Bulldozer Attack in Jerusalem
Another one. I read it first on Muqata. Now it’s on the Jerusalem Post.
Bad News
Mass Casualty Event: Rocket Hits Ashkelon Shopping Center
The headlines in CNN, CBS News and Reuters are on the earthquake in China.
The Ashkelon attack is on CNN, but you have to look for it. On Reuters, I found a link to Bush’s visit to Israel, but not the attack.
The Drudge Report (one of my favorite news sources) has a link to the Jerusalem Post story.
It’s in my Google News, with links to the LA Times, NY Times, International Herald Tribune, and the Christian Science Monitor.
I don’t see it at all on ABC News home page or CBS News home page or MSNBC home page.
Seven Historic Synagogues Destroyed
From Vos Iz Neias newswire:
Tehran, Iran - According to Italian private news agency Adnkronos International, Seven ancient synagogues in the Iranian capital, Tehran, have been destroyed by local authorities.
The synagogues were in the Oudlajan suburb of Tehran, where many Iranian Jews used to live.
“These buildings, which were part of our cultural, artistic and architectural heritage were burnt to the ground,” said Ahmad Mohit Tabatabaii, the director of the ICOM office in Tehran.
“With the excuse of renovating this ancient quarter, they are erasing a part of our history,” said Tabatabaii.
He called for the government to intervene to stop the work commissioned by the local authorities.
We have a good friend here who grew up in Iran. His family goes back many centuries.
Killed by their bus driver?
8 dead in Jerusalem. Most are teens. I learned from Joe Settler that they were killed by their bus driver. One of my favorite bloggers writes that one of the boys killed is from her area: another grave to be filled. And, to get the real impact of the horror, gory pictures here.
For those of you think that a little bit of land giving will stop this, learn a little about the Hebron Massacre of 1929. There was no 1967 borders then. There was no State of Israel. Just dead Jews.
Update: the killer had been employed in the past as a driver, though it’s not clear whether he had driven students of this Yeshiva. He was an Israeli Arab, so he had the opportunity to move freely about in Jerusalem. See Batya’s comment.
Shootings Discussions
Two blogs have discussions on security on campus and security in America:
The university police said that there was nothing they could have done to prevent this from happening.
and
Do not stand idly by.
And in Manchester, England, Armed thugs beat a rabbi and rebbetzin.