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Tel Aviv stabber was in Israel on one-day ‘peace’ pass, official says
2017-04-24
[IsraelTimes] Israel freezes some permits for Paleostinians after 4 hurt in attack; teen was here with group that works to improve Israeli-Paleostinian ties.

The Defense Ministry suspended single-day work permits for Paleostinians to enter Israel Sunday, hours after a Paleostinian teen injured four in a stabbing attack on Tel Aviv’s beachfront.

The attacker, identified as an 18-year-old from the Nablus area of the West Bank, apparently entered Israel with one such pass, as part of a group known as "Natural Peace Tours," which is supposed to forge relationships between Paleostinians and Israelis, a defense official said. He was not named.

The ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said the one-day permits granted to different organizations and groups will be "frozen" until an investigation of the matter can be conducted, the official said.

Four people were hospitalized with light injuries after the attacker, who has not been named, went on a stabbing spree in the Leonardo Beach hotel on Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Street, near the city’s famous beach, on Sunday afternoon.

He was apprehended by police, but has not yet been charged. After initially saying the motivation of the attack was unclear, police later determined that it appeared to be a terror attack.

The victims were identified as a man in his 70s, as well as two men and a woman in their 50s.

Israel gives out some 100,000 work permits to Paleostinian to work in Israel. Holders of work permits and their relatives are heavily vetted by the Shin Bet security service for any links to terror organizations.

In addition, one-day permits are occasionally given out for special cases, such as tourism or for NGOs to hold meetings. A COGAT spokesperson said "many" of those types of permits were normally given out, but could not give an exact number.

Officials say tens of thousands more Paleostinians are in Israel illegally, most of them for work.

While in the past Israeli defense officials have frozen work permits wholesale in response to terror attacks, former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon maintained a stated policy during a terror wave a year ago of keeping work permits in place in order to avoid collective punishment and lower tensions.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Guess this 18-yr. old was not peaceful. Maybe the peace-pass program effectiveness ought to be reviewed.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-04-24 17:06  

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