Israeli 13-year-old killed in West Bank ax attack; 7-year-old wounded (read the comments)

google ^ | 4/2/09

[pabianice]

BAT AYIN, West Bank (AP) — An ax-wielding Palestinian militant went on a rampage Thursday in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, killing an Israeli 13-year-old and wounding a 7-year-old boy before fleeing the area.

The attack posed an important test for Israel's new prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has promised a firm hand against militants and expressed skepticism about prospects for peace. Government spokesman Mark Regev called it a "senseless act of brutality against innocents."

Police and military units were searching for the attacker, according to police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld and army officials. Army forces were operating in the nearby village of Safa, searching houses and taking village residents to a central school yard. The military said all roads around the settlement of Bat Ayin were closed.

A resident of the settlement, identifying himself only as Avinoam, said he fought off the attacker.

"First I grabbed his hand with the ax so he wouldn't kill me," he told Channel 10 TV. "I fell down, and then I managed to get up. ... At some stage I managed to grab the ax from his hand" before the attacker escaped, he said. The assailant had "a lust for murder in his eyes," he said.

A 13-year-old boy was killed and a 7-year-old boy was badly wounded, Israeli emergency services said.

[pabianice]

I am posting this primarily so readers can see the reaction a la "moral equivalence" from a leading Liberal blog. For the most part, they either think the boys deserved to be axed, or that 'the Jews do just as terrible things to the Arabs.' America's Liberals at their worst.

[GeronL]

DU is not a leading anything.

Its the goo at the bottom of thed liberal barrel.

[GeronL]

HHHmmmmm

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

When Reagan sent troops into Lebanon back in the 1980’s the Arabs began to wail about us having killed their children before a shot was ever fired.

[End Times Sentinel]

DUers make actual palis and their ape-like muzzy brothers look downright civilized in comparison.

Seething with a rage that burns hotter than one thousand suns, vulgar, drunk with umbrage.

It's an angry, unpleasant place over there.

[Cheetahcat]

These Muslim Animals do not deserve to live.

[Gator113]

When Obama sent funds to support the terrorists, such as Hamas, I just assumed it would pay for more than just ‘chopping weapons’.

[brytlea]

I’m always *impressed* by the liberals’ inability to say anything without resorting to vulgar language.

[devistate one four]

I agree it’s time to start killin’