Wednesday, September 1, 2010
2 injured in West Bank terror attack near Rimonim Junction
Shots were reportedly fired at a vehicle traveling in the area between the settlement Kochav Yaakov and Rimonim Junction in the West Bank on Wednesday night.
Judea and Samaria Police officers who arrived on the scene found an Israeli vehicle with bullet marks. "The vehicle descended down a nearby slope," police said. The officers who arrived in the area found one person seriously injured and another person slightly injured.
Magen David Adom rushed the two Israelis to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem; a man aged around 30 in moderate to serious condition suffering from a gunshot wound to the knee, and a woman aged around 30 who was injured in the resulting accident. Both are conscious and stable, paramedics said...
Carl has been live blogging.
No surprise. Even the PA is pursuing the Arafat strategy by attending talks and denouncing them at home. Per this report from MEMRI: Fatah Official: We'll Support Escalation In Popular Resistance During Negotiations
A Fatah official told the London daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi that movement officials, including Nabil Sha'th and Mahmoud Al-'Alul, recently discussed, with the Popular Resistance Committees and with international activists, escalating the popular resistance during the negotiations, with public activities against the fence and against the settlements, and with mass protest marches.
Al-'Alul said that Fatah's support for the popular resistance is part of its strategy, and does not depend on the negotiations portfolio.
Obama better get busy working on his condemnation announcements. He's going to need plenty of them during his peace process event extravaganza.