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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