Financial reward offered for terror attack heroes

[notfullofit]

An Israeli non-profit organization affiliated with the Right is offering a financial reward to anyone who kills a Palestinian terrorist during a terror attack, an official with the organization said Monday.

The NIS 1,800 award being offered by The Committee for Saving the Nation and Land of Israel comes after three back-to-back attacks in Jerusalem in which an off-duty soldier and officer as well as a civilian managed to kill the Palestinian attackers before police did.

"This is a symbolic move and an expression of appreciation which is meant to encourage courageous people and raise the morale of the public," said Shai Gefen, a group official.

Gefen said the organization, which was originally set up to fight the 2005 Gaza pullout, is looking for additional sponsors around the world in order to raise the award money to NIS 20,000.

"Just as Saddam Hussein used to fund the families of suicide bombers, we, who are concerned with life have to give some perks to our civilians who have the courage to save people," Gefen said.

The organization has already sent reward money to the off-duty soldier who shot and killed the Arab assailant in the July 2 bulldozer attack in the city. The soldier donated the money to the family of one of the victims, Gefen said.

The group has also sent reward money to the 53-year-old Israeli settler, Yaki Asa-El, who shot and killed the July 22 bulldozer attacker before he killed anyone, bringing to four the number of people offered the reward since the start of the year, he added. Asa-El could not be reached for comment on Monday.

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[Scurrilous]

1. Israeli who shot bulldozer terrorist saw himself as 'messenger from God'

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"The first man who shot the second bulldozer terrorist in Jerusalem felt he was "a messenger from God," according to a weekly pamphlet called OurIsrael.

Yaakov Asael, from the southern West Bank settlement of Susya, refused to be interviewed by the mainstream media following the July 22 bulldozer attack on King David Street.

However, he told OurIsrael that he believed "God planted me there. I personally witnessed Divine Providence. I saw the tractor knock into a car and continue driving. I stopped my car and ran toward him. I shot through a side window until I saw he was out."

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"OurIsrael asked Asael how he "explained the fact that in all the latest terrorist attacks, religious citizens and settlers stopped the terrorists, and not the police?"

Asael answered that he believed God was "shaming the police and all the evil ones for their deeds. We are the anti-heroes and the weakest, and nevertheless we are the ones who Hashem helps."

SOS Israel, the organization that publishes OurIsrael, gave Asael a NIS 1,800 prize and a medal for his act. The group describes itself as opposed to political accords with the Arabs that include security concessions."

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1008122.html

[azurnoir]

2. Susya the home of

"God"s messenger" is from one of the Hebron settlements that have targeted the cave dwellers.

"Today, the homes, fields, and way of life of the south Hebron cave-dwellers are under existential threat. Israeli settlers have established a string of settlements and illegal outposts in this area and seek to annex the land in the immediately foreseeable future. The Jewish settlers of Susya, Maon, Yatir, and other places in the Hebron hills are among the most militant and violent in the occupied territories, and they have turned the lives of the Palestinian cave-dwellers into a nightmare."

http://home.comcast.net/~tgumpel/susya-petition.htm

[LeftishBrit]

8. I am not happy about religious nutters with guns...

but on *this* occasion, one actually shot the right person.

The next one might not, of course.

[bemildred]

3. Nothing quite like Vigilante Justice. nt

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[Vegasaurus]

5. No, too much hypocrisy and double standards nt

[bemildred]

7. So, if somebody else does it, then it's OK?

If you're going to complain about it when Saddam does it, you ought to complain about it when some settler whackos do it, otherwise who's the hypocrite here?

[number6]

6. anyone who is attacked for any reason

has a right to defend themselves ....

Arabs as well as Jews, just like Iran has a right to defend itself.

no rewards needed, I frown on vehicle rampages whatever the reason.

[LeftishBrit]

9. Self-defense is fine and natural; but why do you need financial rewards?

I fear that might end up encouraging people to shoot someone whom they only suspect might conceivably be a terrorist, in the hope of claiming the money.