US Citizens Killed in Terror Attacks

vitural jersulem ^ | August 24 2001 | Charlotte Halle

[classygreeneyedblonde]

Among the terror victims of the recent violence in Israel there is a disproportionately large representation of US citizens. There has been no display of outrage by the US Government, at the murder of innocent American civilians

The Anglo community of Israel has been hit especially hard by the Al-Asqa Intifada.

Of the 150 Israelis who have been killed during the 11-month uprising, at least 10 have been native English-speakers - more than six percent of the total death toll

Jerusalem Mayor Ehud Olmert attributes the disproportionately high figure to the large numbers of Anglos living in settlements close to Jerusalem, where many Jewish victims of the intifada resided.

After paying several condolence calls to bereaved Anglo families in recent months, Olmert said he admired them for "the restrained way they deal with their pain."

The names of 11 Americans will be added to a memorial plaque on September 24, during this year's Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel (AACI) ceremony commemorating Americans who have fallen in service to the State of Israel or in terrorist attacks.

This is largest number of names added at one time to the plaques since the establishment of the annual ceremony in 1983, says one of the organizers, Judy Cohen.

[American in Israel]

Christians and Jews... No news, move on folks... (/sarcasm) One of the two kids they tortured to death with knives in that cave was an American teenager. Not ONE word of complaint by the State Department! (wouldn't want to offend the Palestinians) I just heard on the news that a drive by shooter just killed two kids in a schoolbus. I am sure most nations are already drafting their calls for restraint against the Jews.

[rebdov]

An American who is a Jew who gets killed by an Arab automatically loses his citizenship. It's obviously the policy demonstrated by the State Department routinely ignoring the deaths of American Jews by Arabs.

[jackbob]

An American who is a Jew who gets killed by an Arab automatically loses his citizenship. It's obviously the policy demonstrated by the State Department routinely ignoring the deaths of American Jews by Arabs.

Shocking. I don't see how the U.S. State Department can get away with this. I don't doubt your claim, but do you have a source for it? Does the same apply to American Muslems killed by Israelis there also? This could be one small place that both could find some common ground.

[JudyB1938]

Be prepared to be flamed for your statement. I was for saying something similar.

[Crock2000]

they have been warned not to go there - so if they are dumb enough to be there - suffer the consequences.

Not only do they go there but in the infinite stupidity they want to actually live there and raise their children putting them in a high probability bracket of getting killed somtime in their young lives !

It isn't just dumb its outright bloody criminal

[waxhaw]

Apparently one is American if born in the U.S. yet dies in Israel (particularly if one dies at the hands of the Palestinians). But if one is born in the U.S., works as an Intelligence Analyst for the U.S. Navy, spies for Israel (and the Soviet Union), but gets caught and imprisoned then one is Israeli (Jonathan Pollard).

[AM2000]

An American who is a Jew who gets killed by an Arab automatically loses his citizenship.

An American who is dead can't be a citizen of any country since he's dead, now can he?

[rebdov]

Your statement: "An American who is dead can't be a citizen of any country since he's dead, now can he?," I think rates as probably a FreeRepublic all-time inanity.

I guess Arlington National Cemetary is filled with Martians. Wow. I only thought Democrats suffered this much. But I think I have the answer. Since we are dealing with Jews, there is only one probable explanation. We say in Hebrew sinah m'kakeles es hashurah, hatred totally distorts the intellect.