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                Monday 17 SepteMber 2018

            Palestinian stabs American-Israeli man to death in West Bank




                                                                      The  military  said  the  at-  commenter  on  current  af-  him in trouble. At times, his
                                                                      tacker  arrived  at  the  mall   fairs and the weekly Torah  Facebook  account  was
                                                                      near a major junction in the   lesson.  He  was  known  for  suspended.
                                                                      southern  West  Bank,  close   his hard-line nationalist ide-  “He  did  not  hold  back  on
                                                                      to  the  Gush  Etzion  settle-  ology  and  strong  support  his  opinions,”  Hasten  said.
                                                                      ment  bloc,  and  stabbed    for the Israeli military.    “If  that  meant  30  days  of
                                                                      the Fuld before fleeing.     Settler  spokesman  Josh  Facebook jail, so be it.”
                                                                      Video  footage  showed       Hasten,  who  said  he  had  Prime  Minister  Benjamin
                                                                      Fuld  giving  chase  and  fir-  known Fuld for about a de-  Netanyahu lauded Fuld on
                                                                      ing  at  his  assailant  before   cade,  said  his  friend  trav-  Facebook  for  fighting  his
                                                                      collapsing.  Other  civilians   eled  widely  to  showcase  attacker  “heroically”  and
                                                                      shot the attacker, whom Is-  “the beauty and reality of  remembered  him  as  “an
                                                                      raeli  media  identified  as  a   life” in the country.   advocate  for  Israel  who
                                                                      17-year-old  from  a  nearby   He  delivered  care  pack-  fought to spread the truth.”
                                                                      Palestinian  village.  He  was   ages to Israeli soldiers and  On  Twitter,  David  Fried-
                                                                      reportedly  in  moderate     would go on solidarity trips  man, the U.S. ambassador
                                                                      condition.                   to  communities  near  the  to Israel and a strong sup-
            Israeli police investigates at the scene of an stabbing attack in
            the West Bank settlement of Gush Etzion Sunday, Sept. 15, 2018.   Fuld, a 45-year-old father of   Gaza  Strip  during  times  of  porter  of  the  settlements,
                                                     Associated Press  four who lived in the near-  fighting  with  the  Hamas  called  him  “a  passionate
            JERUSALEM (AP) — A Pales-    Ari  Fuld,  a  U.S.-born  activ-  by settlement of Efrat, was   militant group, Hasten said.  defender  of  Israel  &  an
            tinian  assailant  on  Sunday  ist  who  was  well-known  in   evacuated  to  a  hospital,   “When  the  rockets  were  American patriot.”
            fatally  stabbed  an  Israeli  the local settler community   where he was pronounced   falling,  that’s  when  he  Since  2015,  Palestinians
            settler  outside  a  busy  mall  and  an  outspoken  Israel   dead.                    would get in his car and go  have killed over 50 Israelis,
            in the West Bank.            advocate on social media     Fuld  was  a  well-known     down  to  Sderot,”  Hasten  two visiting Americans and
            The victim was identified as  platforms.                  English-language  internet   said.                        a British tourist in stabbings,
                                                                                                   Fuld also was known for an  shootings and car-ramming
                                                                                                   outspoken  manner  that  attacks. Israeli forces killed
                                                                                                   included  verbal  clashes  over 260 Palestinians in that
                                                                                                   with  Palestinians  and  crit-  period, of which Israel says
                                                                                                   ics of Israel that could land  most were attackers.q
                                                                                                   2 US basketball players

                                                                                                   stabbed in Romania; 1


                                                                                                   seriously hurt



                                                                                                   BUCHAREST,  Romania  (AP)  Bowie  was  transported  by
                                                                                                   — Two U.S. basketball play-  helicopter  on  Sunday  to
                                                                                                   ers  have  been  stabbed  in  the  Emergency  Hospital
                                                                                                   a club in eastern Romania  in  the  capital,  Bucharest.
                                                                                                   and one is in a serious con-  “We  are  a  small  hospital
                                                                                                   dition,  Romanian  authori-  and  it  was  better  for  him
                                                                                                   ties said Sunday.            to be transferred,” Neacsu
                                                                                                   Police  said  Darrell  Bowie,  said, adding that his condi-
                                                                                                   24,  and  Joseph  McClain,  tion is “unpredictable.”
                                                                                                   25, who play for local club  A spokeswoman at the Bu-
                                                                                                   ACS  Cuza  Braila,  were  at-  charest  hospital  declined
                                                                                                   tacked  Saturday  night  in  to  provide  information  on
                                                                                                   the city after a fight broke  Bowie’s medical status, cit-
                                                                                                   out with locals.             ing patient privacy.
                                                                                                   Braila  County  Emergency  Police spokeswoman Laura
                                                                                                   Hospital     spokeswoman  Dan said prosecutors were
                                                                                                   Alina  Neacsu  told  The  As-  investigating.
                                                                                                   sociated  Press  both  men  The club has 4 U.S. players
                                                                                                   underwent emergency sur-     for this season.
                                                                                                   gery  at  the  hospital  early  Bowie, who grew up in Mil-
                                                                                                   Sunday.  She  said  McClain  waukee,  Wisconsin,  spent
                                                                                                   sustained  stab  wounds  to  three  seasons  at  Northern
                                                                                                   his chest and stomach and  Illinois before transferring to
                                                                                                   was  “stable”  and  in  inten-  Iowa State for his final sea-
                                                                                                   sive care.                   son.
                                                                                                   She  said  Bowie  suffered  Bowie played in 33 games
                                                                                                   multiple        abdominal  with nine starts for the Cy-
                                                                                                   wounds, correcting reports  clones  in  2016-17,  averag-
                                                                                                   that he had suffered a per-  ing  5.8  points  and  4.1  re-
                                                                                                   forated lung. She said both  bounds  and  helping  them
                                                                                                   had  “perforated  wounds”  win the Big 12 Tournament
                                                                                                   but could not say how they  and reach the round of 32
                                                                                                   were caused.                 in the NCAA Tournament.q
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