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| Israeli schoolgirls' killer: Israelis are human garbage | ||
| 2017-03-13 | ||
| [NEWS24] A Jordanian soldier who killed seven Israeli schoolgirls in a 1997 shooting rampage was unrepentant after his release from prison on Sunday, lashing out at Israelis with harshly derogatory remarks. Ahmed Daqamseh, who had spent 20 years in prison, was given a rousing welcome in his home village in northern Jordan after his release. He was greeted by chanting supporters who kissed him on the cheek and raised a photo of him with the caption, "Welcome to the hero Daqamseh." Daqamseh opened fire on a group of Israeli students at the scenic "Island of Peace" border post in March 1997, killing seven and wounding seven. A Jordanian military court deemed Daqamseh mentally unstable and sentenced him to life in prison, rather than imposing the death penalty. Jordan had announced several days ago that Daqamseh would be released this week, after completing his term. In Jordan, life terms are not open-ended, and prisoners can be released after 20 years. Upon arriving in his hometown, Daqamseh expressed no regrets, telling a news hound that Israelis are "human garbage".
Israel and Jordan co-operate closely on security matters, including in the battle against Islamic extremism, even if their 1994 peace treaty remains widely unpopular in Jordan where many residents have Paleostinian roots. Yisrael Fatihi, whose 13-year-old daughter Sivan was killed in the attack, told Israel Radio on Sunday that he had been informed by the Israeli embassy in Jordan last week that Daqamseh's release was imminent. "It is unfortunate, but this is the situation," Fatihi said. After the shooting, Jordan's King Hussein - the late father of the current king, Abdullah II - rushed to Israel and paid condolence visits to the girls' families, a gesture that touched many Israelis at the time. Fatihi recalled Hussein's condolence visit, saying he and his family had been sitting on the floor in mourning at the time and that the monarch knelt down next to them. "We told him we really appreciated his visit," Fatihi said. Peace Nurit, his wife, told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named her daughter was a "very happy" child who "took everything easily." She said she misses "her laughter, her smile, her joy of life". "Despite the murder we are for peace," she said. Daqamseh was released from prison before dawn on Sunday. By Sunday afternoon, he was receiving well-wishers in his clan's meeting hall in the village of Ibdir, about 120km north of the capital of Amman. Jordanian security forces set up checkpoints along the access road to the village, preventing journalists from entering with cameras. In comments broadcast on the Al Jazeera satellite TV channel, Daqamseh appeared to be unrepentant. He said that those who criticised him for killing maidens were "hired pens" and admonished them to "fear God". Standing in a street dressed in a suit and tie, he said, "Paleostine needs every single Arab and Moslem." Asked by the Al Jazeera news hound about a purported Israeli plot to kill him, Daqamseh said: "They [Israelis] are human garbage that other peoples got rid of by dumping them in Paleostine, the most sacred place after Mecca." 'Burned and buried' "This garbage should be burned or buried," he added. "This will happen, if not in our generation, then in other generations." In a videotaped statement posted online, Daqamseh urged Jordanians not to believe what he called "the lie of normalisation with Israel" and the idea of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict. Keren Ofri Mizrachi, one of the girls Daqamseh shot and maimed in the attack, said his release from prison is a difficult day for her. She told Israel's Channel 10 TV how he shot her four times from close range while she was trying to escape the carnage. Her twin sister was also shot and maimed in the attack. "I saw the look of murder in his eyes," she said, adding that his release had brought memories flooding back. It feels like being "maimed again". "I have chosen to live. I won't allow anybody or anything in the world break me. I am strong, I am a proud Jew. I have a family and children, they are my strength," she said.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 If the Mossad isn't figuring out a way to bump this guy off, it's not earning its keep. Pour Encourager Les Autres. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2017-03-13 14:20 |
| #3 In a videotaped statement posted online, Daqamseh urged Jordanians not to believe what he called "the lie of normalisation with Israel" and the idea of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict. At least he learned something during his period of incarceration, primary causation outstanding. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-03-13 03:47 |
| #2 It's not the unrepentant murderer it's the country that executes people for drug trafficking, but gave this one less than 3 years in jail per murdered Jewish teenager - who came to Jordan to make Peace. You think that maybe, just maybe, people who think that the only way to make peace is to make peace without Arabs, may be right? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-03-13 03:46 |
| #1 It's not the unrepentant murderer it's the country that executes people for drug trafficking |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-03-13 03:42 |