Deadly
Attack Follows Palestinian Factions' Call for Violence
by IPT News • Mar 16, 2018 at
3:48 pm
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A Palestinian terrorist drove his car into a group of Israeli soldiers
on Friday, killing two and wounding two others in the northern West Bank
after Palestinian representatives called for yet another "Day of
Rage."
Israeli troops apprehended the terrorist, who fled the scene of the
attack. Allah Kabha, 26, had minor injuries and was evacuated to a medical
center in Hadera.
Friday's deadly attack "makes it clear that the intifada is
continuing for the Palestinian people," said Hamas spokesperson Hazam
Kasam.
Palestinian representatives called for mass demonstrations Friday to
mark 100 days since President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem
as Israel's capital. Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets to riot.
Palestinian stone throwers injured two other IDF soldiers.
Several other Palestinian factions also praised Friday's attack as
"heroic" and called for further "resistance [i.e. violence]
in all its forms to bring down the Zio-American plot, whose intent is to
liquidate the Palestinian Cause," according to an Investigative
Project on Terrorism (IPT) translation of a Quds Press Service
article.
In a statement glorifying the attack, the Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine claimed it "sent a political message. It
trampled Trump's decision on Jerusalem after the passage of 100 days. It
proved that our people are vigilant, united and ready to thwart this
decision or any plan which targets our cause and our existence."
In a series of posts on its official Facebook page, Fatah referred to the terrorist attack as an
"operation", IPT translates. This label is Fatah's way of
characterizing the car ramming attack as a legitimate military operation.
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Fatah promoted "the
killing of two Israeli soldiers and the serious wounding of two following
the running over operation near the settlement of Dotan southwest of
Jenin."
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Before the attack, the Palestinian National and Islamic Forces – a
coalition of Palestinian factions – called on Palestinians to clash violently with Israeli
forces and civilians after Friday prayers. The coalition includes representatives of factions in the
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
The attacks and violent protests are part of another "Day of
Rage," weekly protests that followed Trump's Dec. 6 Jerusalem
announcement. The decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem would be
"opening of the gates of hell in the region, which will spread the
terror in it even more than the current situation," the official PA
daily newspaper, Al-Hayat Al-Jadida wrote.
Palestinians will "never back down," a spokesman for
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said, and promised that "rage" would continue
in response to the new U.S. policy. Fatah also announced that Trump had
issued "a declaration of war against the Palestinian people."
These violent clashes come as the Palestinian Authority ignores the Trump administration's peace negotiations efforts. On
Tuesday, the White House hosted a conference featuring representatives from
Egypt, Israel, Jordan Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states to focus on
alleviating a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Palestinian officials boycotted the event –
prioritizing ideological stubbornness over the immediate needs of the
Palestinian people.
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Colombian Police Arrest Cuban ISIS Suspect Who
Threatened U.S. Diplomats
by John
Rossomando • Mar 16, 2018 at 3:26 pm
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Colombian police arrested a
Cuban man earlier this week, saying he plotted to attack U.S diplomats in
Bogota in the name of ISIS. Raúl Gutiérrez allegedly plotted to carry out
his attack this past Tuesday at a restaurant frequented by the diplomats,
reports out of Colombia suggest.
Authorities arrested Gutiérrez working in
conjunction with Spanish authorities and the FBI.
He was held without bail after a court
appearance Thursday.
Evidence gathered from Gutiérrez' electronic
devices indicate that he planned an attack before he was arrested, Gen.
Jorge Nieto, head of Colombia's police, told the Associated
Press.
Gutiérrez came to the authorities'
attention last month when they intercepted communications
in which he said he planned to make a bomb and detonate it at the
restaurant. He also allegedly expressed his willingness to blow himself up
in the name of ISIS and Allah in a comment posted on the Telegram encrypted
messaging service.
Spanish police say that his online profile
showed signs of Islamic extremist indoctrination. He described himself as a
"jihadist" on several social media accounts.
Gutiérrez used Telegram to converse with a
Spanish extremist and with a contact in Morocco, the Colombian news
website Las 2 Orillas reported.
"Allah will receive you in paradise
with his arms open. Do it in the name of ISIS. Look at the brother of the
United States in New York who ran over the infidels. He did it without the
help of the organization. The brothers in England who slashed and ran over
did not do it with the help of ISIS, but they did it in their name. I only
ask you to do it in the name of ISIS," one of Gutiérrez' contacts
reportedly told him on Telegram.
Gutiérrez pleaded not guilty, yelling at
journalists near the court that he was not a terrorist.
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