[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 41 (Friday, April 15, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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MIDDLE EAST
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HON. JIM SAXTON
of new jersey
in the house of representatives
Thursday, April 14, 1994
Mr. SAXTON. Mr. Speaker, There is no doubt that honest, sincere
people on both sides of the peace talks in the Middle East want a
peaceful, diplomatic solution in that area.
But, as the most recent and horrifying act of terrorism in the town
of Afula suggests, there are people and groups who want no solution in
the Middle East that does not include blood and devastation.
Constituents in my district often ask, as I'm sure they do in
everyone's district, ``What is our stake in the Middle East? Why are we
involved there?''
One need not travel farther than Manhattan or Brooklyn in New York to
find an answer to that question. The same groups who preach hate and
blood revenge exhibited their brand of public relations by blowing up a
bomb in the World Trade Center.
And it is rumored that these same groups may be involved in the
attempted murder of a busload of American schoolchildren.
What is this Government doing about the spread of well-financed and
well-organized terrorist cells in the United States?
I am inserting in the Record the names of civilians murdered in
Israel since the signing of the Declaration of Principles, the so-
called Middle East Peace Accord in September, 1993. These are names
like Mizrahi, Vaknin, Ozana. Over 30 civilians murdered in over 22
terrorist attacks in 7 months.
Will this Government step up its investigation of these groups who
have already attacked Americans when the roll call of their dead starts
reading Smith or Jones?
Or will this Government move decisively against these groups before
more Americans are added to the list?
Attacks Against Israeli Citizens Since the Signing of the Declaration
of Principles
Since the signing of the Declaration of Principles between
Israel and the PLO on September 13, 1993, 39 Israeli
civilians and soldiers have been killed in terrorist attacks,
as follows: In Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip--14
civilians and 5 soldiers; within the Green Line--19 civilians
and 1 soldier.
Civilians
Sep. 24, 1993--Yigal Vaknin was stabbed to death in an
orchard near the trailer home where he lived near the village
of Basra. A squad of the HAMAS' Iz a-Din al Kassam claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Oct. 9, 1993--Dror Forer and Aran Bachar were murdered by
terrorists in Wadi Kelt in the Judean Desert. The Popular
Front and the Islamic Jihad `Al-Aqsa Squads' each publicly
claimed responsibility.
Oct. 29, 1993--Chaim Mizrahi, resident of Beit-El, was
kidnapped by three terrorists from a poultry farm near
Ramallah. He was murdered and his body burned. HAMAS publicly
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nov. 7, 1993--Efraim Ayubi of Kfar Darom, Rabbi Chaim
Druckman's personal driver, was shot to death by terrorists
near Hebron. HAMAS publicly claimed responsibility for the
murder.
Nov. 9, 1993--Salman `Id el-Hawashla, age 38, an Israeli
Bedouin of the Abu Rekaik tribe who was driving a car with
Israeli plates, was killed by three armed men driving a truck
hijacked from the Gaza municipality, in a deliberate head-on
collision.
Dec. 1, 1993--Shalva Ozana, age 23, Yitzhak Weinstock, age
19, were shot to death by terrorists from a moving vehicle,
while parked on the side of the road to Ramallah because of
engine trouble. Weinstock died of wounds the following
morning. Iz a-Din al Kassam claimed responsibility for the
attack, stating that it was carried out in retaliation for
the killing by Israeli forces of Imad Akel, a wanted HAMAS
leader in Gaza.
Dec. 6, 1993--Mordechai Labpid and his son Shalon Lapid,
age 19, were shot to death by terrorists near Hebron. HAMAS
publicly claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec. 22, 1993--Eliahu Levine and Meir Mendelovitch were
killed by shots fired at their car from a passing vehicle in
the Ramallah area. HAMAS claimed responsibility.
Dec. 23, 1993--Anatoly Kolisnikov, an Ashdod resident
employed as a relief watchman at a construction site there,
was stabbed to death while on duty.
Dec. 31, 1993--Chaim Weizman and David Bizi were found
murdered in a Ramle apartment. ID cards of two Gaza residents
were found in the apartment, together with a leaflet of the
Popular Front `Red Eagle' group, claiming responsibility for
the murder.
Jan. 12, 1994--Moshe Becker of Rishon Le-Zion was stabbed
to death by three Palestinian employees while working in his
orchard. The Popular Front claimed responsibility for the
murder.
Jan. 14, 1994--Grigory Ivanov was stabbed to death by a
terrorist in the industrial zone at the Erez junction, near
the Gaza Strip. HAMAS claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb. 9, 1994--Ilan Sudri, a taxi driver, was kidnapped and
murdered while returning home from work. The Islamic Jihad
Shekaki group sent a message to the news agencies claiming
responsibility for the murder.
Feb. 10, 1994--Nafrali Sahar, a citrus grower, was murdered
by blows to his head. His body was found in his orchard near
Kibbutz Na'an.
Feb. 17, 1994--Yuval Golan, stabbed on December 29, 1993 by
a terrorist near Adarim in the Hebron area, died of his
wounds.
Feb. 19, 1994--Zipora Sasson, resident of Ariel and five
months pregnant, was killed on the trans-Samaria highway in
an ambush by shots fired at her car. The terrorists were
members of HAMAS.
Feb. 25, 1994--Sam Eisenstadt, age 80, was assaulted with
an axe in the center of Kfar Saba. He died of his wounds
shortly afterwards.
Mar. 23, 1994--Victor Lashchiver, employed as a guard at
the Income Tax offices in East Jerusalem, was shot and killed
near Damascus Gate on his way to work. The Popular Front
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mar. 29, 1994--Yitzhak Rothenberg, age 70 of Petah Tikva,
was attacked on a construction site by two residents of Khan
Yunis by axe blows to the head. He died several days later of
his wounds. The murderers, apprehended the next day, stated
that they carried out the attack in order to clear themselves
of suspected collaboration with the Israel authorities.
Mar. 31, 1994--Yosef Zandani, age 28 of Bnei Ayish, near
Gedera, was found murdered in his apartment. Near the body
was a leaflet of the DFLP ``Red Star'', explaining that the
murder was carried out in revenge for the shooting of one of
its members by an Israeli citizen. The Israeli acted in self-
defense.
Apr. 6, 1994--Asher Attia, 48, of Afula, bus driver; Vered
Mordechai, 13, of Afula; Maya Elharar, 17, of Afula; Ilana
Schreiber, 45, a teacher from Kibbutz Nir David; Meirav Ben-
Moshe, 16, of Afula; Ayala Vahaba, 40, a teacher from Afula;
and Fadiya Shalabi, 25, of Iksal were killed in a car-bomb
attack on a bus in the center of Afula. HAMAS claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Apr. 7, 1994--Yishai Gadassi, age 32 of Kvutzat Yavne, was
shot and killed at a hitchhiking post at the Ashdod junction
by a member of HAMAS. The terrorist was killed by bystanders
at the scene.
soldiers and security personnel
Oct. 24, 1993--Two IDF soldiers, Staff Sergeant (res.) Ehud
Rot, age 35, and Sergeant Ilan Levi, age 23, were killed by a
HAMAS Iz a-Din al Kassam squad. The two entered a Subaru with
Israeli license plates outside a Jewish settlement in the
Gaza Strip, whose passengers were apparently terrorists
disguised as Israelis. Following a brief struggle, the
soldiers were shot at close range and killed. HAMAS publicly
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Nov. 17, 1993--Sergeant First Class Chaim Darina, age 37,
was stabbed by a Gazan terrorist while seated at the
cafeteria at the Nahal Oz road block at the entrance to the
Gaza Strip. The perpetrator was apprehended. The Islamic
Jihad claimed responsibility for the murder.
Dec. 5, 1993--David Mashrati, a reserve soldier, was shot
and killed by a terrorist attempting to board a bus on route
641 at the Holon junction. The Islamic Jihad Shekaki group
claimed responsibility for the attack.
Dec. 24, 1993--Lieutenant Colonel Meir Mintz, commander of
the IDF special forces in the Gaza area, was shot and killed
by terrorists in an ambush on his jeep at the T-junction in
Gaza. The HAMAS Iz a-Din al Kassam squads publicly claimed
responsibility for the attack.
Feb. 13, 1994--Noam Cohen, age 28, member of the General
Security Service, was shot and killed in an ambush on his
car. Two of his colleagues who were also in the vehicle
suffered moderate injuries. HAMAS claimed responsibility for
the attack.
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