Reply #19: Jewish gunman was no terrorist, Israel rules [View All]

[AlamoDemoc]

Chris McGreal in Jerusalem
Thursday September 1, 2005
The Guardian

Four Arab Israelis shot dead by a soldier opposed to the closure of the Gaza Strip settlements are not victims of "terror" because their killer was Jewish, Israel's defence ministry has ruled, and so their families are not entitled to the usual compensation for life.

The ministry concluded that the law only recognises terrorism as committed by "organisations hostile to Israel" even though the prime minister, Ariel Sharon, described the killings by Private Eden Nathan Zaada, 19, as "a despicable act by a bloodthirsty terrorist."


http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1560147,00.html