Palestinian terrorists scored a "success" this morning in their war against both Jews and the Yesha settlement enterprise when they shot and murdered a resident of the northern Shomron community of Mevo Dotan. Four Jewish communities in the area are already slated for destruction and expulsion by the Sharon government, and the terrorists are attempting to add Mevo Dotan to the list.
Victor Kreiderman, 49, will be buried this evening in his community. The choice of location for the funeral testifies to what neighbors called the "patriotic" nature of the victim and his wife. The couple had no children.
Many families have left Mevo Dotan in the past three years, since the beginning of the Oslo War, because of both the dangers and inconvenience. "Most of us arrived for ideological reasons," Yvette Akikas told Arutz-7's Yosef Meiri last week, "but after many years and at a certain point, even our ideology can't always withstand the difficulties we face here." From close to 100 families that once lived in Mevo Dotan, approximately half now remain.
This morning's attack occurred shortly after 6 AM, when a husband and wife set out from Mevo Dotan towards Shaked, just over the Green Line in the Hadera. In general, the army provides an hourly armed escort for vehicles to and from Mevo Dotan, but the couple this morning left seven minutes before it arrived, according to an Army Radio report. Terrorists waiting in ambush near the hostile Arab village of Yabed shot at the first Israeli car they saw, fatally wounding the husband and lightly wounding his wife, and escaped back towards their village. The Al-Aqsa Brigades of the PLO's Fatah immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
A spokeswoman for Mevo Dotan rejected the implication that the problem lay in the fact that the couple did not wait for the military escort. She said that the problem is the "murderous animals allowed to run around freely with weapons."
Yesha Council head Bentzy Lieberman placed the blame on Prime Minister Sharon's withdrawal plans. "The Prime Minister's policy of despair and running away is leading to increased terrorism and loss of life," Lieberman said today.
Later this afternoon, the community of Kadim - one of the four northern Shomron towns slated for "disengagement plan" destruction - came under terrorist attack from several directions. The residents were ordered to remain in their homes, and the shooting then abated; no one was hurt. Shortly beforehand, Palestinian terrorists shot at a bus near the neighboring community of Ganim; again, no one was hurt, but damage was caused.
Another terrorist attack was thwarted last night, in the Shomron community of Har Brachah. A soldier in one of the town's watch posts identified a terrorist approaching the town, and opened fire towards him. In the ensuing exchange of fire, the terrorist was killed. A Kalachnikov rifle and magazines were found on his corpse.
Victor Kreiderman, 49, will be buried this evening in his community. The choice of location for the funeral testifies to what neighbors called the "patriotic" nature of the victim and his wife. The couple had no children.
Many families have left Mevo Dotan in the past three years, since the beginning of the Oslo War, because of both the dangers and inconvenience. "Most of us arrived for ideological reasons," Yvette Akikas told Arutz-7's Yosef Meiri last week, "but after many years and at a certain point, even our ideology can't always withstand the difficulties we face here." From close to 100 families that once lived in Mevo Dotan, approximately half now remain.
This morning's attack occurred shortly after 6 AM, when a husband and wife set out from Mevo Dotan towards Shaked, just over the Green Line in the Hadera. In general, the army provides an hourly armed escort for vehicles to and from Mevo Dotan, but the couple this morning left seven minutes before it arrived, according to an Army Radio report. Terrorists waiting in ambush near the hostile Arab village of Yabed shot at the first Israeli car they saw, fatally wounding the husband and lightly wounding his wife, and escaped back towards their village. The Al-Aqsa Brigades of the PLO's Fatah immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
A spokeswoman for Mevo Dotan rejected the implication that the problem lay in the fact that the couple did not wait for the military escort. She said that the problem is the "murderous animals allowed to run around freely with weapons."
Yesha Council head Bentzy Lieberman placed the blame on Prime Minister Sharon's withdrawal plans. "The Prime Minister's policy of despair and running away is leading to increased terrorism and loss of life," Lieberman said today.
Later this afternoon, the community of Kadim - one of the four northern Shomron towns slated for "disengagement plan" destruction - came under terrorist attack from several directions. The residents were ordered to remain in their homes, and the shooting then abated; no one was hurt. Shortly beforehand, Palestinian terrorists shot at a bus near the neighboring community of Ganim; again, no one was hurt, but damage was caused.
Another terrorist attack was thwarted last night, in the Shomron community of Har Brachah. A soldier in one of the town's watch posts identified a terrorist approaching the town, and opened fire towards him. In the ensuing exchange of fire, the terrorist was killed. A Kalachnikov rifle and magazines were found on his corpse.