Two Palestinians shot dead after stabbing two Israelis in West Bank: police

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Two Palestinians were shot dead after stabbing two Israeli women on Monday in the West Bank, police said, in an emerging pattern of assaults inside Jewish settlements in the occupied territory.

One of the women was in critical condition and the other sustained moderate wounds after the attack in Beit Horon, a settlement on a highway that links Jerusalem and coastal Tel Aviv and cuts through the foothills of the West Bank.

"The two terrorists were killed by security forces," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said, adding that two explosive devices were found at the scene.

It was the latest incident in an almost four-month long surge of violence that has raised concern of wider escalation, a decade after the last Palestinian uprising subsided. It followed three stabbings last week inside settlements carried out by Palestinian teenagers, according to Israeli authorities.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-idUSKCN0V325A

[King_David]

1. They may as well be suicide vests. nt

[azurnoir]

2. do you approve of kill on sight?

[FBaggins]

3. Do you imagine that's a valid question?

Both stabbed civilians. They were not "shot on sight".

[King_David]

4. Thanks for answering a ridiculous question I was going to ignore.

Self defense is allowed anywhere, but not in the Jewish state , of course....

[azurnoir]

6. it's a valid question do you approve of killing on sight anyone suspected of attempting to stab an

Israeli?

[King_David]

7. I approve of self defense ,Jews no longer go like lambs to the slaughter

And I am all for that....

If you pull out a knife and try to kill a Jew anywhere in the world , if you die , it's no loss.

[azurnoir]

8. so you think itt's okay to kill a 13 year child who pulls a knife, well as you designated on a Jew?

King_David
7. I approve of self defense ,Jews no longer go like lambs to the slaughter
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And I am all for that....

If you pull out a knife and try to kill a Jew anywhere in the world , if you die , it's no loss.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=123919

[King_David]

9. Since 1948 Jews no longer submit....

We don't just go like lambs to the slaughter... And that's what drives our enemies and BDS ... Crazy.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=123919

[azurnoir]

10. it;s a simple yes or no and why do you link to your own comment ?

[King_David]

11. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=123919

[azurnoir]

12. don't want to answer too directly I understand

[King_David]

13. My answer is pretty clear , not sure why you think you can DEMAND a yes or no answer?

You a school teacher ? Used to getting your way? Sorry it ain't gonna work here for you.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=123919

[azurnoir]

14. no your answer is not clear at all could be yes could be no

[King_David]

15. .

[azurnoir]

5. in this case but there have been many others where no one was stabbed

and yes it's a very valid question

[FBaggins]

16. It's valid in exactly the same way that the "have you stopped beating your wife?" question is

Which is to say... not at all. Following up with multiple demands for a pure yes or no just makes you look silly.

Nobody is in favor of "shoot on sight" without additional information, but yes, it's entirely appropriate for security forces to shoot a terrorist trying to kill civilians.

The two in question failed to use three pipe bombs to blow up a grocery story with civilians (including children) inside. There isn't any reason to question shooting someone in that situation (it very likely saved multiple lives). Pretending otherwise exposes desperation with the reality of the situation.