Re: Jewish terrorist kills 4
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Israeli Police Brace for Possible Riots
Friday August 5, 2005 11:01 AM
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By KRISTEN STEVENS
Associated Press Writer
SHFARAM, Israel (AP) - Police braced for possible rioting Friday by Arabs incensed over the killings of four Israeli Arabs by a Jewish soldier opposed to Israel’s impending pullout from Gaza.
The soldier, 19-year-old Eden Natan-Zada, boarded a bus in this Israeli Arab town Thursday and opened fire, killing the driver and three passengers and injuring 13. An enraged mob beat him to death after the shooting and prevented police from removing his body from the bus for hours.
Police commissioner Moshe Karadi said forces had been diverted recently to deal with this week’s anti-pullout demonstration in Israel’s south, leaving the north - where most of Israel’s Arab population lives - short-handed.
He cautioned that the attack could trigger additional violence. In Jerusalem, ahead of Muslim Sabbath prayers on Friday, police raised their alert to the highest level and assigned SWAT teams and cavalry to the area, in anticipation of possible rioting in the Old City.
For months, Israeli security has been warning that as the mid-August pullout from Gaza and four small northern West Bank settlements nears, desperate extremists might try to sabotage it by attacking Arabs and diverting forces.
Natan-Zada’s father said he deserted his army unit in protest after he was ordered to help prepare for the pullout and moved to Tapuah, an extremist West Bank settlement.