Justinology

Right-wing MKs and a Jerusalem city councilman led a tour of some of the Arab areas of Jerusalem on Sunday to underscore what they say is the urgent need to demolish local terrorists’ homes.

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This is just common sense; you don’t let terrorists live in your capital city.  So, naturally, expect this to meet a ton of opposition, the homes stay, and a terrorist from this area to kill a bunch of people in downtown Jerusalem sometime soon.  Israel may have the most unintentionally-suicidal government in the world today.

Sixteen wounded in copycat bulldozer attack in Jerusalem
By JPost.com Staff and AP

Sixteen people were wounded, one of them moderately, as a bulldozer driver went on a rampage in central Jerusalem Tuesday afternoon in an apparent attempt to recreate the terror attack in the capital earlier this month.

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I’m glad to here there were no fatalities this time, though the one injury specifically described in the above article sounds quite gruesome. Prayers for those hurt, and may Barack Obama realize there’s no negotiating with terrorists!

I’m trying to keep the non-commentary stories elsewhere, but this is a big one:

By Mercaz Harav hit by worst terror attack since April 2006
By Etgar Lefkovits

A Palestinian terrorist opened fire at a central Jerusalem yeshiva late Thursday night, killing eight students and wounding 11 others, police and rescue officials said.

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An assault on the heart of Zionism
By Calev Ben-David

Rarely have terrorists chosen their target with so much malicious care as in Thursday night’s attack on Jerusalem’s Mercaz Harav Yeshiva.

In striking the flagship institution of the religious Zionist movement, a Jerusalem landmark whose history is linked with the founding and fulfillment of the Jewish national home in the Land of Israel, the gunman aimed his weapon at the heart of the Zionist enterprise.

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TERROR ATTACK IN JERUSALEM KILLS 8: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem
By Joel Rosenberg

Horrifying news out of Jerusalem today — eight killed and ten wounded after a terrorist opened fire with a machine gun at a religious school in Jerusalem. The attack stunned Jerusalem residents in that not a single terrorist action took place in the Holy City in all of 2007. Israeli security forces are moving quickly to seal the city and prevent any additional attacks. Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas immediately denounced the attack while Hamas praised it. In Gaza, Palestinian crowds began celebrating the Jewish deaths, dancing in the streets and handing out candies. Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas denounced the attack while Hamas praised it.

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Rosenberg has done a pretty good job of keep in this story updated. Check him out.