Al-Arab Blog - مدونة العرب

"The Israeli, Eliran Golan, a former soldier, has been cooperating since his arrest Wednesday, the police said. His motive for the attacks was a "hatred of Arabs," said Yaacov Borovsky, the police chief in charge of Haifa, the northern city where Golan lives.
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Golan's father, Meir, described as a civilian employee of the Israel Defense Forces, has also been arrested and says he was not aware of his son's activities, the police said. The two live in the same home, the police added.
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Six of the bombs were uncovered before they went off, but the others exploded, wounding three Arab Israelis. The bombs were placed under cars and at mosques, the police said.
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The bomber's intended victims included Arab members of Parliament. Several months ago, a bomb was put under a car belonging to the family of one legislator, Issam Makhoul. It exploded when Makhoul's wife started the vehicle, but she was not hurt.
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The police displayed nearly 40 makeshift bombs and other weapons that they said were confiscated from the Golan family apartment.
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Israeli extremists are suspected in a number of deadly attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank during the three and a half years of Mideast fighting. However, attacks by such extremists against Arab citizens of Israel have been rare.
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In a separate case, the Israeli authorities arrested two Arab Israeli brothers on charges that they had smuggled bomb-making instructions, hidden in household appliances, from Jordan to Palestinians in Jenin in the West Bank. Borovsky, the police official, said one of the men, Majed Kenaane, had traveled to Jordan and had received the instructions from a member of Hezbollah, the Lebanese guerrilla group.
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The information on making bombs and rockets was placed on computer memory chips and hidden inside household appliances, which Kenaane then took back and sent on to Jenin, a stronghold for Palestinian militants, the police said. Kenaane's brother Muhammad has also been arrested and charged in the case.
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In violence Thursday, a 14-year-old Palestinian schoolboy was killed as Israeli troops staged a daylong raid in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, in search of weapons-smuggling tunnels.
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The boy, Muhammad Othman, was not taking part in the fighting and was hit in the chest when he was near a school, according to Palestinian witnesses and doctors at Rafah's hospital. More than a dozen Palestinians were wounded, the hospital added.
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Israel's military said that its soldiers had come under repeated attack and that firefights had broken out repeatedly during the day, but it had no information on Palestinian casualties.
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Israel has repeatedly sent troops into Rafah in search of tunnels used to smuggle weapons from neighboring Egypt. However, the military said no tunnels were uncovered Thursday and the soldiers pulled out in the evening.
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Palestinians said several homes were destroyed and the town's water and electrical system was damaged. A Palestinian militant, Awani Kaloub, was killed in an explosion in his house in Rafah. He was believed to have been making a bomb that exploded prematurely, The Associated Press reported, citing Palestinian security officials.
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The New York Times JERUSALEM A 22-year-old Israeli has been arrested on suspicion of planting nine bombs aimed at Arab citizens in northern Israel over the past three years, the police said Thursday. The Israeli, Eliran Golan, a former soldier, has been cooperating since his arrest Wednesday, the police said. His motive for the attacks was a "hatred of Arabs," said Yaacov Borovsky, the police chief in charge of Haifa, the northern city where Golan lives.
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Golan's father, Meir, described as a civilian employee of the Israel Defense Forces, has also been arrested and says he was not aware of his son's activities, the police said. The two live in the same home, the police added.
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Six of the bombs were uncovered before they went off, but the others exploded, wounding three Arab Israelis. The bombs were placed under cars and at mosques, the police said.
.
The bomber's intended victims included Arab members of Parliament. Several months ago, a bomb was put under a car belonging to the family of one legislator, Issam Makhoul. It exploded when Makhoul's wife started the vehicle, but she was not hurt.
.
The police displayed nearly 40 makeshift bombs and other weapons that they said were confiscated from the Golan family apartment.
.
Israeli extremists are suspected in a number of deadly attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank during the three and a half years of Mideast fighting. However, attacks by such extremists against Arab citizens of Israel have been rare.
.
In a separate case, the Israeli authorities arrested two Arab Israeli brothers on charges that they had smuggled bomb-making instructions, hidden in household appliances, from Jordan to Palestinians in Jenin in the West Bank. Borovsky, the police official, said one of the men, Majed Kenaane, had traveled to Jordan and had received the instructions from a member of Hezbollah, the Lebanese guerrilla group.
.
The information on making bombs and rockets was placed on computer memory chips and hidden inside household appliances, which Kenaane then took back and sent on to Jenin, a stronghold for Palestinian militants, the police said. Kenaane's brother Muhammad has also been arrested and charged in the case.
.
In violence Thursday, a 14-year-old Palestinian schoolboy was killed as Israeli troops staged a daylong raid in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, in search of weapons-smuggling tunnels.
.
The boy, Muhammad Othman, was not taking part in the fighting and was hit in the chest when he was near a school, according to Palestinian witnesses and doctors at Rafah's hospital. More than a dozen Palestinians were wounded, the hospital added.
.
Israel's military said that its soldiers had come under repeated attack and that firefights had broken out repeatedly during the day, but it had no information on Palestinian casualties.
.
Israel has repeatedly sent troops into Rafah in search of tunnels used to smuggle weapons from neighboring Egypt. However, the military said no tunnels were uncovered Thursday and the soldiers pulled out in the evening.
.
Palestinians said several homes were destroyed and the town's water and electrical system was damaged. A Palestinian militant, Awani Kaloub, was killed in an explosion in his house in Rafah. He was believed to have been making a bomb that exploded prematurely, The Associated Press reported, citing Palestinian security officials.
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The New York Times JERUSALEM A 22-year-old Israeli has been arrested on suspicion of planting nine bombs aimed at Arab citizens in northern Israel over the past three years, the police said Thursday. The Israeli, Eliran Golan, a former soldier, has been cooperating since his arrest Wednesday, the police said. His motive for the attacks was a "hatred of Arabs," said Yaacov Borovsky, the police chief in charge of Haifa, the northern city where Golan lives.
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Golan's father, Meir, described as a civilian employee of the Israel Defense Forces, has also been arrested and says he was not aware of his son's activities, the police said. The two live in the same home, the police added.
.
Six of the bombs were uncovered before they went off, but the others exploded, wounding three Arab Israelis. The bombs were placed under cars and at mosques, the police said.
.
The bomber's intended victims included Arab members of Parliament. Several months ago, a bomb was put under a car belonging to the family of one legislator, Issam Makhoul. It exploded when Makhoul's wife started the vehicle, but she was not hurt.
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The police displayed nearly 40 makeshift bombs and other weapons that they said were confiscated from the Golan family apartment.

Israeli extremists are suspected in a number of deadly attacks against Palestinians"

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Note :

They are talking about what the people occupied by Israel when it became a country , in 1948. Note how they are called "ISRAELI ARABS" when Jewish media claims Israeli is the lonly oasis of democracy. But when such a claim is not flaunted, as in this piece, since the subject does not permit such lies at all, the Jewish paper switches its language, and calls them "Palestinians"