Don't normally hear of an Arab being stabbed in Jerusalem, it's normally Jews. How WEIRD is THAT!

jogging in Jerusalem and then apologized after when they found out he wasn't a Jew. I'm sure that's what happened.

So when a Jew does it, it's "nationalistically motivated", but when an Arab does it it's terrorism.

They did the crime. Let them do the time.

In Israel when there is stabbing that isn't connected to crime it's usually described as nationalistically motivated no matter if it is an arab or a jew (rarely happens). I hope the police arrests the people who are responsible (terrorist by your words) as they usually do.

If you regularly read Ynet then you that what you said is not true. Most attacks by Arabs against Jews are reported to "possibly be motivated by nationalistic goals." Get a life. i am sure you never condemn the Arabs that attack Jews, but I am not like you. If this was attacked by Jews then I condemn them with all of my might. It is disgusting.

This is terrible news. WHat is happening to us? No law and order, no leaders! my apologies to him and his family. murder or attempted murder or terror is unacceptable.

The Hebrew media often uses the term "nationalistically motivated" when Arabs commit terrorism, especially when the perpetrator survived and fled the scene .

A kippah doesn't equal "extremist right wing jew", criminals with no connection with Judaism appear in court wearing kippahs. Evidence should be presented before bloating slander in the media.

When arabs stab Jews that is not news it is already acceptable but G-d forbid a Jew should fight back or treat an arab as they treat us and the left is full of righteous indignation , how dare a Jew do that Imagine if the left had control of the media in WW2, they would be indignant about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising how dare the Jews attack innocent German soldiers? My uncle was a kablan back in the 40s before the medina, and the arabs would line up for work, he would ask them"did you ever hit a Jew?" If they said yes he would hire them if they said no he would not hire them, when asked why he said because any arab who says he never hit a Jew is either a liar or lazy and I don't want liars or lazy people working for me.

the arab says so... noone is reported to have witnessed this incident... but the arab statement makes good press... this sounds like the matzoh making stories of medieval europe.

You're right, I guess I should made my point clearer. Let me rephrase: So when a Jew does it, it's "nationalistically motivated", but when an Arab does it it's "nationalistically motivated terrorism". My beef isn't with why they are calling this "nationalistically motivated", it's with why they AREN'T calling it terrorist. And Mathew please keep your excellent judgment of my character to yourself... After all, that's not the issue under question here.

Will the do gooders please button it? I am sick and tired of hearing 'where's the proof'? Do you say the same when a Arab is 'supposed' to have stabbed a Jew? No I didn't think so. Why is it so impossible for you to believe that anyone from Mea Shearim could do that? Get real and smell the stink that's starting. (sorry - has started)

I bet you would have no problem accepting it if the situation were reversed and Arabs had stabbed a Jew.

where did these jews learn to stab in the back if not from the arabs

why does the media call the assailants "jews" and not militants??

Arabs are involved in terrorism on all continents. Your so called "freedom fighters" are giving you all a bad reputation. Even though a minority among the muslim population may carry terrorism acts it is shockingly awful and despicable to see the numbers of muslims who support verbally or politically terrorism. On the other hand, whether the act is nationalistically motivated or whether it is a terrorism act I hope the police will catch the guys and that they'll rot in jail! Personally I would turn him down if I knew who he is.

My God, what is wrong with you people? Do you know how much harm you are doing to the religious and orthodox jews? You are simply just terrorists; there is nothing else to compare the act to. If you are caught, I hope that the police here will do everything possible to make sure that you are put behind bars where you belong avraham (a concerned Israeli)

Strange.. The arab says it was skullcap wearing Jews. Proove it before accusing people.

Efrat Weiss is ALWAYS ready to blame the Jews BEFORE anything is proved, based just in the word of self proclaimed enemies of Israel. A religious Jew doesn't go around knifing other people since he learns that he's not supposed to do so and is for sure not incited to do so in religious services, get the idea? Others are exactly the contrary!!!

They were just trying to perform a Bris...

if indeed this man was stabbed by jews, then these jews should face the law and prison as they deserve. in jewish tradition, you do not kill, no matter how much you believe the other side deserves it because of their attacks on you. what is interesting to see is how this jewish law and care goes towards the arabs in our country and how much our jewish justice does to see to it that jews doing such did do not go unpunished. it would be interesting to see if arab justice (an oxymoron) would work as jewish justice does if a jew was stabbed by an arab in ramallah, for example since up to date, none of the muslim stabbing jews in jerusalem or in judeah and samaria have been brought to trial by their arab justice system. i guess they follow the kuran to the letter....t"hough shall kill any jew you see. this is allah's word. this is what you follow. if a jew hides behind a tree, slay him wherever you find him". this, unfortunatelly is the israeli arab justice system. show me one israeli arab court of law from in or outside of israel that has prosecuted terrorists killing jews and arabs stabbing israelis. not a single case. not a single prosecution. this, my friends, is the bif difference between jews and arabs.

listen khaled. let's not get into semantics here please because both of us can argue ad infinitum about semantics. this is not the issue here at all...whether it is terrorism or nationally motivated. i would call it a crime. that is all. a violence by any other name is a violence and a crime. let's not politicise it please. what concerns me more in this situation is this. the jewish courts in israel consistently bring to trial jews that committ such violent acts. they do not get away with their actions and crimes. they are brought to trial and get sentenced and prison time. on the other hand, i would love to see an arab islamic court, say in ramallah or hebron, or jerusalem, or anywhere around the arab world, convict a terrorist, a jew murderer, a stabber of jews, etc... to prison time. show me one incidence where an arab paid prison time for stabbing a jew or israeli. no, they didn't pay any prison time for their crimes whether nationallistically motivated or a terroristic act. instead, they were louded like samir kuntar. they were held as heroes, they were held as martyres, as god walking on earth, reveered and exhalted and made an example of in front of hordes of arabs and their children. they never served time. they became national symbols. now you see the difference between jews and arabs justice system? moron!

befoe everyone jumps to any conclusion let the police do its work... and khaled, i guess like the syrian actress said a fr=ew days ago-- the hatred of anything israel is in your genes..... what else is new?

Can you trust what the Arab said?? we suffer not them...

Let's wait for a few more facts. There is no proof of the identities of the attacker(s). We have one person claiming this. I have a very hard time believing that nobody saw this. Who ever did this needs to be in prison for a long time regardless of race, religion or national origin.

Jews are poor peacful people, they have 200 nuke bombs and yet are very peacful ... all armed ... very good in shooting children ... poor Jews ... they need eace and their holy temple with the holy cow.

Actually it's entirely about semantics. I'm not here to discuss the morality of Israel or the Palestinians... I can't distance myself enough from the issue to be able to make morally objective judgments, and from the looks of it, neither can you. All I'm trying to do is point out the hypocrisy in how these crimes are perceived by some parts of the Israeli public. You can try to justify this hypocrisy, and you might seem very successful in doing so... But you cannot deny that the hypocrisy is there. And if you are able to look at racism in Israeli society and find a way to justify it or blame it on the Arabs, then you're no better than Arab apologists who justify terrorism with Israeli occupation. Evil does not justify evil, no matter how tempting it is to think it does.

kills and injures much more a day. The number of Palestinians who were killed or injured by Israel is much much larger than the other side. http://www.ifamericansknew.org/