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Settlers say killed Palestinian near Ramallah [Palestinians: he was innocent hunter]
YNet ^ | May 9, 2008 | Efrat Weiss

Posted on 05/09/2008 1:01:22 PM PDT by Alouette

Israeli hikers claimed two Palestinians opened fire at them north of Ramallah, say they fired back, killing one of the shooters. IDF investigating incident. Palestinians: Man was a hunter

Efrat Weiss Published: 05.09.08, 17:32 / Israel News

One Palestinian was killed and another was arrested following a gunfight with two settlers north of Ramallah Friday afternoon.

The settlers claimed that the two Palestinians opened fire at them while they were hiking in the area, and that they fired back in response.

According to the settlers, the Palestinians were found to be in the possession of a shotgun.

There were no injuries among the settlers. The IDF is investigating the incident.

At about 4:00 pm, a group of Israelis who went for a hike north of Ramallah reported being shot at by Palestinians. They also said they killed one of the shooters.

An IDF force arrived at the scene soon after and arrested one of the Palestinians.

Meanwhile, Palestinian security sources told Ynet that the man killed is Rashed Ali, a hunter who has been operating in the area for years. They said that he had no known affiliation with any of the Palestinian armed factions.

Ali Waked contributed to the report


TOPICS: Extended News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hunting
Palestinian security sources told Ynet that the man killed is Rashed Ali, a hunter who has been operating in the area for years. They said that he had no known affiliation with any of the Palestinian armed factions.

Did he have his Jew-hunting license?

1 posted on 05/09/2008 1:01:22 PM PDT by Alouette
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2 posted on 05/09/2008 1:01:51 PM PDT by Alouette (Vicious Babushka)
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No, but the settlers clearly had their Pali licenses.


3 posted on 05/09/2008 1:05:10 PM PDT by east1234 (It's the borders stupid!)
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Per the dems, Rashed Ali should be armed. He's a hunter. But the "settlers", they've no more right to firearms than our ancestors who "settled" the west.

4 posted on 05/09/2008 1:33:09 PM PDT by SJackson (It is impossible to build a peace process based on blood, Natan Sharansky)
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I'm open to correction on this, but hunting? Legally? I know there's still some limited hunting in Israel, but in the West Bank, legally, never heard of that.

If true, there's a tourism opportunity for the palestinians. But then they can't even make a success out of a casino, due to their obligation to kill the patrons.

5 posted on 05/09/2008 1:36:48 PM PDT by SJackson (It is impossible to build a peace process based on blood, Natan Sharansky)
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So then where’s his orange safety vest?


6 posted on 05/09/2008 1:44:53 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: SJackson

Palestinians hunt birds, particularly quails & nightingales. I don’t know what is legal or not, but there is a Palestine Wildlife Society with several hundred registered hunters. There is or was at least once hunting club in Bethlehem. I don’t know if there is a Palestinian hunting license, but there is a Jordanian one that some of them use. I doubt most use licenses.


7 posted on 05/09/2008 1:54:33 PM PDT by forkinsocket
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Interesting. Not that they'd develop it, but people spend large amounts of money to hunt quail in exotic places. I'm thinking these guys weren't out there with small guage shotguns, but if they were quail hunting, they should have been aware of what was behind their target.

Palestinians come up with some of the best excuses I've ever heard.

8 posted on 05/09/2008 2:02:28 PM PDT by SJackson (It is impossible to build a peace process based on blood, Natan Sharansky)
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I think they meant he was a hunter, innocent until paraded hero, of Israelis.


9 posted on 05/09/2008 2:32:53 PM PDT by tbw2 ("Sirat: Through the Fires of Hell" by Tamara Wilhite - on amazon.com)
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“The hunter became the hunted!” Allahu fubar!


10 posted on 05/09/2008 7:27:40 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Alouette

Not much to hunt for in Ramallah, unless you eat rocks. The only wild life in all of that area of Israel is Ibex antelope. A shotgun would be useless for that kind of hunting.

Strange. I thought Muslims were better liars.


11 posted on 05/11/2008 5:49:55 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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