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Palestinian Stabs Israeli Soldier Near Tel Aviv Train Station Israeli Woman Is Dead and a Soldier Is Stabbed in Separate Palestinian Attacks
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JERUSALEM — A Palestinian man stabbed an Israeli soldier near a crowded Tel Aviv train station on Monday, the Israeli military said. It was the latest in a series of attacks highlighting the deterioration of Israeli-Palestinian relations in the aftermath of this summer’s war. JERUSALEM — An Israeli woman was killed and an Israeli soldier was critically wounded on Monday in separate stabbing attacks, the latest in a series that signal how Israeli-Palestinian relations have deteriorated since the war in Gaza over the summer. Both attacks were carried out by Palestinian men, one in the occupied West Bank and the other in the bustling commercial center of Tel Aviv.
A man thought to be the assailant, an 18-year-old from the occupied West Bank whose family said he was in Tel Aviv illegally in search of work, was arrested. The soldier, who was not immediately identified pending notification of his family, was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Micky Rosenfeld, a spokesman for the Israeli police, said the woman, 26, was killed near the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, about 14 miles southwest of Jerusalem. He said a man got out of a vehicle in a busy traffic circle there during the afternoon rush hour and knifed the woman and two other Jews. A security guard from the settlement shot the suspected assailant, who was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Bentzi Sau, the Tel Aviv police chief, said on Israel Radio that the suspect attacked the soldier “several times with a knife and tried to grab and take his weapon.” The Tel Aviv attack took place around midday near a crowded train station, where the soldier was stabbed several times and critically wounded. The police arrested an 18-year-old man from a refugee camp outside the West Bank city of Nablus whose family said he was in Tel Aviv illegally in search of work.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel declared shortly after the attack, “We won’t tolerate violence.” Speaking after that attack but before the attack near Alon Shvut, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel declared, “We won’t tolerate violence.”
“Those inciting to terrorism don’t want us to be anywhere — not Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv — I promise they won’t succeed,” Mr. Netanyahu told a meeting of his Likud Party. “We will fight incitement” by the Palestinian Authority and radical Islam, he said, “and fight those calling to destroy us.” “Those inciting to terrorism don’t want us to be anywhere — not Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv — I promise they won’t succeed,” Mr. Netanyahu told a meeting of his Likud Party. “We will fight incitement” by the Palestinian Authority and by radical Islamists, he said, “and fight those calling to destroy us.”
The stabbing, which occurred around noon in a bustling area of Tel Aviv, Israel’s commercial and cultural center, immediately shook Israelis’ sense of security and revived memories of the violent second intifada, or Palestinian uprising. It came amid heightened tensions and violence that have spiraled out in recent days to Arab towns in northern Israel from Jerusalem. The stabbing in Tel Aviv shook Israelis’ sense of security and revived memories of the violent second intifada, or Palestinian uprising. The two knife attacks came amid heightened tensions and violence that have spiraled out from Jerusalem to Arab towns in northern Israel in recent days.
Israeli news media reported that 600 students marched on Monday in Sakhnin, a Lower Galilee town of 25,000 not far from Kafr Kanna, where the Israeli police fatally shot a 22-year-old Palestinian man wielding a knife on Friday night. The Kafr Kanna shooting had prompted stone-throwing protests and a one-day commercial strike by Israel’s Arab citizens, as well as much debate over their relationship to the state.Israeli news media reported that 600 students marched on Monday in Sakhnin, a Lower Galilee town of 25,000 not far from Kafr Kanna, where the Israeli police fatally shot a 22-year-old Palestinian man wielding a knife on Friday night. The Kafr Kanna shooting had prompted stone-throwing protests and a one-day commercial strike by Israel’s Arab citizens, as well as much debate over their relationship to the state.
President Reuven Rivlin of Israel referred to “these painful and tense days” in a column published on Monday calling for the creation of “a new sphere of discourse.”President Reuven Rivlin of Israel referred to “these painful and tense days” in a column published on Monday calling for the creation of “a new sphere of discourse.”
“At these moments, we who live here on the soil of his land, Jews and Arabs, look at one another with suspicion intermingled with anger,” Mr. Rivlin wrote in Yediot Aharonot, Israel’s leading daily. “Now of all times we must ask ourselves, honestly and unbiasedly, whether this is the future we dreamed for our children.”“At these moments, we who live here on the soil of his land, Jews and Arabs, look at one another with suspicion intermingled with anger,” Mr. Rivlin wrote in Yediot Aharonot, Israel’s leading daily. “Now of all times we must ask ourselves, honestly and unbiasedly, whether this is the future we dreamed for our children.”
But Naftali Bennett, Israel’s economy minister and the leader of the ultranationalist Jewish Home party, blamed the violence on President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, whom he called “a terrorist in a suit.”But Naftali Bennett, Israel’s economy minister and the leader of the ultranationalist Jewish Home party, blamed the violence on President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, whom he called “a terrorist in a suit.”
“This is a grave attack that proves the concrete barricade concept has gone bankrupt,” Mr. Bennett said in a statement after Monday’s attack, referring to the wall Israel started erecting a decade ago to prevent the entry of West Bank Palestinians into Israel without a permit. “It is impossible to protect people on the street. Rather, you have to make sure that the inciters, firecracker-shooters and rioters sit in prison.” “This is a grave attack that proves the concrete barricade concept has gone bankrupt,” Mr. Bennett said in a statement after the Tel Aviv attack on Monday, referring to the wall Israel started erecting a decade ago to prevent the entry of West Bank Palestinians into Israel without a permit. “It is impossible to protect people on the street. Rather, you have to make sure that the inciters, firecracker-shooters and rioters sit in prison.”
On the Palestinian side, Tayseer Nasrallah, a leader in Mr. Abbas’s Fatah faction, called the stabbing “a normal reaction to what’s happening,” citing the stalemated peace process, Israeli announcements about expanding settlements in East Jerusalem, and tension the Old City holy site that Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims call the Noble Sanctuary. On the Palestinian side, Tayseer Nasrallah, a leader in Mr. Abbas’s Fatah faction, called the Tel Aviv stabbing “a normal reaction to what’s happening,” citing the stalemated peace process, Israeli announcements about expanding settlements in East Jerusalem, and tension the Old City holy site that Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims call the Noble Sanctuary.
“The Palestinian people are angry,” Mr. Nasrallah said in an interview. “I don’t condemn these attacks and I only blame Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for the stalemated conditions.” “The Palestinian people are angry,” Mr. Nasrallah said in an interview. “I don’t condemn these attacks, and I only blame Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for the stalemated conditions.”
On Sunday, Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs accused Mr. Abbas and other Palestinian leaders of inciting the recent violence, showing a series of video clips including two that specifically encouraged knife attacks.On Sunday, Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs accused Mr. Abbas and other Palestinian leaders of inciting the recent violence, showing a series of video clips including two that specifically encouraged knife attacks.
“Even he who owns nothing but his faith has a kitchen in his house in which he has a knife,” Fathi Hamad, a leader of the militant Islamist movement Hamas, said in a Nov. 5 television interview that the Israelis showed international journalists. “He must grab his knife and confront the Zionist enemy.”“Even he who owns nothing but his faith has a kitchen in his house in which he has a knife,” Fathi Hamad, a leader of the militant Islamist movement Hamas, said in a Nov. 5 television interview that the Israelis showed international journalists. “He must grab his knife and confront the Zionist enemy.”
The other clip, from July, showed a Hamas spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, saying “anyone who owns a knife, a baton, a weapon and a car” and does not attack Israelis “does not belong to Palestine.”The other clip, from July, showed a Hamas spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, saying “anyone who owns a knife, a baton, a weapon and a car” and does not attack Israelis “does not belong to Palestine.”
The stabbing occurred by the Haganah train station, just off a busy highway. Witnesses said they saw a man with a red sweatshirt stab the soldier several times. “I got out of my car and saw him assaulting and stabbing the youth,” Gilad Goldman, who is in his 50s, was quoted as saying by Ynet, an Israeli news website. “I punched him in the face. He dropped the knife and began fleeing.” The Tel Aviv stabbing occurred by the Haganah train station, just off a busy highway. Witnesses said they saw a man with a red sweatshirt stab the soldier several times. “I got out of my car and saw him assaulting and stabbing the youth,” Gilad Goldman, who is in his 50s, was quoted as saying by Ynet, an Israeli news website. “I punched him in the face. He dropped the knife and began fleeing.”
A witness who was identified only as Yonatan told Israel Radio he watched the victim collapse and saw a lot of blood. Chief Sau said officers apprehended the suspect on the top of a four-story building about 200 yards away.A witness who was identified only as Yonatan told Israel Radio he watched the victim collapse and saw a lot of blood. Chief Sau said officers apprehended the suspect on the top of a four-story building about 200 yards away.
The arrested man was Nur al-Din Khaled Abu Hashieh, a resident of the Askar refugee camp on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus, according to his father, Khaled. The elder Mr. Abu Kashieh said in an interview that his son left school after ninth grade, had worked illegally in Israel, in construction, as recently as two months ago, and went to Tel Aviv on Sunday. The arrested man was Nur al-Din Khaled Abu Hashieh, a resident of the Askar refugee camp on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus, according to his father, Khaled. The elder Mr. Abu Hashieh said in an interview that his son left school after ninth grade, had worked illegally in Israel, in construction, as recently as two months ago, and went to Tel Aviv on Sunday.
“He is not involved in politics or in any political party, he is not an activist or a nationalist, he thinks only about getting work,” the father said. “He can’t get a permit to work in Israel, so he sneaks into Israel.”“He is not involved in politics or in any political party, he is not an activist or a nationalist, he thinks only about getting work,” the father said. “He can’t get a permit to work in Israel, so he sneaks into Israel.”
The growing unrest has begun to have concrete political consequences for Mr. Netanyahu of Israel. On Monday, one of Mr. Netanyahu’s most frequent critics from the right announced he would challenge the prime minister for the chairmanship of their Likud Party. The day before, a left-leaning minister resigned from Israel’s cabinet in protest at Mr. Netanyahu’s leadership.The growing unrest has begun to have concrete political consequences for Mr. Netanyahu of Israel. On Monday, one of Mr. Netanyahu’s most frequent critics from the right announced he would challenge the prime minister for the chairmanship of their Likud Party. The day before, a left-leaning minister resigned from Israel’s cabinet in protest at Mr. Netanyahu’s leadership.
While both the minister, Amir Peretz of the centrist Hatnua faction, and the Likud challenger, Danny Danon, have hardly hidden their differences from Mr. Netanyahu, the moves suggested a new level of rebellion that could reverberate through a governing coalition deeply divided on the Palestinian issue.While both the minister, Amir Peretz of the centrist Hatnua faction, and the Likud challenger, Danny Danon, have hardly hidden their differences from Mr. Netanyahu, the moves suggested a new level of rebellion that could reverberate through a governing coalition deeply divided on the Palestinian issue.
Mr. Netanyahu “seems to have lost his way,” Mr. Danon said Monday, adding that the prime minister ended this summer’s battle with Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip too soon and had not done enough building in West Bank settlements. “We in the Likud elected the prime minister to represent our values, but instead he disengaged from our ideology.”Mr. Netanyahu “seems to have lost his way,” Mr. Danon said Monday, adding that the prime minister ended this summer’s battle with Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip too soon and had not done enough building in West Bank settlements. “We in the Likud elected the prime minister to represent our values, but instead he disengaged from our ideology.”
Mr. Peretz, a former member of the Labor Party who had been serving as environmental minister, attacked from the other direction, complaining about the lack of peace talks with the Palestinians.Mr. Peretz, a former member of the Labor Party who had been serving as environmental minister, attacked from the other direction, complaining about the lack of peace talks with the Palestinians.
“Netanyahu is not the solution, he is the problem,” Mr. Peretz said at a Sunday news conference. “Who is responsible for the despair in this country is none other than the prime minister.”“Netanyahu is not the solution, he is the problem,” Mr. Peretz said at a Sunday news conference. “Who is responsible for the despair in this country is none other than the prime minister.”
Separately, in Gaza, the Israeli military fired early Monday at two boats it suspected of smuggling goods from Egypt, hours before Gaza fishermen were allowed to export their wares to the West Bank for the first time in years. Two fishermen were injured and the boats sunk.Separately, in Gaza, the Israeli military fired early Monday at two boats it suspected of smuggling goods from Egypt, hours before Gaza fishermen were allowed to export their wares to the West Bank for the first time in years. Two fishermen were injured and the boats sunk.
Mounir Abu Hassira, a Gaza fishmonger and restaurant owner, said some 770 pounds of shrimp, squid, sardines, crab and sea bass caught by 15 different boats were sent through Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing Monday bound for the West Bank. The United Nations said it was the first export of fish since before Israel tightened restrictions on Gaza in 2007 in response to the takeover of the territory by Hamas.Mounir Abu Hassira, a Gaza fishmonger and restaurant owner, said some 770 pounds of shrimp, squid, sardines, crab and sea bass caught by 15 different boats were sent through Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing Monday bound for the West Bank. The United Nations said it was the first export of fish since before Israel tightened restrictions on Gaza in 2007 in response to the takeover of the territory by Hamas.