Drive by murder, a Palestinian 'own goal'
Joe | 20.03.2004 12:16
Last nights Victim of the Al-Aqsa claimed shooting in Jerusalem is identified as an Arab student. Arafat's strategic use of terror as a negotiating tactic will now come under more intense scrutiny by the Israeli Arab public.
Haaretz Service and Agencies
The man killed in a shooting attack in the French Hill area of Jerusalem on Friday has been named as George Elias Khouri, a 21-year-old Arab student at the Hebrew University in the capital, Army Radio reported Saturday.
Unknown gunmen opened fire from a passing car as Houri was out jogging Friday evening. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, linked to Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for the shooting.
Khouri, a resident of Beit Hanina in north-east Jerusalem, was shot in the head and stomach. He was taken in critical condition to Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem for treatment, where he later died of his wounds.
Police believe that the gunmen mistook Khouri for a Jewish student, Army Radio reported.
Khouri's father, Elias, a lawyer, told Israel Radio on Saturday that his son had been an "outstanding" student at school and university, and described how his own father was killed in a bombing in Zion Square in Jerusalem in 1975.
The office of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat telephoned Elias Khouri on Saturday morning, Army Radio reported, to condemn the attack and ask permission to attend the funeral for his son.
According to police, a car fled the scene of the shooting toward the West Bank village of Issawiya, prompting a police ground and air search of the area near Issawiya, and toward the adjacent West Bank city of Ramallah.
Witnesses reported late Friday that the first ambulance arrived on the scene 20 to 30 minutes after the attack.
Magen David Adom rescue services said the ambulance arrived 10 minutes after the attack.
"Palestinian terrorists continue to take their incessant campaign of terror to the streets of Israel," said David Baker, an official in the Prime Minister's office, in response to Friday's attack.
"Yet another Sabbath eve has been shattered by Palestinian terrorists, who spare no effort in attacking Israelis on any street corner and at every opportunity they can. Israel is embroiled in a sustained effort against Palestinian terror which continues unabated," Baker said.
In a separate incident, a Palestinian teen Friday tried to stab a Border Policeman with a screwdriver, near the Damascus Gate to the Old City.
The incident happened while the officer was attempting to break up a row in which the Palestinian was involved. The officer shot the teen, lightly injuring him in the hand.
The man killed in a shooting attack in the French Hill area of Jerusalem on Friday has been named as George Elias Khouri, a 21-year-old Arab student at the Hebrew University in the capital, Army Radio reported Saturday.
Unknown gunmen opened fire from a passing car as Houri was out jogging Friday evening. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, linked to Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for the shooting.
Khouri, a resident of Beit Hanina in north-east Jerusalem, was shot in the head and stomach. He was taken in critical condition to Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem for treatment, where he later died of his wounds.
Police believe that the gunmen mistook Khouri for a Jewish student, Army Radio reported.
Khouri's father, Elias, a lawyer, told Israel Radio on Saturday that his son had been an "outstanding" student at school and university, and described how his own father was killed in a bombing in Zion Square in Jerusalem in 1975.
The office of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat telephoned Elias Khouri on Saturday morning, Army Radio reported, to condemn the attack and ask permission to attend the funeral for his son.
According to police, a car fled the scene of the shooting toward the West Bank village of Issawiya, prompting a police ground and air search of the area near Issawiya, and toward the adjacent West Bank city of Ramallah.
Witnesses reported late Friday that the first ambulance arrived on the scene 20 to 30 minutes after the attack.
Magen David Adom rescue services said the ambulance arrived 10 minutes after the attack.
"Palestinian terrorists continue to take their incessant campaign of terror to the streets of Israel," said David Baker, an official in the Prime Minister's office, in response to Friday's attack.
"Yet another Sabbath eve has been shattered by Palestinian terrorists, who spare no effort in attacking Israelis on any street corner and at every opportunity they can. Israel is embroiled in a sustained effort against Palestinian terror which continues unabated," Baker said.
In a separate incident, a Palestinian teen Friday tried to stab a Border Policeman with a screwdriver, near the Damascus Gate to the Old City.
The incident happened while the officer was attempting to break up a row in which the Palestinian was involved. The officer shot the teen, lightly injuring him in the hand.
Joe