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  • Prominent Palestinian murdered [Advocate of Nonviolence]

    05/30/2005 8:10:59 PM PDT · by Alouette · 7 replies · 526+ views
    Jerusalem Post ^ | May 30, 2005 | Khaled Abu Toameh
    Palestinian security forces in Ramallah on Monday arrested a suspect in the murder of Samir Rantisi, a local journalist and spokesman for former PA Information Minister Yasser Abed Rabbo. Rantisi, 42, had for years urged Palestinians to endorse non-violent methods in their confrontation with Israel and was strongly opposed to suicide bombings. He was murdered early Monday morning while he was sleeping in his bedroom in the Sateh Marhaba neighborhood. A lone gunman who broke into his apartment in the Shkukani Building shot him twice in the head in front of his wife. The wife managed to identify the suspect,...