 - Ofra Felix, 20, of Beit El, a university student, was killed when terrorists opened fire on her car north of Beit El.

Jan 22 95 - Two consecutive bombs exploded at the Beit Lid junction near Netanya, killing 18 soldiers and one civilian. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. The soldiers killed were: Lt. David Ben-Zino, 20, of Ashdod; Lt. Adi Rosen, 20, of Moshav Bitzaron; Lt. Yuval Tuvya, 22, of Jerusalem; Sgt.-Maj. Anan Kadur, 24, of Daliat al-Carmel; Staff-Sgt. Damian Rosovski, 20, of Kadima; Staff-Sgt. Yehiel Sharvit, 21, of Haifa; Staff-Sgt. Yaron Blum, 20, of Jerusalem; Sgt. Maya Kopstein, 19, of Jerusalem; Sgt. Daniel Tzikuashvili, 19, of Jerusalem; Sgt. Avi Salto, 19, of Rishon Lezion; Sgt. Rafael Mizrahi, 19, of Ramat Gan; Sgt. Eran Gueta, 20, of Ashkelon; Cpl. Soli Mizrahi, 18, of Ramat Ramat Gan; Cpl. David Hasson, 18, of Ashkelon; Cpl. Amir Hirschenson, 18, of Jerusalem; Cpl. Gilad Gaon, 18, of Herzliya; Cpl. Ilie Dagan, 18, of Kochav Yair; Cpl. Eitan Peretz, 18, of Nahariya; and Shabtai Mahpud, 34, of Moshav Tnuvot. Lt. Eyal Levy, 20, of Ashdod, and Cpl. Yaniv Weiser, 18, of Givatayim, who were seriously wounded in the attacks, later died of their wounds.

Feb 6 95 - Yevgeny Gromov, 32, of Ashkelon, a security guard, was killed when terrorists opened fire from a passing car on the Gaza bypass road between Jabalya and Gaza City, as he was escorting a gasoline truck to a Gaza Strip filling station.

Feb 13 95 - Rafael Cohen, 35, of Jerusalem, a taxi driver, was fatally stabbed on the Jerusalem-Ma'aleh Adumim road.

Mar 19 95 - Nahum Hoss, 32, of Hebron and Yehuda Fartush, 41, of Kiryat Arba, were killed when terrorists fired on an Egged bus near the entrance to Hebron.

Mar 29 95 - Police Insp. Nitzan Cohen, 22, of Jerusalem and Sgt.-Maj. Jamal Suwitat from Makr village in Western Galilee were killed when a Palestinian driver rammed his truck into their jeep in a convoy east of the Netzarim junction in Gaza.

Apr 9 95 - Staff-Sgt. Yuval Regev, 20, of Holon; Staff-Sgt. Meir Scheinwald, 20, of Safed; Sgt. Itai Diener, 19, of Rishon Lezion; Sgt. Zvi Narbat, 19, of Rishon Lezion; Sgt. Netta Sufrin, 20, of Rishon Lezion; Cpl. Tal Nir, 19, of Kibbutz Miflasim; Sgt. Avraham Arditi, 19, of Jerusalem; and Alisa Flatow, 20, of the United States were killed when a bus was hit by an explosives-laden van near Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

Jul 18 95 - Ohad Bachrach, 18, of Beit El, and Ori Shahor, 20, of Ra'anana, were killed while hiking in Wadi Kelt.

Jul 24 95 - Moshe Shkedi, 75, of Ramat Gan; Rahel Tamari, 65, of Tel Aviv; Zviya Cohen, 62, of Tel Aviv; Zahava Oren, 60, of Tel Aviv; Nehama Lubowitz, 61, of Tel Aviv; and Mordechai Tovia, 37, of Tel Aviv were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a bus in Ramat Gan.

Aug 21 95 - Rivka Cohen, 26, of Jerusalem; Hannah Naeh, 56, of Jerusalem; Joan Davenney, 46, of Connecticut; and Police Chief Superintendent Noam Eisenman, 35, of Jerusalem were killed in a suicide bombing of a Jerusalem bus.

Sep 5 95 - Daniel Frei, 28, of Ma'aleh Michmash, was stabbed to death when a terrorist broke into his home at night.

Jan 16 96 - Sgt. Yaniv Shimel and Major Oz Tibon, both of Jerusalem, were killed when terrorists fired on their car on the Hebron-Jerusalem road.

Jan 30 96 - Staff Sgt. Ehud Tal, 21, of Kibbutz Maoz Haim, was stabbed to death at the liaison office in an army camp south of Jenin.

Feb 25 96 - In a suicide bombing of bus No. 18 near the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem, 26 were killed (17 civilians and 9 soldiers). The civilians: Daniel Biton, 42; Yitzhak Elbaz, 57, Boris Sharpolinsky, 64; Semion Trakashvili, 60; Yitzhak Yakhnis, 54; Peretz Gantz, 61; Anatoly and Jana Kushnirov, 36 and 37; Masuda Amar, 59; Swietlana Gelezniak, 32; Celine Zaguri, 19 - all of Jerusalem; Navon Shabo, 22, of Bnei Brak; Michael Yerigin, 16, of Kibbutz Maabarot; Matthew Eisenfeld, 25 and Sara Duker, 23, of the United States. Wael Kawasmeh, 23, of East Jerusalem, and Ira Yitzhak Weinstein, 53, of Maaleh Adumim, later died of their wounds. The soldiers: Sgt. Yonatan Barnea, 20; St-Sgt. Gavriel Krauss, 24; St.-Sgt. Gadi Shiloni, 22; Cpl. Moshe Reuven, 19; St.-Sgt. Maj. (res.) Arye Barashi, 39; Cpl. Iliya Nimotin, 19; Cpl. Merav Nahum, 19; Sgt. Sharon Hanuka, 19; Arik Gaby, 16 (student in pre-army boarding school) - all of Jerusalem. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Feb 25 96 - Sgt. Hofit Ayyash, 20, of Ashdod was killed in an explosion set off by a suicide bomber at a hitchhiking post oustide Ashkelon. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.

Feb 26 96 - Flora Yehiel, 28, of Kiryat Ata, was killed when a car was driven into a bus stop at the French Hill junction in Jerusalem.

Mar 3 96 - In a suicide bombing of bus No. 19 on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, 18 were killed (16 civilians and 3 soldiers). The civilians: Maya Birkan, 59; Naima Zargary, 66; Gavriel Shamashvili, 43; Shemtov Sheikh, 63; Anna Shingeloff, 36; Raya Daushvili, 55; George Yonan, 38 - all of Jerusalem; Sarina Angel, 45, of Beit Jalla; Gidi Taspanish, 23, a tourist from Ethiopia; Valerian Krasyon, 44, a tourist from Romania; Dominic Lunca, 29; Daniel Patenka, 33; Marian Grefan, 40; Mirze Gifa, 39; Dimitru Kokarascu, 43 - all Romanian workers. Imar Ambrose, 51, of Romania, died on March 9. The soldiers: Sgt. Yoni Levy, 21, of Jerusalem; Sgt. Haim Amedi, 19, of Jerusalem; Senior NCO Uzi Cohen, 54, border policeman of Jerusalem.

Mar 4 96 - Outside Dizengoff Center in Tel-Aviv, a suicide bomber detonated a 20-kilogram nail bomb, killing 13 (12 civilians and 1 soldier): Bat-Hen Shahak, 15, of Tel Mond; Hadas Dror, 15, of Tl Mond; Kobi Zaharon, 13, of Tel Aviv; Inbar Atiya, 21, of Ramat-Efal; Dan Tversky, 58, of Tel Aviv; Dana Gutman, 14, of Moshav Mishmeret; Yovav Levy, 13, of Tel Aviv; Leah Mizrahi, 60, of Tel Aviv; Tali Gordon, 24, of Givatayim; Rahel Sela, 82, of Tel Aviv; Sylvia Bernstein, 73, of Hod Hasharon; Gail Belkin, 48, of Herzliya; St.-Sgt. Assaf Wachs, 21, of Holon.

May 14 96 - David Baum, 17, a yeshiva high school student in Beit El, was killed when terrorists fired at students at a hitchhiking post at Beil El, near Ramallah.

Jun 9 96 - Yaron (26) and Efrat (25) Unger, of Kiryat Arba, were killed when terrorists fired on their car near Beit Shemesh.

Jun 16 96 - First-Sgt. Meir Alush, 40, an off-duty policeman, was shot and killed in a toy store in the village of Bidiya.

Jun 26 96 - Staff Sgt. (Res.) Asher Berdugo, 22, of Kiryat Bialik; Sgt. Ashraf Shibli, 20, of Shibli; and Cpl. (Res.) Ya'acov Turgeman of Rishon Lezion were killed in an ambush along the Jordan River north of Jericho by terrorists who infiltrated from Jordan.

Jul 26 96 - Uri Munk, 53, and his daughter-in-law, Rachel Munk, 24, of Moshav Mevo Betar, were killed in a drive-by shooting attack near Beit Shemesh. 30-year-old Ze'ev Munk, Rachel's husband, was critically wounded and died in the hospital the following week.

Dec 11 96 - Etta Tzur, 48, and her son Ephraim, 12, were killed when their car was shot at by terrorists near Surda, west of Beit El.

Mar 21 97 - Michal Avrahami, 32, Yael Gilad, 32, and Anat Winter-Rosen, 32, were killed when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb on the terrace of a Tel Aviv cafe. 48 people were wounded.

Apr 10 97 - The body of IDF Staff-Sgt. Sharon Edri, missing for seven months, was found buried near the West Bank village of Kfar Tzurif. Edri had been kidnapped and murdered by a Hamas terrorist cell in September 1996 while hitchiking to his home in Moshav Zanoah.

Apr 25 97 - Hagit Zavitzky, 23, of Kfar Adumim and Liat Kastiel, 23, of Holon were found stabbed to death in Wadi Kelt.

Jul 30 97 - 13 people were killed and 170 wounded in two consecutive suicide bombings in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. The names of 8 victims have been released: David Nasko, 44, of Mevaseret Zion; Sami Shmuel Malka, 44, of Mevaseret Zion; Simha Fremd, 92 of Jerusalem; Razalla Tazkatro, 80, of Jerusalem; Valentina Koblenko, 67, of Jerusalem; Lev Baseitnik, 60, of Jerusalem, Golan Shalom Zevulun, 52, of Jerusalem; Mohi Adin Osman, 33, of Abu Ghosh.

Jul 30 97 - 16 people were killed and 178 wounded in two consecutive suicide bombings in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem: Lev Desyatnik, 60, of Jerusalem; Regina Giber, 76, of Jerusalem; Valentina Kovalenko, 67, of Jerusalem; Shmuel Malka, 44, of Mevaseret Zion; David Nasco, 44, of Mevaseret Zion; Muhi A-din Othman, 33, of Abu Ghosh; Simha Fremd, 92, of Jerusalem; Grisha Paskhovitz, 15, of Jerusalem; Leah Stern, 50, of Jerusalem; Rachel Tejgatrio, 80, of Jerusalem; Liliya Zelezniak, 47, of Jerusalem; Shalom (Golan) Zevulun, 52, of Jerusalem; Mark Rabinowitz, 80, of Jerusalem. Eli Adourian, 49, of Kfar Adumim, died of his wounds on August 11. Ilia Gazrach, 73, of Pisgat Ze'ev, died on August 29. Baruch Ostrovsky, 84, of Jerusalem died on October 3.

Sep 4 97 - Five people were killed and 181 wounded in three suicide bombings on the Ben-Yehuda pedestrian mall in Jerusalem. The victims: Yael Botwin, 14; Sivan Zarka, 14; Smadar Elhanan, 14; Rami Kozashvili, 20; and Eliahu Markowitz, 40 - all of Jerusalem.

Nov 19 97 - Gabriel Hirschberg, 26, was killed by automatic gunfire in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Jan 6 98 - Yael Meivar, 25, died of gunshot wounds sustained in a terrorist attack on Dec 31, 1997 near the settlement of Alei Zahav in Samaria.

May 6 98 - Haim Kerman, 28, was stabbed to death in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Aug 5 98 - Harel Bin-Nun, 18, and Shlomo Liebman, 24, were shot and killed in an ambush by terrorists while on patrol at the Yizhar settlement in Samaria.

Aug 20 98 - Rabbi Shlomo Ra'anan, 63, was stabbed to death in the bedroom of his caravan in Hebron.

Oct 9 98 - IDF soldier Michal Adato, 19, was stabbed to death at Moshav Tomer in the Jordan Valley.

Oct 14 98 - Itamar Doron, 24, was shot to death near Moshav Ora, outside Jerusalem.

Oct 26 98 - Danny Vargas, 29, of Kiryat Arba was shot to death in Hebron.

Oct 29 98 - ergeant Alexey Neykov, 19, was killed when a terrorist drove an explosives-laden car into an Israeli army jeep escorting a bus with 40 elementary school students from the settlement of Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip.

Jan 13 99 - Sergeant Yehoshua Gavriel, 25, of Ashdod, was killed when terrorists opened fire at the Othniel junction near Hebron.

Aug 7 99 The body of an Israeli, shot in the head, was found in a burned vehicle.

Aug 30 99 Yehiel Finfeter, 25, of Kiryat Motzkin, and Sharon Steinmetz, 21, of Haifa, were murdered whlie hiking in the Megiddo region.

FATAL TERRORIST ATTACKS ON ISRAELIS SINCE SEPTEMBER 27, 2000 PALESTINIAN UPRISING

Sept 27, 2000 - Sgt. David Biri, 19, of Jerusalem, was fatally wounded in a bombing near Netzarim in the Gaza Strip.

Sept 29, 2000 - Border Police Supt. Yossi Tabaja, 27, of Ramle was shot to death by his Palestinian counterpart on a joint patrol near Kalkilya.

Oct 1, 2000 - Border Police Cpl. Yosef Madhat, 19, of Beit Jann, died of gunshot wounds sustained in a gun battle with Palestinians at Joseph's Tomb in Nablus.
Oct 2, 2000 - Wichlav Zalsevsky, 24, of Ashdod, was shot in the head in the village of Masha on the trans-Samaria highway.
Sgt. Max Hazan, 20, of Dimona, died of gunshot injuries sustained near Beit Sahur.

Oct 8, 2000 - The bullet-riddled body of Hillel Lieberman, 36, of Elon Moreh was found at the southern entrance to Nablus.

Oct 12, 2000 - First Cpl. Yosef Avrahami and First Sgt. Vadim Novesche, 33, two reserve IDF soldiers, were lynched by a Palestinian mob at the police building in Ramallah.

Oct 19, 2000 - Rabbi Binyamin Herling, 64, of Kedumim, was killed when Fatah members and Palestinian security forces opened fire on a group of Israeli men, women, and children on a trip at Mount Ebal near Nablus.

Oct 28, 2000 - The body of Marik Gavrilov, 25, of Bnei Aysh was found inside his burned-out car, between the village of Bitunia and Ramallah.

Oct 30, 2000 - Eish-Kodesh Gilmor, 25, of Mevo Modi'in, was shot and killed while on duty as a security guard at the National Insurance Institute's East Jerusalem branch.
Amos Machlouf, 30, of the Gilo neighborhood in Jerusalem, was found murdered in a ravine near Beit Jala.

Nov 1, 2000 - Lt. David-Hen Cohen, 21, of Karmiel and Sgt. Shlomo Adshina, 20, of Kibbutz Ze'elim were killed in a shooting incident in the Al-Hader area, near Bethlehem.
Maj. (res.) Amir Zohar, 34, of Jerusalem was killed in the Nahal Elisha settlement in the Jordan Valley while on active reserve duty.

Nov 2, 2000 - Ayelet Shahar Levy, 28, and Hanan Levy, 33, were killed in a car bomb explosion near the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

Nov 8, 2000 - Noa Dahan, 25, of Moshav Mivtahim in the south, was shot to death while driving to her job at the Rafah border crossing in Gaza.

Nov 10, 2000 - Sgt. Shahar Vekret, 20, of Lod was fatally shot by a Palestinian sniper near Rachel's Tomb at the entrance to Bethlehem.

Nov 11, 2000 - Sgt. 1st Class Avner Shalom, 28, of Eilat, was killed in a shooting attack at the Gush Katif junction in the Gaza Strip.

Nov 13, 2000 - Sarah Leisha, 42, of Neveh Tzuf was killed by gunfire from a passing car while travelling near Ofra, north of Ramallah.
Cpl. Elad Wallenstein, 18, of Ashkelon, and Cpl. Amit Zanna, 19, of Netanya were killed by gunfire from a car passing the military bus carrying them near Ofra.
Gabi Zaghouri, 36, of Netivot was killed by gunfire directed at the truck he was driving near the Kissufim junction in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Nov 18, 2000 - St.-Sgt. Baruch (Snir) Flum, 21, of Tel-Aviv was shot and killed by a senior Palestinian Preventive Security Service officer who infiltrated the Kfar Darom greenhouses in the Gaza Strip.
St.-Sgt. Sharon Shitoubi, 21, of Ramle, wounded in the Palestinan shooting attack in Kfar Darom, died of his wounds on Nov 20.

Nov 20, 2000 - Miriam Amitai, 35, and Gavriel Biton, 34, both of Kfar Darom, were killed when a roadside bomb exploded alongside a bus carrying children from Kfar Darom to school in Gush Katif.

Nov 21, 2000 - Itamar Yefet, 18, of Netzer Hazani died from a gunshot wound to the head by Palestinian sniper fire at the Gush Katif junction.

Nov 22, 2000 - Shoshana Reis, 21, of Hadera, and Meir Bahrame, 35, of Givat Olga, were killed, and 60 wounded when a powerful car bomb was denotated alongside a passing bus on Hadera's main street, when the area was packed with shoppers and people driving home from work.

Nov 23, 2000 - Lt. Edward Matchnik, 21, of Beersheba, was killed in an explosion at the District Coordination Office near Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip. (The joint DCOs were established at the borders of Palestinian-ruled areas under the interim peace accords and were responsible for coordinating security and humanitarian cooperation.)
Sgt. Samar Hussein, 19, of Hurfeish, was killed when Palestinian snipers opened fire at soldiers patrolling the border fence near the Erez crossing.

Nov 24, 2000 - Maj. Sharon Arameh, 25, of Ashkelon was killed by Palestinian sniper fire in fighting near Neve Dekalim in the Gaza Strip.
Ariel Jeraffi, 40, of Petah Tikva, a civilian employed by the IDF, was killed by Palestinian fire as he travelled near Otzarin in the West Bank.

Dec 8, 2000 - Rina Didovsky, 39, a Beit Hagai school teacher on her way to work, and Eliyahu Ben-Ami, 41, of Otniel, the driver of the van, were killed when a car full of gunmen opened fire on the van near Kiryat Arba.
Sgt. Tal Gordon, 19, was killed when gunmen in a passing car opened fire on an Egged bus traveling south from Tiberias to Jerusalem on the Jericho bypass road.

Dec 21, 2000 - Eliahu Cohen, 29, of Modi'in was shot and killed tonight by Palestinian terrorists waiting in ambush on the road between Givat Ze'ev and Beit Horon.

Dec 28, 2000 - Capt. Gad Marasha, 30, of Kiryat Arba and Border Police Sgt.-Maj. Yonatan Vermullen, 29, of Ben-Shemen, were killed when called to dismantle a road-side bomb near the Sufa crossing in the Gaza Strip. The bomb was dismantled, but another bomb exploded, killing both and injuring two other soldiers. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

Dec 31, 2000 - Binyamin Zeev Kahane, the son of the late right-wing leader Meir Kahane, and his wife, Talia, were killed when Palestinian snipers opened fire while they were driving on the Ramallah bypass road. Five of their children, aged two months to 10 years, were injured.

Jan 14, 2001 - The bullet-ridden body of Ron Tzalah, 32, of Kfar Yam in Gush Katif, apparently killed on Sunday night (Jan 14), was found the following morning near the Kfar Yam hothouses.

Jan 17, 2001 - Ofir Rahum, 16, of Ashkelon, traveled to Jerusalem to meet a young woman with whom he had conducted a relationship over the Internet. She then drove him toward Ramallah. At a prearranged location, another vehicle drove up and three Palestinian gunmen inside shot Rahum more than 15 times. One terrorist drove off with Rahum's body and dumped it, while the others fled in the second vehicle.

Jan 23, 2001 - Motti Dayan, 27, and Etgar Zeituny, 34, cousins from Tel Aviv, were abducted from a restaurant in Tulkarem by masked Palestinian gunmen and executed.

Jan 25, 2001 - Akiva Pashkos, 45, of Jerusalem, was shot dead in a terror attack near the Atarot industrial zone north of Jerusalem.

Jan 29, 2001 - Arye Hershkowitz, 55, of Ofra, was killed by shots fired from a passing car near the Rama junction north of Jerusalem.

Feb 1, 2001 - Dr. Shmuel Gillis, 42, of Karmei Tzur, was killed by Palestinian gunmen who fired at his car near the Aroub refugee camp on the Jerusalem-Hebron highway.
Lior Attiah, 23, of Afula was shot to death by terrorists while traveling near Jenin.

Feb 5, 2001 - St.-Sgt. Rujayah Salameh, 23, was killed by sniper fire near Rafah.

Feb 11, 2001 - Tzachi Sasson, 35, of Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim in Gush Etzion, was shot and killed by Palestinian gunmen as he drove home from Jerusalem.

Feb 14, 2001 - Simcha Shitrit, 30, of Rishon Lezion; Staff-Sgt. Ofir Magidish, 20, of Kiryat Malachi; Sgt. David Iluz, 21, of Kiryat Malachi; Sgt. Julie Weiner, 21, of Jerusalem; Sgt. Rachel Levy, 19, of Ashkelon; Sgt. Kochava Polanski, 19, of Ashkelon; Cpl. Alexander Manevich, 18, of Ashkelon; and Cpl. Yasmin Karisi, 18, of Ashkelon were killed when a bus driven by a Palestinian terrorist plowed into a group of soldiers and civilians waiting at a bus stop near Holon, south of Tel-Aviv. In addition, 25 people were injured in the attack.

Feb 26, 2001 - The body of Mordechai Shefer, 55, of Kfar Sava, was found in an olive grove near Moshav Hagor. An autopsy revealed that he was murdered. Investigators suspect terrorist motives.

Mar 1, 2001 - Claude Knap, 29, of Tiberias was killed when a terrorist detonated a bomb in a Tel Aviv to Tiberias service taxi at the Mei Ami junction in Wadi Ara.

Mar 4, 2001 - Naftali Dean, 85, of Tel Mond; his niece, Shlomit Ziv, 58, of Netanya; and Yevgenya Malchin, 70, of Netanya were killed in a suicide bombing in downtown Netanya. The Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

Mar 19, 2001 - Baruch Cohen, 59, of Efrat, was killed by shots fired at his car while driving to work in Jerusalem from his home in the Gush Etzion area. After being hit by bullets, he lost control of the car and collided with an oncoming truck.

Mar 26, 2001 - Shalhevet Pass, age 10 months, was killed by sniper fire at the entrance to the Avraham Avinu neighborhood in Hebron.

Mar 28, 2001 - Eliran Rosenberg-Zayat, 15, of Givat Shmuel and Naftali Lanzkorn, 13, of Petah Tikva were killed in a suicide bombing at the Mifgash Hashalom ("peace stop") gas station several hundred meters from an IDF roadblock near the entrance to Kalkilya, east of Kfar Saba. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

Apr 1, 2001 - Staff Sgt. Ya'akov Krenschel, 23, of Nahariya, an IDF reserve soldier, was killed in a firefight between army and Palestinian forces southeast of Nablus.

Apr 2, 2001 - Sgt. Danny Darai, 20, of Arad, was killed by a Palestinian sniper after completing guard duty at Rachel's Tomb at the entrance to Bethlehem.

Apr 21, 2001 - The mutilated body of Stanislav Sandomirsky, 38, of Beit Shemesh, was found in the trunk of his car near a village north of Ramallah late last night. Terrorist motives are suspected.

Apr 22, 2001 - Dr. Mario Goldin, 53, of Kfar Sava, was killed when a terrorist detonated a powerful bomb he was carrying near a group of people waiting at a bus stop on the corner of Weizman and Tchernichovsky streets. About 60 people were injured in the blast. Hamas claimed responsibility.

Apr 28, 2001 - Sgt. Shlomo Elmakias, 20, of Netanya, was killed and four women passengers wounded in a drive-by terrorist shooting attack on the Wadi Ara highway in the Galilee.

May 1, 2001 - Assaf Hershkowitz, 30, of Ofra, was killed when his vehicle was fired upon and overturned at a junction between Ofra and Beit El.

May 8, 2001 - Arnaldo Agranionic, 48, was murdered by terrorists as he guarded the Binyamin Farm, a lonely outpost where he lived, on an isolated hilltop east of Itamar in Samaria.

May 9, 2001 - Yossi Ish-Ran, 14, and Kobi Mandell, 14, both of Tekoa, were found stoned to death in a cave about 200 meters from the small community south of Jerusalem where they lived.

May 10, 2001 - Constantin Straturula, 52, and Virgil Martinesc, 29, two Romanian citizens employed by an Israeli contractor, were killed in a bomb attack while repairing a vandalized fence at the Kissufim Crossing into the Gaza District.

May 15, 2001 - Idit Mizrahi, 20, of Rimonim, was fatally shot in a terrorist ambush as she drove with her father and brother on the Alon Highway to attend a family wedding. Terrorists fired 30 bullets, 19 of which hit the family's car.

May 18, 2001 - Tirza Polonsky, 66, of Moshav Kfar Haim; Miriam Waxman, 51, of Hadera; David Yarkoni, 53, of Netanya; Yulia Tratiakova, 21, of Netanya; and Vladislav Sorokin, 34, of Netanya were killed in a suicide bombing at Hasharon Mall in the seaside city of Netanya, in which over 100 were wounded. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

May 18, 2001 - Lt. Yair Nebenzahl, 22, of Neve Tzuf (Halamish), was killed and his mother seriously wounded, in a Palestinian roadside ambush north of Jerusalem.

May 23, 2001 - Asher Iluz, 33, of Modi'in was killed outside Ariel en route to supervise a road paving in the area, when Palestinian gunmen opened fire in an ambush.

May 25, 2001 - The burnt body of Yosef Alfasi, 50, of Rishon Letzion, was discovered near the West Bank city of Tulkarem.

May 29, 2001 - Gilad Zar, 41, of Itamar, was shot dead in a terrorist ambush while driving in the West Bank between Kedumim and Yizhar. The Fatah Tanzim claimed responsibility for the attack.

May 29, 2001 - Sarah Blaustein, 53, and Esther Alvan, 20, of Efrat, were killed in a drive-by shooting near Neve Daniel in the Gush Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem. The Fatah Tanzim claimed responsibility for the attack.

May 31, 2001 - Zvi Shelef, 63, of Mevo Dotan, was killed in a drive-by shooting attack in northern Samaria north of Tulkarem. He was shot in the head and died en route to hospital.

June 1, 2001 - Marina Borokovsky, 17, of Tel Aviv; Roman Dezanshvili, 21, of Bat Yam; Ilya Gutman, 14, of Bat Yam; Anya Kazachkov, 16, of Holon; Katherine Kastaniyada-Talkir, 15, of Ramat Gan; Aleksei Lupalu, 16, of the Ukraine; Mariana Madbaneko, 16, of Tel Aviv; Irina Nefminiyashachi, 16, of Bat Yam; Yelena Nelimov, 18, of Tel Aviv; Yulia Nelimov, 16, of Tel Aviv; Raisa Nimrovsky, 15, of Netanya; Pvt. Diez (Dani) Normanov, 21, of Tel Aviv; Simona Rodin, 18, of Holon; Ori Shahar, 32, of Ramat Gan; Liana Sakiyan, 16, of Tel Aviv; Maria Tagilchev, 14, of Netanya; and Irena Usdachi, 18, of Holon were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself outside a disco near Tel Aviv's Dolphinarium along the seafront promenade just before midnight on Friday. Roman Gurokhovsky, 20, of the Ukraine; Yael-Yulia Sklianik, 15, of Holon; and Jan Bloom, 25, of Ramat Gan died subsequently from their injuries. 120 people were wounded in the bombing.

June 11, 2001 - Yehuda Shoham, aged 5 months, of Shilo, died of injuries incurred in a fatal stoning on June 5. He was critically injured by a rock thrown at the family's car near Shilo in Samaria.

June 12, 2001 - Father Georgios Tsibouktzakis, 34, a Greek Orthodox monk from the St. George Monastery in Wadi Kelt in the Judean desert, was shot and killed while driving on the Jerusalem-Ma'ale Adumim road.

June 14, 2001 - Lt.Col. Yehuda Edri, 45, of Ma'ale Adumim was killed by a Palestinian agent for Israeli intelligence in a shooting attack on the Bethlehem bypass tunnel road connecting the Gush Etzion bloc with Jerusalem. One of his security guards was seriously injured.

June 18, 2001 - Dan Yehuda, 35, of Homesh was killed in a drive-by shooting attack between Homesh and Shavei Shomron, near Nablus. Alex Briskin, 17, was moderately injured.
Doron Zisserman, 38, of Einav, was shot and killed in his car by sniper fire near the entrance to Einav, east of Tulkarem. Fatah claimed responsibility for the attack.

June 20, 2001 - Ilya Krivitz, 62, of Homesh in Samaria was shot and killed at close range in an ambush late Wednesday afternoon in the nearby Palestinian town of Silat a-Dahar.

June 22, 2001 - Sgt. Aviv Iszak, 19, of Kfar Saba, and Sgt. Ofir Kit, 19, of Jerusalem, were killed near Dugit in the Gaza Strip as a jeep with yellow Israeli license plates, supposedly stuck in the sand, blew up as they approached.

June 28, 2001 - Ekaterina (Katya) Weintraub, 27, of Ganim in northern Samaria was killed and another woman injured late Thursday afternoon by shots fired at the two-car convoy on the Jenin bypass road.

July 2, 2001 - Aharon Obadyan, 41, of Zichron Ya'akov was shot and killed near Baka a-Sharkia, north of the West Bank city of Tulkarem and close to the 1967 Green Line border, after shopping at the local market.

July 2, 2001 - The body of Yair Har Sinai, 51, of Susiya in the Hebron hills, missing since Monday (July 2) was found early Tuesday morning shot in the head and chest.

July 4, 2001 - Eliahu Na'aman, 32, of Petah Tikva, was shot at point-blank range just inside the Green Line at Sueika, near Tulkarem.

July 9, 2001 - Capt. Shai Shalom Cohen, 22, of Pardes Hanna, was killed and another soldier was wounded when an explosive charge detonated beneath their jeep after leaving the Aduraim IDF base south of Hebron.

July 13, 2001 - Yehezkel (Hezi) Mualem, 49, father of four from Kiryat Arba, was shot and killed between Kiryat Arba and Hebron while protesting a shooting attack in the area the previous day.

July 14, 2001 - David Cohen, 28, of Betar Illit, died of injuries sustained in a drive-by shooting in Kiryat Arba on July 12.

July 16, 2001 - Cpl. Hanit Arami, 19, and St.Sgt. Avi Ben Harush, 20, both of Zichron Yaakov, were killed and 11 wounded - 3 seriously - when a bomb exploded in a suicide terrorist attack at a bus stop near the train station in Binyamina, halfway between Netanya and Haifa, at about 19:30 Monday evening. The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack.

July 24, 2001 - The body of Yuri Gushchin, 18, of Jerusalem, brutally murdered, bearing stab and gunfire wounds, was found in Ramallah.

July 26, 2001 - Ronen Landau, 17, of Givat Ze'ev, was shot and killed by Palestinian terrorists while returning home from Jerusalem with his father.

Aug 5, 2001 - Tehiya Blumberg, 40, of Karnei Shomron, mother of five and 5 months pregnant, was killed when Palestinian gunmen opened fire on the family vehicle between Alfei Menashe and Karnei Shomron. Three people were seriously wounded, including her husband, Shimon, and daughter, Tzippi, 14.

August 21, 1997 (18th of Av) marks the 68th anniversary of the 1929 riots that plagued Eretz Yisrael. Jews were murdered throughout the land, but the worst slaughter was in Hebron.

What was the relationship between the then Jewish Community of Hebron with their Arab neighbors? The Arabs spoke, aside from Arabic, Yiddish and Ladino, and that the Jewish women would leave their small children with the Arab neighbors when they went to the market.
The Jews and Arabs were very accustomed to each other - the Jewish Quarter of Hebron having been founded some 450 years previously.

What happened over those fateful 24 hours. Here are portions of "The Scroll of Blood" excerpted and translated from "The Book of Hebron" by Oded Avisar. [ ] denote editor's note.

Thursday, 16 Av 5689 (August 1929)

Members of the Hagana arrive in Hebron from Jerusalem. They requested to leave weapons in Hebron, in the bank, so as not to be found and confiscated by the British police. [The Jews in Hebron refused the weapons. The responded by saying that they had nothing to worry about.
Hebron's Arabs were their friends. They had no need for weapons.]

Friday 17 Av 5689

At 2:30 in the afternoon a young Arab was seen on a motorcycle, arriving from Jerusalem.
He announced to all Hebron's Arabs that the blood of thousands of Jerusalem Arabs had been shed. He called on Hebron's Muslims'sto seek revenge. Hebron's Arabs were noticeably excited, especially after tens of automobiles from Jerusalem began arriving in Hebron, notifying the Arabs of riots in Jerusalem. Arabs called for revenge from rooftops of cars.
[In 1923 the British had appointed Amin el-Hussainei (Feisal's granddaddy) as grand Mufti of Jerusalem. (He later planned, with Hitler in Berlin, the "final solution to the Jewish problem in Eretz Yisrael, when Rommel's forces entered the area.) Hussainei had been inciting for years, but now spread rumors that the Jews were conquering Temple Mount in Jerusalem.]

A mass of frenzied Arab rioters proceeded towards the (Hebron) Yeshiva. The hour was late and it was nearly Shabbat. For this reason the study hall was empty, with the exception of two people: the custodian and one student, nicknamed the "matmid" or perpetual student, Shmuel Rosenhaltz, from Lita. He was already dressed in his Shabbat clothing, and was studying his daily lessons. When the murderers appeared at the entrance to the Yeshiva, their faces full of madness and their eyes shining like those of wild animals, holding knives and daggers, the Yemenite custodian managed to jump into a water pit and hide there.
Rosenhaltz, the perpetual student, engrossed in his studies, continued concentrating on his Gemara, totally unaware of the impending danger. Suddenly, hundreds of stones flew into the Yeshiva. A large stone hit Rosenhaltz in the head, stunning him. Blood poured from the wound onto the pages of the Gemara. In shock, he stood and ran towards the door. Within moments he was stabbed by tens of Arabs. He fell on the Yeshiva floor, lying in his blood, the first victim of the Arab mob.

An English officer declared: "All Jews should remain in their houses on Shabbat, and shouldn't be seen outside. I am responsible for their lives.

Shabbat - Saturday 18 Av 5689 - August 1929

Hundreds of Arabs surround Eliezer Dan Slonim's house. (Slonim was the great grandson of Menucha Rachel [Shneerson] Slonim, grand daughter of the "Admor HaZaken - "Ba'al HaTania.") They charged the house in fury. The air shook with screams from unspeakable atrocities. Over seventy people sought refuge here, including Yeshiva students, and family members, who thought this to be the most secure place in Hebron. For Eliezer Dan Slonim was highly esteemed by the Arabs. He was the director of the local English-Palestine bank whose many clients were Arabs, and was the sole Jewish member of the Hebron Municipal Council.
He had many friends among the Arab elders and they had promised to protect him. Therefore, many families gathered at his home, for fear of the Arab mobs, hoping to find here refuge and safety.

Wrapped in their prayer shawls and full of fear, the men stood and prayed in awe, morning Sabbath services. Several watched the massacre at the Borland house. Suddenly the house exploded with the sound of broken glass. Yeshiva students moved furniture to the front door to prevent it from being forced open.

For over fifteen minutes the sound of metal bars and axes pounding at the door filled the air, along with the horrid screaming of the people inside. Suddenly a hole appeared in the door.
Gunshots thundered. Mr. Vilanski is hit in the face and badly hurt. A bullet hits a yeshiva student, Yisrael Mordechai Kaplan, killing him. Voices screaming "Shema Yisrael" fill the house.

The murders enter the house through the door on the roof. The front door is forced open. Eliezer Dan Slonim shoots from his pistol. A metal bar splits open his head, his weapon flying from his hand. Death screams fill the house.

[The British police stood by the entire day and did almost nothing. Most of the police were unarmed. Towards evening, two Arabs approached an English policeman on horseback. Feeling threatened, he removed his gun from its holster and fired into the air. Hearing the gunshots, the Arab mobs immediately dissipated. The riot came to an end. Sixty seven Jews were killed and hundreds wounded. The survivors were herded into the basement of the police station at Beit Romano and left their for three days. The Arabs rampage their houses, stealing and destroying Jewish property, undisturbed. A minion of 10 men were allowed to participate in the funeral for the murdered Jews, held at night, in the ancient Jewish cemetery in Hebron. After three days the Jews were loaded onto cars and sent to Jerusalem, exiled from their homes, the city of the Patriarchs. For the first time in hundreds of years, Hebron had no Jewish residents.]

"The Martyrs of Hebron" - Personal Reminiscences of Some of the Men and Women Who Offered their Lives During the Massacre of August 24, 1929, at Hebron, and of Some Who Were Spared by Rabbi Leo Gottesman z”l.
Rabbi Gottesman studied in the "Hebron Yeshiva" in 1929.
Following the massacre he wrote a book, published in 1930.

From the Forward

...The world will wonder one day about these times, and about the people who lived and struggled and gave their lives in achieving the victory of transforming a desolate Palestine into a flourishing Eretz Yisrael. Is it not we who must give the record to the world? Shall they who sacrificed themselves be so inscribed that future generations may render to their memory such reverence as we are humbly proud to render today? We would be derelict in our duty, both to those who are gone from earth and t hose who are yet to come, if we failed to write the story of the martyrs while their remembrance is fresh in our hearts.

Those Who Were Killed

1. Eliezer Dan Slonim

Twenty-two died in the home of Eliezer Dan Slonim and he the first of them, on the morning of August 24th.
His heroic martyrdom in death was characteristic of the man. With him died his wife Hannah, and their little son Aaron...The introduction to him took place in the Hebron branch of the Anglo-Palestine Bank, of which he was the manager...He mentioned that there was a spare room in his home which would probably be suitable.
But he had not contemplated letting it, and could not do so without consulting his wife. He invited me, however, to accompany him home to meet Mrs. Slonim...Rarely has such a fine friendship developed in a short time as did between the Slonim family and myself...Never was I permitted to leave the house in the morning until I had had coffee, or at other times, until I had joined in eating of the best delicacies - particularly kugel on the Sabbath. ....

(Slonim's) interest in the Yeshiva knew no bounds and his services were invaluable. Most characteristic of him, Eliezer Dan acted without show and without ostentation. No one know how many times he stepped in to save the Yeshiva or one of its people in time of trouble... His love of Palestine as a whole and Hebron in particular was infinite. He was offered a position in Tel Aviv that would pay him a larger salary than he was getting. He declined. He did not wish to leave Hebron. ...He knew the Arabs well and was on terms of best friendship with them. On cold nights during the rainy season, when the best Arab homes are none to comfortable, the local Sheiks were accustomed to gather in Eliezer Dan's house, to talk, and play chess, and drink black Arabian coffee. He got along so well with them that even now it seemunbelievable that he as killed by Arabs. And indeed,he could have saved himself on the basis of this friendship.

Hannah Slonim's benevolence, her charity, her social welfare work, were know and praised by all the inhabitants of Hebron, Jewish and Arab. Her overbrimming kindness, her spiritual capacity, her personal greatness was a thing to marvel over. We used to get our water from a well in front of her house-the Well of Jacob. I remember her numerous kindness to the dirty tattered Arab lad who used to fetch water. It was not more, however, than what she did for all the needed of Hebron.

...A number of Arabs came knocking at his door. Give out the strangers you are harboring there they cried, and we will spare you and your kinfolk. His answer, a culminating step in his martyrdom, was characteristic of the man:
"I have no strangers here, - only my brethren!"

Eliezer Dan had a revolver, which he was licensed to carry because of his position in the bank. When they shattered the door, the Arabs found themselves facing Eliezer Dan, revolver in hand; behind him, the huddled crowd of women and children. Eliezer Dan pulled the trigger. The revolver had never been used. It jammed. They sprang upon him, a nd so he was the first to die. Hannah was not killed by the Arabs. She died there because her heart burst when she saw her husband murdered.

Little Aaron was killed. Hannah's parents were killed.
Twenty-two in all, died in Eliezer Dan's house.
Twenty-two martyrs. Their souls rest in peace. There were no arms in the house - except Eliezer Dan's revolver that failed. The people were defenseless.
Two were saved in that house as by a miracle. A girl of fifteen, Hannah's sister, was pushed into a closet by Lezer Yanishker-one of the students at the Yeshiva.
Yanishker, twenty four years old, powerfully built, was known as the giant of the Yeshiva. He held the girl confined in the closet during the massacre. When she saw her parents killed-she was watching through a crack in the door of the closet-she would have screamed.
Yanishker held her mouth-held it so tightly that her lips were swollen and distorted for weeks after.

The Arabs had not forgotten the friendship of Eliezer Dan Slonim. They killed him and his little child and wife, and her parents, in spite of it. He died, as he had lived, a son of his people, a nobleman of nature.

In the bloody Arab riots of 1921, when Yosef Hayyim Brenner, the distinguished socialist pioneer and author, was among those murdered, I was not in Palestine. . . But in the second half of 1929, where there was a fresh wave of murderous Arab attacks throughout Palestine, from Hebron to Safed, I was back at home...

I believe I was the first Jew to reach Safed from the outside after the massacre there. One Friday morning we heard that there had been a pogrom in Safed. We read the official announcement: "On August 29, at 6:15, disturbances broke out in Safed. The army arrived on the scene at 8:35 and immediately restored order. There were some fatal casualties and many houses were burnt. The Jewish inhabitants were at once transferred to safety. Since then calm has prevailed in Safed."

August 29 was a Thursday. Throughout the day rumors continued to come in that the pogrom in Safed was still going on. But Government House provided us with no further information about events in Safed, which was included in the jurisdiction of the Haifa district commissioner. We had enough experience not to trust the reassuring official announcement...

We set out on Saturday morning. . . I could not believe my eyes. . . I met some of the town's Jewish elders, who fell on my neck weeping bitterly. We went down alleys and steps to the old town. Inside the houses I saw the mutilated and burned bodies of the victims of the massacre, and the burned body of a woman tied to the grille of a window. Going from house to house, I counted ten bodies that had not yet been collected. I saw the destruction and the signs of fire. Even in my grimmest thoughts I had not imagined that this was how I would find Safed where "calm prevailed."

The local Jews gave me a detailed description of how the tragedy had started. The pogrom began on the afternoon of Thursday, August 29, and was carried out by Arabs from Safed and from the nearby villages, armed with weapons and tins of kerosene. Advancing on the street of the Sefardi Jews from Kfar Meron and Ein Zeitim, they looted and set fire to houses, urging each other on to continue with the killing. They slaughtered the schoolteacher, Aphriat, together with his wife and mother, and cut the lawyer, Toledano, to pieces with their knives. Bursting into the orphanages, they smashed the children's heads and cut off their hands. I myself saw the victims. Yitshak Mammon, a native of Safed who lived with an Arab family, was murdered with indescribable brutality: he was stabbed again and again, until his body became a bloody sieve, and then he was trampled to death. Throughout the whole pogrom the police did not fire a single shot. The British police commander, Farradav, walked up and down the main street of the town, where everything was quiet, and did not go down to the scene of the massacre...

The district commissioner defended his own conduct. He said he had known that the situation there was serious, and had therefore demanded that troops be sent in, but they had arrived too late. . . I was unsparing in my criticism of him for not having visited Safed. I said that this showed in the clearest possible way that the government was to blame for what had happened. Riots had been taking place for the past seven days, seven whole days since the Hebron massacre. Incitement to violence in the Safed mosques and provocative stone throwing and threats in the streets had been daily occurrences. The warship and troops had already arrived by then. The looting, destruction, burning, and killing had begun already on Thursday evening and continued all that night and all the next day. Why, then, had the government put out its falsely reassuring announcement?

Instead of protecting the Jewish population and its property, the police commander had evacuated four thousand Jews from their homes to the courtyard of Government House, leaving their homes to be looted and burned. While the looting and killing were still going on, the police were searching the Jews for arms...

My thoughts about the Safed tragedy gave me no peace for a long time. How had such a thing happened? What was the explanation for the terrible loss of Jewish life and property, 18 killed, about 40 wounded, and 200 houses burned and looted?

". . . You declare, my friend, that you do not hate the Jews, you are merely 'anti-Zionist.' And I say, let the truth ring forth from the high mountain tops, let it echo through the valleys of God's green earth: When people criticize Zionism, they mean Jews--this is God's own truth.
"Antisemitism, the hatred of the Jewish people, has been and remains a blot on the soul of mankind. In this we are in full agreement. So know also this: anti-Zionist is inherently antisemitic, and ever will be so.

"Why is this? You know that Zionism is nothing less than the dream and ideal of the Jewish people returning to live in their own land. The Jewish people, the Scriptures tell us, once enjoyed a flourishing Commonwealth in the Holy Land. From this they were expelled by the Roman tyrant, the same Romans who cruelly murdered Our Lord. Driven from their homeland, their nation in ashes, forced to wander the globe, the Jewish people time and again suffered the lash of whichever tyrant happened to rule over them.

"The Negro people, my friend, know what it is to suffer the torment of tyranny under rulers not of our choosing. Our brothers in Africa have begged, pleaded, requested--DEMANDED the recognition and realization of our inborn right to live in peace under our own sovereignty in our own country.

"How easy it should be, for anyone who holds dear this inalienable right of all mankind, to understand and support the right of the Jewish People to live in their ancient Land of Israel. All men of good will exult in the fulfilment of God's promise, that his People should return in joy to rebuild their plundered land.

This is Zionism, nothing more, nothing less.

"And what is anti-Zionist? It is the denial to the Jewish people of a fundamental right that we justly claim for the people of Africa and freely accord all other nations of the Globe. It is discrimination against Jews, my friend, because they are Jews. In short, it is antisemitism.

"The antisemite rejoices at any opportunity to vent his malice. The times have made it unpopular, in the West, to proclaim openly a hatred of the Jews. This being the case, the antisemite must constantly seek new forms and forums for his poison. How he must revel in the new masquerade! He does not hate the Jews, he is just 'anti-Zionist'!

"My friend, I do not accuse you of deliberate antisemitism. I know you feel, as I do, a deep love of truth and justice and a revulsion for racism, prejudice, and discrimination. But I know you have been misled--as others have been--into thinking you can be 'anti-Zionist' and yet remain true to these heartfelt principles that you and I share.

Let my words echo in the depths of your soul: When people criticize Zionism, they mean Jews--make no mistake about it."

I have a sneaking suspicion, that were MLK to visit the occupied territories today, he would most certainly know what side he was on.

Just ask Nelson Mandela, or any other African leader. They know that the Israelis actively collaborated with the Apartheid regime because they recognized a soul mate.

Both settler nations believed that the lands of the earth belonged to them and that the original inhabitants were nothing but slaves or "terrorists."

But all tyrannies fall. Zionism is doomed. Do the math. Maybe with your patron in Washington DC, you can keep a bunch of F16s around to bomb civilians. But their children will remember and so on. Your time will come.

Most grotesque has to be the apologists for Israel. Those American Jews who, after their teenage indoctrination trip to an Israeli air base or whatever, now spend their time spewing distorted nonsense that no one else believes.

You see, the rest of us believe in human rights for all people. We don't think we are the chosen people of god, like the settlers do. We think all people deserve dignity and democratic rights. Until Israel lets the people who hold title to the land return and lay claim, they will continue to live in a permanent state of war. Until Palestine wins. And fear not, that day will come.

The Palestinian men send their children out to do the dangerous work. They hide behind their children.

The Isreali men send their young men out to shoot them. They hide behind their army.

They are both sick. The world, including the U.S. should turn its back on both and stay out of this war. Let the insane fight it out in that asylum called Isreal/Palestine. Maybe they will beat some sense into each other. No outside will be able to solve that mess.

No western money or guns should go to either side.

I have a sneaking suspicion, that were MLK to visit the occupied territories today, he would most certainly know what side he was on.

===> Perhaps. He would also see the pizza parlor full of teens that Hamas targeted.

Just ask Nelson Mandela, or any other African leader. They know that the Israelis actively collaborated with the Apartheid regime because they recognized a soul mate.

===> What's interesting about your post is the depth of your ignorance. Israel and many, many African states were allies up until the '67 and '73 wars, when they realized they could get more goodies from the Soviets and their Arab clients than they would from the Jews. As far as collaboration with S.A., re-read first couple sentences. Maybe if the Arab states and soviet clients hadn;t taken a rejectionist stance, Israel would not be forced to do business with the only states who would trade with them.



Both settler nations believed that the lands of the earth belonged to them and that the original inhabitants were nothing but slaves or "terrorists."

===> Slaves or terrorists? Interesting. What do you think the Muslim and Arab settlers in the 7th century thought of the *original* inhabitants of the lands they conquered back then? Oh, that's right. Indigenous status only goes back to the th century.


But all tyrannies fall. Zionism is doomed. Do the math.

===> I tried Calc., trig, and some geometry, but it still adds up to Jews living free and Palis choosing to live for the struggle, no for their state.


Maybe with your patron in Washington DC, you can keep a bunch of F16s around to bomb civilians. But their children will remember and so on. Your time will
come.

===> And their children will continue to blow up pizza parlors, buses. This is the funny part where the brave progressive souls fight the intidada from the safety of the Bay Area. Hilarious. My favorite peeps are the ones who wear t-shirts, hats, and jewelry with the Palestinian flag on it. Some folks have the Raiders of Giants, you have the Palis. Neat-O! Go Team!



Most grotesque has to be the apologists for Israel. Those American Jews who, after their teenage indoctrination trip to an Israeli air base or whatever, now spend their time spewing distorted nonsense that no one else believes.

===> Check the latest public opinion polls, including Zogby. 70% of Americans are believeing it. HAHAHA!


You see, the rest of us believe in human rights for all people.

===> Except Israelis it seems.

We don't think we are the chosen people of god, like the settlers do.

===> Or the Jews for that matter! Those pesky settlers in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, etc. Why don't they just go back to Poland or Russia where they came from!

We think all people deserve dignity and democratic rights.

===> "We'? You have a mouse in your pocket? And again, i guess all people means everyone but Israelis......

Until Israel lets the people who hold title to the land return and lay claim, they will continue to live in a permanent state of war. Until Palestine wins. And fear not, that day will come.

===> That day will come indeed. Sure, keep sending kids to throw rocks at tanks. keep blowing up buses. It's working so well isn;t it? 4 to 1 death rate, an economy in ruins, complete erosion of political capital from other nations blown up in the smoke of terrorist bombings. Your cowardice is amazing. You type slogans from your computer in America while real people die so you feel part of a *struggle*. Please post more often, Palestine should be proud to have you as an advocate!

Bravery. Funny coming from an apologist for a fascist nation. I am not a soldier and never claimed to be one. I support democratic rights for all people in historic Palestine, including Jews. I suspect however, that the Jews will head en masse for New York when they aren't able to keep Palestinians as their toilet cleaners.

70% of Americans support Israel? Come to New York City where all the media and government is more pro-Israel than the Israelis. And talk to non-Jews on the street. People are fucking fed up. Our city just got bombed because of our government's involvement in dominating the middle east. And a lot of people here are pretty clear on that.

Look, you can complain about suicide bombings all day long. They horrify my too. Imagine what needs to happen before something like that becomes common place. I do. And I talk to Arabs pretty regularly. A lot has happened. Decades of degredation, like the Palestinians have been under, produces either defeat or rage. Palestine has decided to never again leave, be defeated or surrender.

And the Israelis are increasingly isolated in the international community. They are despised as puppets of the US. Billions a year to support their militarism and brutality. They fly american jets and make people we've never met hate us because we as a nation abide by the horror.

It's got to stop. And you can mock those students at Berkeley all day long. For Arabs to stand up now in the US is, indeed, brave. Hundreds have been kidnapped by the FBI and INS without charges or notification. But you, despicable Quisling that you are, cannot even begin to realize the depth of the human rights catastrophe happening within the US, let alone the occupied territories.

Again, if the Israelis are an entirely military society, who are the innocent? They all choose to move onto some one else's land. They all join the army for their entire adult life and they vote for a scumbag like Sharon by a two to one margin. Who are the innocents? You tell me.

And the Israelis, to answer another post, don't have their backs against the wall. There's always New York. I live in a mostly Israeli neighborhood. They seem to be doing alright to me. Most of them have dual citizenship with the US, the EU or another third country. Because Israel isn't a nation - it's a garrison.

shut up, burningman, you anti-Semitic moron!!!!!

Could Mike please quote the anti-Semetic argument I'm making? Or could he please shut the fuck up?

I swear, these people are so insular they have no idea how isolated they are.

People, most people, believe in decency. One day you may learn about that.

I'll take this one.

Burningman writes....."What is so great about Israel that it shouldn't be destroyed....the Israeli state must fall."

How is it possible to "destroy" Israel without it resulting in the mass slaughter or other cause of death of Jews. Statement like this are an incitement to slaughter by Hamas-type terrorists.

Elsewhere you write that Israelis in the U.S. are doing ok and they shouldn't whine about the plight of Israel. That type of reasoning--"what's wrong with the Jews? They're rich"- is typical of anti-Semites.

You may not be an anti-Semite, burningman. In fact, my hunch is that you are not. But out of one side of your mouth you mutter humanitarian platitudes and out of the other you issue blood-curdling pronouncements like the above. So you have no one but yourself to blame if people conclude that you are a bigot.

As for you, "mike," you're just an idiot. Shutup.
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i know you are but what am i? sticks and bones my break my stones but names will never burp me. oh, i was born in the usa, bornnn in the usssaaaaa, yeah, yeah, all's we are saying is give peace a chance, yeah, yeah, yeah.......eeewanngo z tango!

I'm all for calling bigots out. The only people who have ever called me a bigot, of any kind, were Zionists. The democratic underpinning of my argument was never discussed. Again, only Zionists. I've been baited as a Jew quite a few more times than that and unlike the vast majority of American activists, have had to make work against anti-Semetism an integral part of my routine. At least when I was in school.

The destruction of a state says nothing about the people. The destruction of the Italian fascist state was carried out by the Italian people. But I'm not holding my breath to see Sharon hanging from a lamp pole. And neither are the Palestinians. They've had enough.

And so has the world. The pressure will only build. Israel has never and will never know peace.

And a frank discussion of what America offers the jewish people is not anti-semetic. Again, Jews are one of the richest and most pampered ethnic groups in the US. They aren't running the show. There's no conspiracy. But the census doesn't lie. Jewish ghettos in America? Like Skokie? Or Forest Hills? I'm not making this up. Check out municipal politics in NYC.

I hope Jewish people wake up to the atrocities committed in their name. Many have. In New York, Jews Against the Occupation has even gone so far as to support the Palestinian right of return. Brave indeed.

But the utter intransigence of Israelis is an abomination. They must leave or commit treason. There is no middle ground.

It's amazing how even educated people can be moronic when it comes to Palestinians and Arabs(just as some arabs are towards Israelis).
Why don't you try reading some material from arabs and palestinians.....most won't. DENIAL.
Read all the human rights reports condeming IDF targeting of civilians to kill(Amnesty, B'Tselem, Human's Rights Watch). Instead of quoting what Palestinian leaders (the ones quoted are all extremists) read what Israel leaders have said from the 1950's, including Sharon, Ben Gurion and others...
Instead of making a list of all Israelis killed by terrorists, one line would suffice, in my mind, more than 20,000 civilians killed in Lebanon by the Israeli army. It seems mass murder doesn't count here.
Just read! Read books by arabs! by Americans! By Israelis themselves then come and tell me that Israel is the best country ever. Go to this website:
http://electronicintifada.net/new.html
if you don't like what they say, send them an email, they will respond, unlike the many websites that are pro-Israeli who state things as facts , where in reality they are not, and they won't bother answering any questions.

one more thing....for anyone, Israeli, Arab, American, or whatever, who feels the need to question the behaviour of Arabs or Palestinians or has any questions regrading the middle east conflict, feel free to contact me. If I can help I will.

lailtaweel [at] hotmail.com


Peace, no matter how far it may seem.

How about a moment of silence for the poor one-year-old child (and others) who was murdered yesterday in the name of Palestine. Wasn't it students such as those at Berkley that screamed "Baby Killer" at US troops during Vietnam? Strange how it seems to be okay to kill kids now as long as it's for a good cause. Was this a military target? No. How can anybody rationally belive that the Palestinians are an oppressed people? They are evil in every since of the word and as long as Arafat and his terrorisst cronnies continue to run the state there will be no peace.

Israel is an apartheid state - as a South African i find it almost beyond belief that the US could support this when they where among the first to impose sanctions on us back in the bad old days - does anyone else find this to be an entirely hypocritical stance?

There is no easy answer, of course, but certainly voilent reprisals will not heal the wounds. First we all have to mature beyond attacks and return to negotiations.

http://www.nodo50.org/proceso_sharon/
Ariel Sharon, actual primer ministro israelí, debe ser juzgado por crímenes contra la Humanidad, crímenes de guerra y genocidio por las matanzas de Sabra y Chatila de septiembre de 1982

El pasado 18 de junio 23 personas, 15 de nacionalidad palestina y ocho libanesa, constituidas como parte civil demandante han presentado una querella ante un Juzgado de Instrucción belga contra Ariel Sharon (actual primer Ministro de Israel), Amos Yaron (en la actualidad, cargo en el ministerio de Defensa de Israel) y otros responsables israelíes y libaneses de las masacres, torturas, violaciones y desapariciones de entre 1.000 y 3.500 civiles -niños, mujeres y ancianos, en su mayoría- que tuvieron lugar entre el 16 y el 18 de septiembre de 1982 en los campamentos de refugiados palestinos de Sabra y Chatila, situados en la periferia sur de Beirut, la capital libanesa


Antecedentes
El 6 de junio de 1982 Israel invadió Líbano utilizando como excusa la tentativa de asesinato de su embajador en Londres dos días antes. En realidad, la invasión de Líbano (bautizada Paz para Galilea) había sido preparada con mucha antelación por el gobierno israelí, que inicialmente tenía previsto penetrar y ocupar una franja de 40 kilómetros a fin de desalojar a la resistencia libanesa y palestina de la frontera norte de Israel. La agresión fue dirigida por el ministro de Defensa Ariel Sharon, actual primer Ministro de Israel, quien decidió proseguir su avance hasta la capital, Beirut, ciudad a la que somete a un cruel asedio a partir del 18 de junio, que ocasionó 18.000 muertos y 30.000 heridos, en su mayoría civiles.

Tras dos meses de combates y asedio, el mediador norteamericano Pilippe Habib logra el compromiso de la OLP de desalojar Beirut-Oeste a cambio de garantizar la protección internacional para la población palestina de los campos de refugiados situados en la periferia sur de la ciudad, los de Sabra y Chatila. Los combatientes palestinos abandonan la capital libanesa el 1 de septiembre, y el 10 de septiembre lo hace la fuerza multinacional desplegada. Tras el asesinato -nunca esclarecido- el día 15 del recién elegido nuevo presidente libanés Bachir Gemayel (dirigente del Partido Kataeb o Falange, formación de la extrema derecha maronita aliada de Israel), el ejército israelí ocupa Beirut-Oeste en contra de lo pactado con EEUU.

Previamente, Ariel Sharon había anunciado que aún quedaban en los campos de Sabra y Chatila "dos mil terroristas [palestinos]" y había acordado con Gemayel, tres días antes de su asesinato, que las milicias del Partido Kataeb (las llamadas Fuerzas Libanesas), bien conocidas por su odio y brutalidad hacia los palestinos, entrarían en los campamentos palestinos para "limpiarlos", asistidas por el ejército israelí, que previamente procede a bombardearlos intensivamente.

Del 16 al 18 de septiembre, mientras el ejército israelí ilumina día y noche los campamentos con potentes reflectores, impide la huida de sus residentes y presta sus excavadoras para enterrar a los masacrados o demoler las viviendas, los falangistas torturan, violan y matan a una cifra de civiles palestinos y libaneses que puede alcanzar los 3.500.

(Para más información sobre los antecedentes, puedes descargar el documento en formato PDF: Rosemary Sayigh "Seven Day Horror: How the Sabra/Chatila Massacre was Buried with the Victims", en al-Majdal núm. 9 de marzo, 2001. Documento gráfico completo -del que aquí publicamos una selección de imágenes - sobre las masacres de Sabra y Chatila en ntcsites.com ).

Los demandantes
Los demandantes de la acción contra Sharon, representados por un equipo de tres abogados (dos belgas y un libanés), son personas que acreditan haber sido víctimas y testigos de las masacres cometidas contra ellos, contra sus familiares, contra terceras personas y contra sus bienes materiales. Las 23 acusan -con el respaldo del testimonio de cinco testigos- a Ariel Sharon de permitir que las milicias de las Fuerzas Libanesas (la organización militar del Partido Kataeb o Falange) en connivencia con el ejército israelí asesinaran hasta más de tres millares de civiles en los campamentos de Sabra y Chatila, en aquel momento bajo control militar del ejército israelí.

(La lista completa de demandantes está incluida en el texto de la Demanda en formato PDF)

El fundamento jurídico
El fundamento jurídico de la demanda se acoge a la Ley belga de 16 de junio de 1993 (modificada por la Ley de 10 /2/1999) relativa a la represión de las violaciones graves del derecho internacional humanitario en los casos de actos de genocidio, crímenes contra la Humanidad y crímenes contra personas y bienes protegidos por la IV Convención de Ginebra de agosto de 1949. Asimismo, el fundamento de la demanda se acoge al Derecho Consuetudinario Internacional en relación con los mismos crímenes. La combinación de ambas normativas, que habilita a los tribunales del Estado belga a enjuiciar a cualquier persona (sin límites de nacionalidad, tiempo transcurrido o cargo) por crímenes de guerra, actos de genocidio y otros crímenes contra la Humanidad cometidos en cualquier parte del mundo, fue la misma que sirvió de base el año pasado para procesar en Bélgica a personas halladas finalmente responsables de las matanzas de Ruanda.

Merece la pena señalar que el Estado de Israel invocó el mismo instrumento jurídico del Derecho Consuetudinario Internacional cuando juzgó a Eichman por crímenes de guerra cometidos contra comunidades judías en la época nazi y que EEUU recurrió a la misma legislación en el caso del enjuiciamiento de Demyanyuk.

La particularidad que ofrece la legislación belga respecto a la practica del Derecho Consuetudinario Internacional es que, a diferencia de otros Estados, acepta procesar a criminales de guerra aunque sean beneficiarios de la inmunidad por cargo (como es el caso de Sharon, actualmente primer Ministro de Israel). En el caso del Estado español, y tras el enjuiciamiento de Pinochet apelando a la Ley de Justicia Universal, que incluye perseguir delitos de genocidio y crímenes contra la humanidad, dos querellas presentadas posteriormente mediante acción popular ante la Audiencia Nacional (contra el presidente de Guinea, Obiang y contra Fidel Castro) fueron rechazadas alegando que disfrutan de la inmunidad que les confiere el cargo.

Presiones políticas
De acuerdo con fuentes cercanas a la defensa de los demandantes, y debido a la incidencia política asociada al fondo de la Demanda presentada en Bélgica que criminaliza la actuación del actual primer Ministro de Israel como genocida, las corrientes prosionistas belgas así como algunos círculos políticos de la Unión Europea habrían empezado a ejercer presiones en ámbitos diplomáticos, políticos y mediáticos a fin de influir en la decisión de los tribunales belgas para que la demanda, que ya ha sido admitida a trámite y la investigación oficialmente abierta sean desestimadas.

Por su parte, la Administración estadounidense ya declaró por medio de su portavoz Ari Flesicher la posición de EEUU sobre esta cuestión el mismo día en que Sharon visitaba la Casa Blanca: "Creo que el simple hecho de que el presidente [Bush] esté manteniendo en este momento un encuentro en el Despacho Oval con un líder debidamente elegido por una nación democrática habla por si solo de lo que el presidente hará y de a quien apoya".

[Nota: Más recientemente, como prueba evidente de las profundas implicaciones políticas y la gran repercusión de la Demanda contra Sharon, el propio primer ministro israelí decidió eliminar del programa la inicialmente prevista visita al Reino de Bélgica en su gira de Estado por diferentes países de la Unión Europea durante mes de julio de 2001]

Otras iniciativas contra Sharon
A raíz de la apertura del expediente belga, el Estado de Líbano podría estar considerando reabrir una investigación sobre las masacres para procesar a Sharon por su responsabilidad en las matanzas.

También en Líbano, una abogada libanesa, May Jansa, ha iniciado un pleito contra el primer Ministro de Israel por los mismos cargos que en Bélgica y basada en informes y documentación emitidos por el canal árabe Al Yasira que revelan el papel determinante del ex -parlamentario libanés y comandante de las milicias falangistas libanesas en Sabra y Chatila, Elia Hobeika y el también ex comandante falangista Fuad Abu Nader. La abogada ha presentado una lista de 24 testigos, libaneses y palestinos que fueron víctimas totales o parciales de las masacres.

Asimismo, la organización Human Rights Watch (HRW) con base en EEUU ha solicitado recientemente una investigación del papel del primer Ministro Sharon en las masacres de Sabra y Chatila. "Existen suficientes evidencias de que los crímenes de guerra y crímenes contra la humanidad fueron cometidos a gran escala en los campamentos de Sabra y Chatila aunque hasta la fecha ni un solo individuo ha sido enjuiciado por ello" (Hanny Megally, directora de HRW). La organización de derechos humanos considera que EEUU debería tener un interés sustancial en investigar este caso debido a que la ocupación israelí de Beirut Occidental en 1982 fue seguida del documento emitido por EEUU en el que se reclamaban, como parte del acuerdo de evacuación de las fuerzas de la OLP de Líbano, garantías de seguridad para los palestinos que permaneciesen en la ciudad.

A mediados de junio, la emisora británica BBC ha emitido un reportaje que evalúa la posibilidad de llevar a Sharon ante los tribunales por su responsabilidad en el asesinato de miles de palestinos a manos de las milicias falangistas libanesas en 1982. La emisión del documental ha desencadenado las protestas oficiales de Israel, que ha acusado a la BBC de antisemitismo y al reportaje de tomar una posición antiisraelí.

El Informe de la 'Comisión Kahan'
A raíz de las masacres, en el mismo año de 1982, el gobierno israelí hubo de hacer frente a las presiones internacionales que condenaron duramente las masacres (Naciones Unidas emitió de manera inmediata una resolución que calificaba los hechos de acto de genocidio) y decretó la creación de una comisión de investigación de los hechos asociados a las masacres. El Informe de la 'Comisión Kahan' (encabezada por el presidente del Tribunal Supremo de Israel en aquel momento, Eailan Kahan) determinó en su investigación (1983) las responsabilidades políticas y personales de los implicados israelíes (desde el primer Ministro Begin hasta los mandos oficiales del ejército israelí) y concluyó hallando responsable personal indirecto a Ariel Sharon en su calidad de ministro de Defensa y comandante de la operación del asalto a los campamentos. Las conclusiones del Informe Kahan determinaron la dimisión de Sharon pero no se inició acción legal alguna para procesarle. Las 23 víctimas y los 5 testigos representan a un extenso número de personas a las que nunca se las ha reconocido como víctimas ni se las ha indemnizado por las pérdidas. Todas ellas perdieron miembros cercanos de sus familias. La lectura de sus testimonios devuelve el grado de horror el carácter de una masacre que se encuentra entre las peores cometidas en el siglo XX.

(Texto completo en inglés del informe de la Comisión Kahan sobre las matanzas de Sabra y Chatila en la web del Ministerio de AAEE de Israel: Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the events at the refugee camps in Beirut, 8 February 1983. Extractos en castellano de dicho informe en CSCAweb: Informe de la Comisión Kahan sobre la responsabilidad de Ariel Sharon en las matanzas de Sabra y Chatila)

Thr vitriolic attacks on Israel and the incredibly naive support of the Palestinian extremists is almost beyond comprehension for this ordinary American. A measured analysis of the situation indicates that although the Israelis have killed innocent people I'm sure, they have not deliberately targeted innocent people. On the other hand, the Palestinians have made it a rule to kill by--the deliberate death of innocent citizens creates just the impact they want. Accordingly, when you wallow in comfort here in the US you can afford to be detached becasue you think your actions have no consequence. However, your pathetic naivete encourages the slaughter of innocent by-standers and vindicates events like 9/11. If you can't grow up and face reality you certainly shouldn't be wasting my tax dollars "being heroes" in some silly march!

Should be Burninggirl you big baby--that the best you can do? Anyone disagrees with you and they are "fascists?" That's teh kind of thing Joe Stalin and Adolf Hitler used to say isn't it?

Ooooh, Burningirl--an attempt at composure after your hissy fit, I can hardly believe it! You are not kidding anyone. You clearly have your pre-conceptions so deeply embedded that despite any historical or rational analysis you are not, nor ever will be open to true discourse. You aren't for Human Rights you use the phrase to cover up your tracks on the road to hell that is paved with others' good intentions.

I can forsee the end of the state "israel" is coming soon.... even sooner than i had expected. I had thought it would be during my childrens lifetimes but it seems that finally the world has opened it eyes and is willing to join the noble struggle for Palestine. No longer are people accepting the zionist lies and myths, the twisting and distorting of facts which has been their trait and best weapon. Thousands of supporters are going to Palestine in solidarity from allover the world of all faiths and nations.

The zionist aims to isolate the Palestinians and to equate the palestinian struggle for freedom with terrorism has backfired. I always knew that truth would be revealed about zionism and its murderous legacy. They did after all elect a war criminal responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people. His aspirations for genocide of the true inhabitants of this land, the Palestinians, can be read in his autobiography and in various newspapers. But these evil aims will not be fullfilled for God is great. The Palestinians, armed with stones, have smashed the 4th most powerful army.

My dreams of seeing the sights of the great mosques and churches of the holyland, or of tasting the oranges from the trees of yaffa will come true soon.

I just hope and pray that the friends of Palestine who have joined in our struggle will come and visit the land, and together help us to rebuild the country.

The last 54 years have been a blot on this lands history, the blood of Palestinians spilt has run deep into the soil. The dead of Deir Yassin and Sabra and Shatila and the thousands of martyrs will be commemorated every hour and everyday. They will not be forgotten. Peace.

I can forsee the end of the state "israel" is coming soon.... even sooner than i had expected. I had thought it would be during my childrens lifetimes but it seems that finally the world has opened it eyes and is willing to join the noble struggle for Palestine. No longer are people accepting the zionist lies and myths, the twisting and distorting of facts which has been their trait and best weapon. Thousands of supporters are going to Palestine in solidarity from allover the world of all faiths and nations.

The zionist aims to isolate the Palestinians and to equate the palestinian struggle for freedom with terrorism has backfired. I always knew that truth would be revealed about zionism and its murderous legacy. They did after all elect a war criminal responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people. His aspirations for genocide of the true inhabitants of this land, the Palestinians, can be read in his autobiography and in various newspapers. But these evil aims will not be fullfilled for God is great. The Palestinians, armed with stones, have smashed the 4th most powerful army.

My dreams of seeing the sights of the great mosques and churches of the holyland, or of tasting the oranges from the trees of yaffa will come true soon.

I just hope and pray that the friends of Palestine who have joined in our struggle will come and visit the land, and together help us to rebuild the country.

The last 54 years have been a blot on this lands history, the blood of Palestinians spilt has run deep into the soil. The dead of Deir Yassin and Sabra and Shatila and the thousands of martyrs will be commemorated every hour and everyday. They will not be forgotten. Peace.

I can forsee the end of the state "israel" is coming soon.... even sooner than i had expected. I had thought it would be during my childrens lifetimes but it seems that finally the world has opened it eyes and is willing to join the noble struggle for Palestine. No longer are people accepting the zionist lies and myths, the twisting and distorting of facts which has been their trait and best weapon. Thousands of supporters are going to Palestine in solidarity from allover the world of all faiths and nations.

The zionist aims to isolate the Palestinians and to equate the palestinian struggle for freedom with terrorism has backfired. I always knew that truth would be revealed about zionism and its murderous legacy. They did after all elect a war criminal responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people. His aspirations for genocide of the true inhabitants of this land, the Palestinians, can be read in his autobiography and in various newspapers. But these evil aims will not be fullfilled for God is great. The Palestinians, armed with stones, have smashed the 4th most powerful army.

My dreams of seeing the sights of the great mosques and churches of the holyland, or of tasting the oranges from the trees of yaffa will come true soon.

I just hope and pray that the friends of Palestine who have joined in our struggle will come and visit the land, and together help us to rebuild the country.

The last 54 years have been a blot on this lands history, the blood of Palestinians spilt has run deep into the soil. The dead of Deir Yassin and Sabra and Shatila and the thousands of martyrs will be commemorated every hour and everyday. They will not be forgotten. Peace.

If you truly want peace, you will reach to your neighbors with a peaceful hand. If you want death and martardom, especially when your neighbors are much more powerful than yourself, you will call for the death of your neighbors.

Your choice.

Dave, who is calling for the wholesale murder of millions of Israelis, is part of the problem and will lead the Palestinians to their deaths.

Can you really expect the Israelis to allow themselves to be destroyed. Wake up dear man. The entire region will burn if Israel is destroyed. Say good bye to 6 million Jews and 300 million Arabs. If you're a Nazi it's a nice deal, but if you're a Jew or Arab I'd think twice about it.

Prior to the 1948 war against Israel the Iraqi Prime Minister said all the Arabs would need would be "a few brooms" to drive the Jews into the sea.
This is one sample out of many why I strongly want the Americans, and any other European country to stay away and not support anybody or otherwise interfere in the Middle East. For this will alow once for all to see who would be "wiped to the sea", the Israelis or the Arabs.
I am sure that for all the Arab retoric, if the western world coutries would not protect them even though they are such aggressors, it is them who would be wiped away many years ago and the world not need to be bothered so much by some of the greatest bunch of loosers on earth namely the Arabs.

Chomsky Talk - For Middle East Children's Alliance in S.F. mid March 2002

NOAM CHOMSKY
BERKELEY, MECA, 3.21.02

Q: At your talk Tuesday at U.C. Berkeley, you were not very enthusiastic about the movement to divest from --that says Palestine but I think it means Israel. Could you explain why?

Well, I just expressed my reservations, the same ones I expressed here already. I don't say it's the wrong thing to do. I never trust my own judgment on issues of tactics, which is not very good, my judgment. But there are some problems that I see. The problem is that the protest should be directed here. It's easy to criticize others, but when those others are doing it because we allow them to and arm them to do it and support them to do it and encourage them to do it, there are some questions about directing our actions to them. And that would be true if it's Israel or Turkey or other agents of U.S. atrocities. So that's my reservation. How you figure out a way around that you have to think through yourselves.

I too am against occupation. That is why the Palestinian Arabs must leave Israel, including Judea, Samaria and Gazza (called the West Bank) immediately. They are occupying Jewish land. The Arabs have 21 states and the Jews only one. The Arabs continue killing Jews via terrorism - they want the destruction of Israel and will accept nothing less, so says Hamas leaders and spokespeople. It is time to end the false retoric propogated by the Arabs - the time has come for them to leave Israel now!

Its people like this asshole who perpetuate this conflict more than anyone else. These are the people one should be against. Gehrig, this is the type of person that I am against. Someone who calls for a onquest of land due to that fact that he thinks he may have had some relative who lived there 2000 years ago. That relative, of ocurse unnamed, is the root of his arguement. By his stance via Brooklyn we could take over most of the known world through our historical claims. To dismantle this shit is why I entertained the Khazar bit for while.

And now for this shithead, first off the land was not ever all Jewish even the Bible tells you that you silly sot. Samaria, for example was largely populated by Samaritans. Samaritans were not the same as the ancient Israelites. So I guess by your logic you should say get any Jew the fuck out of Samaria. jews should not occupy Samarian land.

Second, I would like to know how you could possibly say that the ancient israelites exclusively owned that land, exclusively were born there raised there whatever you will. Because historical records and the Bible both contradict this. Abraham did not move to a land without people. There always was a presence of other peoples in the Bible. It never was exclusively jewish people.

Third, "The Arabs continue killing Jews via terrorism - they want the destruction of Israel and will accept nothing less, so says Hamas leaders and spokespeople" This is an obvious flaw in rhetoric. This equates the entire Arab community with that of Hamas. This is ridiculuos. Hamas consists of extremists. The day that Hamas becames mainstream and another extremeist group takes their place then you could equate Hamas with the rest of the Arab world. Until then sit down, shut up, and keep your goddamned ideas of conquest to yourself.

50+ nations, 1 billion+ people and they are the victims!!! Well i actually have been to the middle east and while the desert views are stunning and the people gladly accept dollars they actually belive the reason every single arab state in the world is a dictatorship (Malasia and Indonesia are the only moslem democracy's, but they are not arab!) is because of America and Israel. They truly belive the cia and mossad are behind every single thing wrong with their countries. Self criticism is simply nonexistent, they really belive they had a golden age 500 years ago (which is true) and since then they have not changed a single iota. 500 years of stagnant politics has bred a vicious selfdenial which is breathtaking in its ability to gloss over everyday facts and blame everyone else.
Look all im saying is that this region is seriously backward and for lack of a better word slightly barbaric. I do not agree with the palestinians turning to violence for political gains and while the Israeli response is undeniably harsh i doubt anyone of you would react with flowers and candy!!! While the Israeli society is split in its government response to the violence the palestinians aside from a few intellectuals are almost universally jubulant whenever and israeli (soldier or CIVILIAN) is killed, which should be rather sickening to a culture which screams its superioity in arabic on a daily basis. So before you all throw out these statements about aparthied and such ask yourselves a question: Would you rather live in Saudi Arabia or Israel, and i suggest a trip over there to help you consider it!!!

>>>"and while the Israeli response is undeniably harsh i doubt anyone of you would react with flowers and candy!!!<<<

It undeniably *looks* harsh, and Israel has had its excesses in its reaction.
But I don't think one can contend Israel's reaction is harsh based on proper perspective. When it's put in such a perspective, one notes Israel's reaction has, on the whole, been harsh compared to the reaction of the Dalai-Lama and his Buddhist followers to the Chinese occupation of Tibet since 1949. If we look at Israel's response from the other side, we see that the Russian reaction to Chechen terror, or the Milosevic led Serb reaction to Bosnia's breakaway, have been much harsher than Israel's.

We must view countries' reactions to terror and insurgencies through the proper perspective.

And the Tit for Tat will never end till there is Compromise where both side end up with somthing. Instead one side with nothing and the other with everything.

For there to be Peace and for there to be a reason for the Palestinian People to stop their fight for Freedom:
We need a Palestinian State with Reasonable Border NOW, If the Road Map that is backed by the U.S., U.N., E.U., and Russia is to work...
Send in a Joint, U.S., U.N. Peace keeping Force to the West Bank and Gaza for the sole purpose of trying to avoid conflicts between the Palestinian and the settlers..
Then have the Biased (biased because they will always be on the side of the settlers) Israeli Military retreat to the pre 1967 Israeli Borders, They can then concentrate their effort on guarding this Border..

Example of a possible solution:
SET THE BORDERS BACK TO 1967...
In return the Refugees have no Right of Return inside the 1967 Israeli Borders..
One complaint that Israel has is that the Right of Return will result in two Palestinian States, (The Right of return is almost impossible any way because the land and homes they lost are now built up with Jewish homes businesses etc…)
The Refugees can be compensated and helped to settle somewhere in the new Palestinian State..
The Settlements are now part of Palestine...
If the some 300,000 Israeli Settlers living in Palestine do not like living there, they can move to Israel...
If the 1,000,000 or so Palestinians who now live in Israel do not like living in Israel, they can move to Palestine...
If 1,000,000 or so Palestinians can live in Israel, then some 300,000 Israeli Settlers can live in Palestine if they choose to stay..
If you take Israel, West Bank and Gaza, West Bank and Gaza is only 22% of the total area in Question, This small amount is not too much to ask for millions of Palestinians who must have their freedom to have a peaceful life.
If this solution was implemented there is a good chance the so called terrorist (seen as freedom fighters by the oppressed Palestinian People) would stop their fight, if not they would be very foolish because then Israel would have a just cause to fight back and the U.S. would have a just cause to help Israel fight back.
Otherwise we will continue to have:
Israel: We have to confiscate Palestinian land and demolish Palestinian homes because there are suicide bombers???
Palestine: We have to defend ourselves because Israel is slowly confiscating all our land and demolishing our homes. We have no military to defend ourselves and our land. If we do nothing, we will soon have nothing at all???
The era of colonization is past,. We can not expect to oppress millions of Palestinian People and still have peace.

Israel can't hand land over to Palestinains if the Palestinian leaders who will gain control of the land are just going to eventually make full war on Israel in the future once they've had time to gather weapons. Arafat and friends, hamas, islamic jihad and the like, none of them can be trusted, and it is ridiculous to expect Israel to hand land to people/groups who hate Israel's very existence and inspire their people to "die as martyrs in attacking the zionist entity."

When Palestinians have leaders who tell their peope that dying as martyrs is insane, and tell their people that Israel isn't leaving and they have to be peaceful neighbors, and ACTUALLY MEAN WHAT THEY SAY, that's when Israel can hand land over, see how things go, and then make it permanent.

There's no "right of return" for jews to the 20+ arab/muslim countries that jews once lived in, so there will be no "right of return" for arabs who once lived in israel.

It's no coincidence that the loudest anti-israel critics are people who, like hamas, don't pray for peace, but they pray for the destruction of israel. The loudest anti-israel critics, once you get to know them, 99% of the time turn out to be anti-semites who like rabid maniacs (see: burningman, above) are willing to lie, rant and accuse, all in the name of destroying Israel.

They're anti-semites. They don't want peace for palestinians. THey want peace for palestinians AND they want palestinains to wipe israel out and kill enough jews to take the place over. Palestinians don't want a secular democratic state with jews. THey want one islamic state on top of israel, just like muslims 1000 years ago built a mosque right on top of the jewish temple mount.

Arabs/Persians/Muslims control 99.8% of the middle east, yet the obsession to attack israel continues...

>>>Arabs/Persians/Muslims control 99.8% of the middle east, yet the obsession to attack israel continues...<<<

On the other hand.

Just like it would be outrages to try and ethnic cleanse some 5,000,000 Jews from the area.
It would also be an equal outrage to try and ethnic cleanse some 4,000,000 Palestinians from the area.
So let Israel have its Country in its pre 1967 Borders and let the Palestinians have their Country in the Whole of the West Bank and Gaza.

If you were to say that it would be wrong, to say to the Jews that even though they were born and have lived in Israel all their lives they had to move to the U.S. and Europe because there are Jews living in the U.S. and Europe.

It would be just as wrong to say to the Palestinian who were born and have lived all their lives in the West Bank and Gaza they had to move to Jordan just because some Palestinians happen to live in Jordan.

Compromise is sometime the only solution.
Hating the Palestinian People will not end the conflict.
Hating the Israeli People will not end the conflict.