American slain in Israel helping soldiers
(CNN) -
Like a handful of other American Jews in their late teens, Ezra Schwartz went to Israel after high school graduation.
Schwartz had been accepted to college in the United States but decided to spend a gap year in Israel at a yeshiva, a Jewish educational institution where students study religious texts.
The 18-year-old was volunteering in the West Bank on Thursday, delivering food to Israeli soldiers, when he was killed.
"That was just the kind of kid he was -- making sure the people around him were taken care of," his longtime camp counselor, DJ Niedober, told CNN.
At a crowded intersection in Gush Etzion, an unidentified gunman fired shots from his vehicle and rammed pedestrians at a busy intersection in, killing three people, including Schwartz.
Israel Defense Forces said that the attacker was Palestinian. Police have issued a gag order barring the media from reporting any details of the investigation and anything that could identify the suspect.
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Celebrating a young American death by terrorists.
The most disgusting post I have ever seen on DU ....
Post number 3
The most disgusting post I have seen here on DU - ever.
The IDF should not be endangering civilians of any racial group or nationality by putting them in harms way.
I'm not sure why you believe this is vile: seeing how civilians aren't soldiers.
If he lived there then he was endorsing illegal colonization.
He was part of the problem that some want to glorify, justify and then when it goes to shit blame others for.
If you want to blame anybody then blame those bigots that pretend that the West Bank is somehow part of Israel and that those upity Palestinians should just all go move and live in Jordan.
Rape is rape; regardless if it is one or 600 thousand doing it. But thanks for the horrible attempt trying to justify it.
Let's pretend for a second that I take you seriously. Okay. I'm glad that's over.
I never wrote that. What I wrote was: "3. Perhaps he would still be alive(sp) if he wasn't helping an occupation force.
The IDF should not be putting American civilians in harms way like this."
What about the Palestinian civilian who was killed by the Israeli terrorist? Oh, wait. Only Palestinians can be terrorists.
My hat's off to you for the mock outrage and all, but it's only going to get worse, methinks.
Ultimately, Israel is responsible for this shit: no matter how hard you want to try and hasbara it away.
What exactly is that?
I'm not sure what you mean here. By "period" I guess you mean, "under any circumstances, ever," right? Are you implying that the Israelis have no rights at all to any of Israel at all? Or do you mean specific bits of land?
Anyway, back to what I was asking earlier... you keep insisting that the Israelis living in the settlements are no "settlers" but "illegal colonists." Whatever. I'm more interested in whether you would classify them as civilians or as soldiers, or perhaps as something different, terrorists perhaps? Incidentally, "illegal colonists" as a term doesn't make a lot of sense. You might be able to argue that the settlements themselves are illegal, but the settlers aren't there illegally.
But thanks for you foolish attempts trying to play the victim.
Hey, you're the one who labelled the kid delivering snacks as a rapist. (And his violent murder as "getting hurt."
I don't think I'm the one exaggerating.
Only Palestinians can be terrorists.