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Related: About this forumTwo Palestinians shot dead after stabbing two Israelis in West Bank: police
Two Palestinians were shot dead after stabbing two Israeli women on Monday in the West Bank, police said, in an emerging pattern of assaults inside Jewish settlements in the occupied territory.
One of the women was in critical condition and the other sustained moderate wounds after the attack in Beit Horon, a settlement on a highway that links Jerusalem and coastal Tel Aviv and cuts through the foothills of the West Bank.
"The two terrorists were killed by security forces," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said, adding that two explosive devices were found at the scene.
It was the latest incident in an almost four-month long surge of violence that has raised concern of wider escalation, a decade after the last Palestinian uprising subsided. It followed three stabbings last week inside settlements carried out by Palestinian teenagers, according to Israeli authorities.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-idUSKCN0V325A
King_David
(14,851 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)FBaggins
(26,760 posts)Both stabbed civilians. They were not "shot on sight".
King_David
(14,851 posts)Self defense is allowed anywhere, but not in the Jewish state , of course....
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)Israeli?
King_David
(14,851 posts)And I am all for that....
If you pull out a knife and try to kill a Jew anywhere in the world , if you die , it's no loss.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)7. I approve of self defense ,Jews no longer go like lambs to the slaughter
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And I am all for that....
If you pull out a knife and try to kill a Jew anywhere in the world , if you die , it's no loss.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=123919
King_David
(14,851 posts)We don't just go like lambs to the slaughter... And that's what drives our enemies and BDS ... Crazy.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=123919
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)King_David
(14,851 posts)You a school teacher ? Used to getting your way? Sorry it ain't gonna work here for you.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=123919
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)and yes it's a very valid question
FBaggins
(26,760 posts)Which is to say... not at all. Following up with multiple demands for a pure yes or no just makes you look silly.
Nobody is in favor of "shoot on sight" without additional information, but yes, it's entirely appropriate for security forces to shoot a terrorist trying to kill civilians.
The two in question failed to use three pipe bombs to blow up a grocery story with civilians (including children) inside. There isn't any reason to question shooting someone in that situation (it very likely saved multiple lives). Pretending otherwise exposes desperation with the reality of the situation.