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Killer of Arab cab driver indicted
Avi Cohen
Published: 28.05.07, 11:06
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31. Racism is Product of Society!
Sharif Hafez ,   October 6, Egypt   (05.28.07)
"I felt nothing, it was like slaughtering an animal. The Arabs are like beasts, no souls, like beasts." When Yigal Amir killed Rabin, Lea Rabin, said that Netanyahu, was the indirect killer of Rabin. Now, with Sofir, Israeli Media and Parties, instigating the right's agenda are the instigators of this crime! Do somthing, unless you want real terrorists, not Hamas, like Al-Qada, all oever you!
32. I am really shocked..
shocked Israeli   (05.28.07)
This is a wake up call for all of us. If such monstrosities exist in our society then there is something really wrong here. Clearly, this guy is mad, but the fact that his madness took this outlet is scaring. Even more scary are some of the reaction that instead of dealing with this horrible action are attacking the palestinian authorities that assumably would tolerate such an action. How are the two things connected ?!? What
33. 11 - linda rivera
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (05.28.07)
he killed because he hates arabs. that was the #1 reason, which is not a great leap from how you exhonorate the jewish murderer simply because he is jewish. when an arab kills a jew, why do you not excuse THEM by saying the exact same thing without one of your weepy, self-pious sermons?
34. #19 #21 Bash Israel whenever you can
Lina ,   USA   (05.28.07)
Did the two of you even read the article? This crime was not perpetrated by the IDF or the State of Israel. A deranged individual committed this crime. Perhaps the two of you should temper your anti-Israel attitudes and pay more attention to the facts.
35. #33 - G-D Gave the DEATH Sentence for ALL MURDERERS
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (05.28.07)
irrespective of their RACE or RELIGION. Bible, Leviticus 24:17 If a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death. You accuse me of great EVIL - exonerating a murderer! Something I have NEVER done! This is my comment: 11. Despicable, Evil Crime. G-D commanded: YOU SHALL NOT MURDER This man was NOT driven by nationalistic motives as claimed! This man murdered because he hates G-D's holy Laws - the same motive for ALL murders.
36. SOUFIR FOR P.M.
david   (05.28.07)
37. Im Happy..
Kal ,   Syria   (05.28.07)
hello, first when i red the articale i imagined the comments will be mostley " the arab guy deserved it"... but i was really happy when i saw u guys comment, it kinda changed the way of what i used to think.. i agree with all you guys that no matter what the conflict between arabs and isrealis, it does not justify this act. and on the other hand ,yes there are alot of arabs that will probably do the same with an isreali, but please put in mind that there are also alot of arabs that will condem such act against an innocent isreali. peace be upon every one. and no im not working for the syrian goverment.
38. A real proof of the awesome face of Israel
martin L ,   Sweden   (05.28.07)
Do not be surprised becouse what happends to Taisir is reflecting the barbaric face of the israeli people.
39. julien soifer ACTED LIKE AN arabian
Jimm Star ,   Media, USA   (05.28.07)
disgraceful
40. he didn't slaughter in one stroke, that's why he has
observer   (05.28.07)
no nationalist motives; he is no "shochet".
41. To Kiwi Morris from NZ #21
Barry ,   Tokyo   (05.28.07)
"The IDF is no different than this guy. They are driven by hate also, except they do it by pressing a button. " Just exchange the term "IDF" to "Pete Morris" Seems like you´ve been pressing the send button a lot spreading your venom again... Get a life - you live in a detention center for Aussie criminals.
42. Sourfir - Emulating the Arab enemy?
Barry ,   Tokyo   (05.28.07)
He certainly behaved like a true Arab terrorist.
43. Awful. This person has problems.
Micha   (05.28.07)
Get him help, but probably needs to be locked up for a long time. Would likely benefit from psychiatric help.
44. To Terry
paul malykont ,   United States   (05.28.07)
All ideologies create mental illness. ideology, just another category of faith, insists on only one set of right answers and all nonbelievers must be converted or eliminated. Sad, but logically and experientially true.
45. PSYCHO!
TOMAS ,   BSAS,ARGENTINA   (05.28.07)
WHAT A PSYCHOPATH! JAIL HIM FOR LIFE!
46. This is an exception - not the rule
Avraham ,   NYC   (05.28.07)
Overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews don't murder innocent Arabs nor do they rejoice in such attacks. Is there a similar type of outrage on the Arab street when dozens of Jews are slaughtered by suicide bombers at a given time - whether on a bus or during a Passover Seder in a hotel (with a bunch of Holocaust survivors present)? Come on, Arab readers and their sympathizers, ask yourselves.
47. Observer 15
Ann   (05.28.07)
Seems to me most people on here have condemned this man and his henious crime against an innocent man. Only people like you who hate Israel and Israelis would make a false,meanspirited accusation like that.
48. Peter Morris
Ann   (05.28.07)
The real *haters* are people like you who defame and falsely accuse the Jewish people of all kinds of crimes. When has the Palestinian Authority ever arrested an Arab for committing or planning a suicide bombing or act or terrorism against innocents? I think we both know the real answer to that it is never. In fact,the murderers of Jews even Jewish babies are often considered heroes in Palestinian society.
49. killer of arab
JL ,   israel   (05.28.07)
death would too lenient for this french "jew"...he can look forward to always having to look back over his shoulder for the rest of his life in prison
50. 31 Sharif - you should be the last to preach.
Tahl ,   Israel   (05.28.07)
How easy it is for you to overlook the vast majority of talkbackers here who denounce this gruesome killing, and paint Israel in bad colors. In Israel, one insane indivudual does not represent the entire society. And you preach to us, as if your country is the model of tolerance, as if Israelis and Jews are well resected there. Good joke. The entire Egyptian media is virulently inciting against Israel. Your media portrays Israel as the world's biggest evil, a bloodthirsty nation drinking the blood of poor Palestinian children. Your newspapers portray Israeli prime ministers as monsters or as Hitler. Countless Egyptian journalists, poets, singers, politicians, and lawyers call for boycotting Israel, in the good case, or war on Israel, in the bad case. A few years ago, you had a #1 hit on the radio, a song titled "I hate Israel". You had a TV sitcom about how the despicable Israeli Ambassador is making life unbearable for his neighbors... You spread lies about the Mossad poisoning your food, so that your men become impotent... And 20 years ago, after an Egyptian soldier named Suliman Hatter, murdered in cold blood 7 Israeli tourists in Sinai, and subsequently committed suicide - you had tens of thousands people on the streets calling him a "martyr". When the bombings took place in Sinai two years ago, you didn't let the Israeli rescue forces come in to help, and left the people to die of their injuries, and later robbed their hotel rooms. And just recently, you again spread unfounded theories about how many Egyptian POWs were supposedly murdered in Israel, presenting this as "fact". In short, your country does everything it possibly can to demonize Israel (a nation with whom you have peace) and the Jews. So don't you preach to us about racism, as your country is crawling with hate. And let there be no doubt about it - I, along with the vast majority of Israelis - completely denounce Sofrir's heinous murder, he should rot in jail for the rest of his miserable life, like any other terrorist.
51. #10 another difference; they never plead mentally ill
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52. Ethnicity is not important in the eyes of the law
Alexander ,   Herzliya - Israel   (05.28.07)
Who you are does not matter when you are indicted. WHAT YOU DO IS IMPORTANT when indicted by a court. If this sick killer really is a "nationalist", he would do anything in his power to strengthen Israel morally, demographically, territorially, militarily, economically and scientifically. He would also make sure that the vast majority of Israeli Arabs would leave Israel due to their anti-Semitic and disloyal sentiments, and he would also make sure that the lojal Arab minority would stay with full Israeli citizenship rights, which they obviously already have. My point is this: Yes, the land of Israel including Gaza, Judea and Samaria belongs to the Jewish people from a historical, legal and moral point of view and the Arabs ought to leave in order tro make sure that Israel will survive as a Jewish nation state within safe, secure and defensible borders. But, being a nation state does not mean that you cannot have a small, honest, law obedient, loyal and harmless ethnic minority. There are minorities in Germany, France, UK, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Ireland and Spain as well. Israel is a Jewish nation state with a Jewish majority, about 80% - however it should be more in order to consolidate Israel. Israel is also a Western democracy and a civilized nation and society. Stabbing, killing, raping or persecuting people no matter if they are ethnic Israelis/Jews or ethnic Arabs, men, women, children, old and young, poor or rich, educated or uneducated, are all together UNACCEPTABLE behaviors and actions. If the Arab would have been a terrorist or if he acted violently for no reason or if he threatened his passenger for no reason, self defense would be a normal thing. This was NOT self defense. This was MURDER and Israel should finally use capital punishment, no matter if a sick ethnic Israeli kills an innocent Arab or if an Arab rapes and kills a Jewish woman or if an Arab terrorist attacks Israeli citizens- civilians and soldiers. Murder is not acceptable and must be punished by death. Law and order must prevail in Israel and so must morality, reason and the Jewish identity of Israel. Murder is not acceptable, no matter if an Arab kills a Jew or if a Jew kills an Arab or if a German kills an Englishman or if an Englishman kills a German. Murder is not acceptable - period.
53. wow. hope there arent more jews like him
(05.28.07)
in israel- just hating Arabs like that- its scary.
54. crazy people like Linda
(05.28.07)
should all be locked up. linda- should go be this murderers cell mate- you know because he is jewish and jews cant do anything wrong- GO ON LINDA!!!!
55. HATE CRIMES
(05.28.07)
wow, he is so far gone- i wonder if the society he lives in created this.
56. Terrible but at lraest he didnt invoke Deity like Islamofasc
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57. rhetoric
(05.28.07)
YOU SHALL NOT MURDER ; not YOU SHALL NOT KILL OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; not THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES what a clever biblical interpretation.
58. #52 Is killing to make Israeli Arabs leave ACCEBTABLE ?
(05.28.07)
59. He's a cold blooded jewish terrorist..
Rami ,   Nazareth, Israel   (05.28.07)
no difference between him and a Hamas memeber who kills jew just cause they are jewish. Just like the palestinian muslim society, this Israeli Jew is a product of the environmrnt of hatred and incitment that exists in both societies. If they truly want to be a civil society, they both need to take a deep and hard look at themselves and make changes Peace.
60. 58: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE TORAH COMMANDS US TO EXPEL
Just Logic ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (05.28.07)
the enemy.
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