Posted on 03/20/2023 9:42:40 AM PDT by Red Badger
A former U.S. Marine was seriously wounded Sunday after a Palestinian terrorist shot at his car with his family inside, according to The Times of Israel.
David Stern, a former Marine and weapons instructor, was driving in the West Bank with his wife and children Sunday when a Palestinian man began shooting at the car. Stern was shot in the head but managed to shoot the gunman, who was later apprehended by the Israeli Defense Forces, according to The Times of Israel.
Stern’s wife was also taken to the hospital for treatment for “traumatic shock” but she and the children were otherwise uninjured, according to The Times of Israel. The attack occurred in the same area where two Israeli brothers were killed several weeks prior.
Yesterday, an #antisemitism-fueled terror attack was committed by a #Palestinian terrorist against an #Israeli-American family, critically injuring the father, David Stern, a former US Marine. We pray for David’s swift recovery as we #StandUpToHatred & #StandAgainstTerror. pic.twitter.com/jPSsbw1z6E
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides confirmed Sunday that the attack had injured an American citizen in a Twitter post.
“I can confirm that a U.S. citizen was injured in the shooting attack near Huwara today,” Nides said. “Prayers for a speedy recovery and for calm to prevail.”
Stern’s attack is the second in which a U.S. citizen has been injured or killed by Palestinian terrorists in the last three weeks. On Feb. 27, an American-Israeli man was shot in his car by multiple terrorists and later died from his injuries in the hospital.
President Joe Biden and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone Sunday about the president’s concerns regarding tensions in the area, Israel’s judicial reform, and “tensions and violence” in the West Bank, according to a public statement from the White House.
“The President reinforced the need for all sides to take urgent, collaborative steps to enhance security coordination, condemn all acts of terrorism, and maintain the viability of a two-state solution,” the statement read.
A National Security Council spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation that it “strongly condemns” the shooting of an American-Israeli citizen.
“We strongly condemn yesterday’s terrorist shooting of a U.S. – Israeli citizen in the West Bank village of Huwara that resulted in serious injuries,” the spokesperson said. “We hope for a speedy and full recovery. We will continue to work with Israelis and Palestinians, as well as our regional partners, towards restoring calm.”
The State Department did not immediately respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.
(and maintain the viability of a two-state solution,” the statement read.)
7 years of ‘Peace and Security’ are coming.
Regardless, I’d avoid the West Bank - this kind of thing is what I’d expect
Watch the media spin shift to blaming the attack on judicial reform.
The spike in terror is yet another upshot of the Joe Biden administration.
How does a us citizen get a gun in Israel?
Probably dual citizenship...................
I never understand news headlines and stories written like this. What does his past military service have to do with him being shot?
For example, a local man was charged with molesting his step daughter. The news anchor mentioned that “___ was an Air Force veteran” 7 times in the description of the crime and arrest. (He got out of the service 15 years previous to the alleged crime, by the way)
Unless it is to besmirch any one in or formerly in the service.
Wow. You can’t take out a former U.S. Marine by just shooting him in the head. I guess you have to get more serious than that.
Wow. You can’t take out a former U.S. Marine by just shooting him in the head. I guess you have to get more serious than that.
Yes.
Any time a former service member is involved in a crime he’s always named with his service sector and doubly so if it is a Marine...................
Fortunately he didnt know it was a marine or he would have aimed for a critical organ.
Good thing he drank all that Camp LeJeune water, toughens up Marines so they can take a shot in the head./don’t know what the f@#$ I’m saying.
I lived there for 12 of the past 13 years. Not shot at once. Have Pali friends, even.
“Probably dual citizenship...................”
Israel has strict gun control. Believe it or not.
Glad you were safe!
There is NO SUCH THING as an Ex-US Marine. Once a Marine, Always a Marine.
The even still claim Bobby Garwood and Lee Harvey Oswald as two of their own.
Semper fi, Mac.
It ain’t how it’s played on TV. They only report the bad stuff, not the day-to-day living.
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