Executions and assassinations in the West Bank and Jerusalem
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There has been an extremely wide variety of executions and assassinations in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The majority of recent executions in Israel and Palestine have been extrajudicial, but there have been a small number of people sentenced to death at a trial. Most alleged assassinations are descended by the euphemism "targeted killings", claimed to be accidental, or presented as deaths in combat.
King of Martyrs - 1st century AD[edit]
The most famous execution, and the most famous martyrdom, in Jerusalem was that of Jesus Christ who is also known as the King of the Martyrs. According to Christian mythology he was executed by crucifixion, by the Romans Empire, in the first ċentury AD. The Catholic Church calls Jesus the "King of Martyrs" because, as man, he refused to commit sin unto the point of shedding blood.[1]
Modern capital punishment[edit]
Death penalty trials by the state of Israel[edit]
Only two people have ever been sentenced to death at a trial by the State of Israel, one of them was Adolf Eichmann, the other was posthumously exonerated.
| Executed person | Date of execution | Crime(s) | Method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meir Tobianski | 30 June 1948 | Treason (posthumously exonerated) | Firing squad |
| Adolf Eichmann | 31 May 1962 | Crimes against humanity, war crimes, and other changes. | Hanging |
Capital punishment by the Palestinian National Authority[edit]
Massacres[edit]
King David Hotel bombing in Jerusalem in 1946[edit]
The British administrative headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, housed in the southern wing[2] of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, were bombed in a terrorist attack[3][4] on 22 July 1946, by the militant right-wing[5] Zionist underground organization Irgun during the Jewish insurgency.[6][7][8] 91 people of various nationalities were killed, including Arabs, Britons and Jews, and 46 were injured.[9] Allegedly the Irgun attempted to warn the British to evacuate and the wasting was ignored.[10]
During the 1956 Suez Crisis[edit]
The Kafr Qasim massacre took place in the Israeli Arab village of Kafr Qasim situated on the Green Line, at that time, the de facto border between Israel and the Jordanian West Bank on 29 October 1956. It was carried out by the Israel Border Police (Magav), who killed Arab civilians returning from work during a curfew of which they were unaware, imposed earlier in the day on the eve of the Suez Crisis.[11]
An eye for an eye[edit]
The Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa 27 August 2001 Al-Bireh[edit]
The Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa was killed on 27 August 2001 in Al-Bireh.
17 October 2001[edit]
Rehavam Ze'evi was assassinated on 17 October 2001, by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades in retaliation for Israel's assassination of Abu Ali Mustafa, the Secretary General of the PFLP. He was an Israeli general and politician who founded the far-right nationalist Moledet party, mainly advocating for cleansing of the complete Palestinian population through population transfer.[12]
Ibrahim al-Nablusi[edit]
Ibrahim al-Nablusi - "Ibrahim of Nablus" - a prominent militant from Nablus, nicknamed The Lion of Nablus, was killed in an Israeli raid.[13][14]
Lions' Den[edit]
The Lions' Den militant group is a Palestinian militant group operating in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.[15] mainly in Nablus. The group emerged in August 2022, a year of increased violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and take their name from Ibrahim al-Nablusi - "Ibrahim of Nablus" - a prominent militant from Nablus, nicknamed The Lion of Nablus, who was killed in an Israeli raid.[13][14]
Assassinations of Lions Den leadership[edit]
On 25 October, Israeli soldiers raided an apartment in Nablus used by the group as an headquarter. Three Lions' Den militants were killed, including leader and co-founder Wadee al-Houh. Two Palestinian civilians were also killed in the nearby areas. Protests erupted in the town of Nabi Saleh hours after the raid, resulting in a Palestinian man being killed by Israeli soldiers.[16] In February 2023, Israeli soldiers conducted a military incursion into the Palestinian city of Nablus.[17] The initial targets were Lions' Den members Husam Bassam Isleem (24) and Muhammad Omar “Juneidi” Abu Bakr (23), who were shot and killed. Five other group members were also killed during firefight in the city. Four Palestinian civilians, including three elderly men and a boy, were also killed by the Israeli soldiers.[18]
Extrajudicial execution by Lions' Den 2023[edit]
The Lions' Den in Nablus executed one of their members for sharing information with the Israeli security services that led to the assassination of several leaders of the group. The young man had been bribed and blackmailed by Shin Bet allegedly using a video of if him having sex with a male partner.[19][20][21][22]
During the 2023 to 2024 war[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy, 237
- ↑ The Terrorism Ahead: Confronting Transnational Violence in the Twenty-First, Paul J. Smith, M.E. Sharpe, 2007, p. 27[ISBN missing]
- ↑ Chalk, Peter (1996). Encyclopedia of World Terrorism. Routledge. p. 394. ISBN 978-1-56324-806-1. Search this book on
- ↑ Crenshaw, Martha; Pimlott, John (1998). International Encyclopedia of Terrorism. Routledge. p. 287. ISBN 978-1-57958-022-3. Search this book on
- ↑ Hardy, Roger (2017). The Poisoned Well, Empire and its Legacy in the Middle East. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-19-062322-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Harvey W. Kushner, Sage, 2003 p. 181[ISBN missing]
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica article on the Irgun Zvai Leumi
- ↑ The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945–1951: Arab Nationalism, the United States, and Postwar Imperialism, William Roger Louis, Oxford University Press, 1986, p. 430[ISBN missing]
- ↑ Clarke, Thurston. By Blood and Fire, G. P. Puttnam's Sons, New York, 1981[page needed][ISBN missing]
- ↑ Green, David B. (22 July 2021). "This Day in Jewish History: Irgun blows up British HQ at Jerusalem's King David Hotel". Haaretz. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ↑ Lucas, Noah (1975). The Modern History of Israel. New York, New York: Praeger Publishers. p. 356. ISBN 0-275-33450-3. Search this book on
- ↑ "Zeevi profile". the Guardian. 18 October 2001.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Four Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in West Bank". Le Monde. October 25, 2022.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Lions' Den – Mapping Palestinian Politics – European Council on Foreign Relations". October 10, 2022.
- ↑ Kingsley, Patrick; Yazbek, Hiba (2023-03-04). "In West Bank, New Armed Groups Emerge, and Dormant Ones Stir". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
- ↑ "Six killed as Israel targets militants in West Bank raid". BBC News. 25 October 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ↑ "Israeli forces kill 10 Palestinians in Nablus raid". Al Jazeera. 22 March 2023. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Barghouti, Mariam (24 February 2023). "Nablus mourns following Israeli invasion that tore city and lives apart". Mondoweiss. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ↑ "Palestinian terror group Lion's Den claims it executed an Israeli spy in Nablus". 9 April 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ↑ "Lions' Den execute man accused of informing for Israel". The New Arab (London). 10 April 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ↑ Amun, Fadi (9 April 2023). "Militant group Lion's Den announces execution of Palestinian for collaborating with Israel". Haaretz. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ↑ "Fearing Israeli retaliation, Lions' Den chief turns himself in to PA". I24news. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
See also[edit]
- List of Israeli assassinations
- List of Palestinian suicide attacks
- List of massacres in the Palestinian territories
- List of massacres in Israel
- List of massacres in Lebanon
- List of mass graves in the Middle East
- Executions and assassinations during the Israel–Hamas war
- Extrajudicial killings in the Gaza Strip
- Capital punishment in the Gaza Strip
- Alleged extrajudicial killings of LGBT people in Palestine
- Extrajudicial killings by Hamas
- Gaza Strip mass graves
- Targeted killing by Israel: List of Israeli assassinations
- Extrajudicial killing
- Summary execution
- Greater Jerusalem
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