Teen Stabbed At Gay Pride Parade Dies
A teenager stabbed by an Orthodox Jew at an Israeli gay pride parade has died.
Shira Banki, 16, was among six people stabbed at the Jerusalem march on Thursday by a suspect identified as an ultra-Orthodox Jew released from prison only weeks earlier for a similar attack.
The five other victims suffered various degrees of injuries.
On Friday morning, hours after the march, assailants suspected of being Jewish settlers firebombed a Palestinian family’s home in the West Bank, killing an 18-month-old toddler.
The separate attacks have put a spotlight on Jewish extremists, while the firebombing further inflamed tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, with clashes breaking out in various cities.
On Sunday morning, Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli police at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites, though calm was later restored.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned both attacks and called the firebombing “terrorism” — a word usually used by Israelis to refer to violence by Palestinians. On Sunday, he spoke of “zero tolerance” for such acts.
But many have accused his government of failing to address the problem of Jewish extremism and of going dangerously far in its support for right-wing settler groups.
Copyright 2015 Liberaland
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Foundryman August 2nd, 2015 at 15:55
Right wing religious fanatics are the same all around the world.
whatthe46 August 2nd, 2015 at 16:51
ain’t that the truth.
rg9rts August 2nd, 2015 at 16:52
How much you want to bet he gets a year or less
GOP - Party of Neanderthals August 2nd, 2015 at 17:07
If it wasn’t for the funny looking benni cap he could have easily been a victimized GOP Christian Taliban member.
StoneyCurtisll August 2nd, 2015 at 18:18
If this crazy fugger had stabbed Palestinians..
They would have pinned a medal on his chest.
Tommie August 2nd, 2015 at 18:30
Maybe, they should keep his a$$ in jail this time!!
whatthe46 August 2nd, 2015 at 18:44
well he is looking at murder. this didn’t have to happen.
WALT1ORO August 7th, 2015 at 00:32
The same ideas that pass as their ideals of truth or right living is translated into if you do not totally agree with my ideas your going to be killed by me … such extreme fiendish ideas seem to be the stock and trade of so many who call themselves followers of some type of god or saint or peace loving spirit but, none of those traits are evident in their actions.