"It remains unclear whether the attack was criminally or nationalistically-motivated." It is VERY clear that the attack was BOTH criminally and nationalistically motivated.

The terrorist who tried to kill the Israeli soldier and to steal his weapon,should be punished with hard labour work,and no visitors in his cell

Please can Israel seal everything till a further announcement ?

He should have aimed for the head.

Or left to bleed to death? Why was he airlifted to the hospital? Now he will enjoy a better life in an Israeli prison.

Next time, PLEASE, SHOOT TO KILL!! Thats just what we need, another Terrorist , getting free health-care, 3 meals a day, a University education, Family visits, workouts, cell phones, etc.....All THIS while Gilad Shalit rots!!

First, why was the soldier looking to hitch a ride. How many times does the Army have to remind soldiers "not to enter a car that you are not sure how to get out from it". Second, well done to the police officer but next time aim for the heart or the head - it is faster and in the long run cheaper

I spent much time in the Jordan Valley when I was a soldier in Golani, and we were always vigilant- as the soldier should have been. he himself should have been aware of the Arab, and as soon as the latter approached, the soldier should have stopped him withwhatever means were required.

Many here are kidding about the guy needing target practice and such. But the fact is, not every person can kill. Some aren't suited for it, this policemen shot the guy several times in the leg when he clearly could have killed him. But I will not fault him for that, and neither should anybody else. It's not the movies, when your shooting somebody, nobody (unless you've been there) knows the sound of ripping flesh, or when bullets hit bone, and you get sprayed with blood all over your face. So please don't make these remarks lightly. He did what he had to and that's good enough for me. Good Job, you you saved a guy from being beaten to death by a savage.

he was waiting for a bus !!!!!

Well done for NOT shooting the guy in the head or heart. That's just not what you do. As far as I know you don't practice capital punishment in Israel - and it's one thing (among many others) that set you apart from your hate-mongering neighbours. Rest assured HAD the guy been shot dead it'd be all over the international news and who'd be the bad guy? Israel.

hmas talks big of their deeds even though they engage in the most grisly charles manson deeds and they need hafez assad treatment. They fire rockets and then run to the UN crying for help. What gutless cowards. They need to be driven right into the mediterannean. They hide in their bunkers./When liberman becomes prime minister, and they fire rockets, they will get vladimir putin treatment and wish they could go to allah.

then the refugees can run home to jordan and we will be rid of them... finally!!

Can anyone here help me out with this question: does one have to kill a Jew before the Palestinians pass out candy or does attemps count!!!??? I'd like to know since the terrorist only slightly wounded the soldier, Salma may have to return her bag of candy to the store!!!

next time you kill the racist nazi palestinain terrorist who is trying to bludgeon a mans head with a rock. You are an idiot, and that is why he then came for you. so we have attemtped murder twice over and you shoot the terrorist in the leg. maybe we can send you the million dollar incarceration and surgeries costs for this pathetic waste of a life known as mr terrorist? next time you kill the terrorist. period. is there a lack of common sense around here? gheeeeze

Israeli Soldiers Sell Gaza Flotilla Passengers’ Computers and Steal Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Cash. In 1984, 13 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division of Fort Bragg, North Carolina were court-martialed and found guilty of stealing property of civilians in Grenada when the U.S. military invaded and occupied that country.

when you are for attacking a armed soldier to snatch his weapon, you need for fight more deadly weapon than a rock. the story smells fishy.