Hundreds attend funeral of Jewish settler killed by Palestinian in West Bank

Record ID: 1356734

  • Title: Hundreds attend funeral of Jewish settler killed by Palestinian in West Bank
  • Date: 17th September 2018
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) FATHER OF ARI FULD WHO WAS KILLED BY PALESTINIAN STABBER, RABBI, YONA FULD, SAYING: "If one word would typify him, it would be that word of 'Gibor' ('Hero' in Hebrew). He was a hero to all. He took such pride in your children, jewels of his life." U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL, DAVID FRIEDMAN, AT FUNERAL HUNDREDS OF MOURNERS GATHERED FOR FUNERAL PEOPLE CA
  • Embargoed: 1st October 2018 01:30
  • Keywords: West Bank U.S.-Israeli citizen stabbing stabbing Israel Kfar Etzion settlement funeral West Bank stabbing funeral Ari Fuld United States palestinian
  • Location: KFAR ETZION, WEST BANK
  • City: KFAR ETZION, WEST BANK
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0048XVL4CN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hundreds of people attended the funeral of an American-born Jewish settler on Sunday (September 16) who was fatally stabbed by a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank.
    Mourners cried and sang as a large crowd gathered at a cemetery in the Kfar Etzion settlement in the West Bank late on Sunday.
    The victim, Ari Fuld, 45, was well-known amongst settlers as a pro-Israel advocate. According to his Twitter account, he had planned a lecture tour in the United States in November.
    Israeli police said the Palestinian who stabbed him in the back at a shopping mall in the Etzion bloc of Jewish settlements south of Jerusalem was shot and wounded by one of several armed civilians - including a bleeding Fuld - who gave chase.
    The suspected assailant, identified in Israeli media as a 17-year-old from a West Bank village, was taken into custody.
    Palestinian street attacks against Israelis, many carried out by assailants with no known affiliation to militant groups, have been sporadic since 2015, a year after peace talks collapsed.
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