[AGL] The killer, . . .

Michael Eisenstadt mike.eisenstadt at gmail.com
Fri Mar 7 13:24:43 EST 2008


The killer, identified as Ala Abu Dhaim, 25, was a Palestinian with
permanent residency in Jerusalem. His home in the Jebel Mukaber neighborhood
of East Jerusalem was adorned on Friday with the flags of Hamas, Islamic
Jihad, Hezbollah and other religious groups. He was said to have worked as a
driver for a private company that had done deliveries to the yeshiva, but
the police would not confirm that.

His family said he was intensely religious but not a member of any militant
group and had planned on marrying this summer, but had been transfixed by
the bloodshed in Gaza, where 126 Palestinians died from Wednesday through
Monday, his sister, Iman Abu Dhaim, told The Associated Press. "He told me
he wasn't able to sleep because of the grief," she said. Several of his
relatives were detained for questioning.

I am quoting a NYTimes article. Not a chauffeur, as was at first reported.

Mike the Revelator





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