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| ] and Yosef Ishran were two Israeli teens 13 and 14 years old. Koby had a dual citizenship. He was citizen of both ] and ]. The boys lived and attended school in ].<ref name=JPost/><ref name=USA/> | ] and Yosef Ishran were two Israeli teens 13 and 14 years old. Koby had a dual citizenship. He was a citizen of both ] and ]. The boys lived and attended school in ].<ref name=JPost/><ref name=USA/> | ||
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Stoning murder of Israeli teens was an attack carried by Palestinian terrorists on two Israeli teens Koby Mandell and Yosef Ishran. The boys were stoned to death, and "their heads had been smashed in by rocks". Caroline Glick says: "The details of the butchery are unspeakable." "State Department spokesman Richard Boucher called the killings of the Israeli boys "horrible, brutal." Pope John Paul II, speaking in Malta, said he was saddened by "news from the Holy Land of terrible violence even against innocent young people."
The victims
Koby Mandell and Yosef Ishran were two Israeli teens 13 and 14 years old. Koby had a dual citizenship. He was a citizen of both United States and Israel. The boys lived and attended school in Tekoa, Gush Etzion.
May 8, 2001
On May 8, 2001 after skipping the school the boys went hiking in Judean Desert that surround their village. At first their parents did not worry about the boys. They believed that the boys went to Jerusalem to take a part in anti-government demonstration, but when the boys did not come home by 12 a.m. their parents informed the authorities.
May 9, 2001
The bodies of two boys were discovered in a cave nearby to the West Bank's settlement they lived in on may 9, 2001, the next day after they went missing. USA Today reported that according to the police both boys "been bound, stabbed and beaten to death with rocks". USA Today continued: "The walls of the cave in the Judean Desert were covered with the boys' blood, reportedly smeared there by the killers" "who dipped their hands in the blood of the victims."
The police that investigated the murder tried to figure out, if the boys were lured to the cave, or their bodies were taken into the cave after the murder. After forensic expertise the bodies of the boys that were mutilated beyond recognition together with blood-stained rocks were taken out of the cave for a burial.
The boys funeral was attended by thousands of people. Their classmates cried while hugging each other.
Claiming responsibility and Israeli and Palestinian reaction
An anonymous call was made to a few news agencies. The caller said the attack was carried on by "a group called Hizbullah-Palestine." The caller said it the boys were killed as a revenge for killing a 4-month-old Iman Hiju, a Palestinian baby, who became the youngest victim of violence, when Israeli tank fired at the home the baby lived. Ariel Sharon issued an apology for accidental killing of a Palestinian baby. In his apology Sharon stressed out that the "soldiers did not intend to kill her. "
Ariel Sharon blamed the murder of Israeli teens on Palestinian Authority. Sharon said that Palestinian security forces do nothing to stop the terrorists from murdering innocent civilians. He said that Palestinian TV is promoting the violence by "by broadcasting music videos filled with images of children throwing stones. Instead of responding the question about murdering of Israeli teens Yasser Arafat responded by blaming Israel for "victimizing Palestinian children". "He cited a 3-month-old Palestinian girl, Reema Ahmed, who was wounded Wednesday during an Israeli shooting attack on a Gaza refugee camp."
Shlomo Riskin, a Rabbi from Efrat said: "The profound distinction between Israel and its enemies is that if a child is killed by Israel, it is in an act of defense directed at a building where shots were fired at soldiers. In the case of Kobi and Yossi and Shalhevet, the enemy picked out innocent children to destroy them."
Koby Mandell Act of 2003
The Koby Mandell Act was passed in 2004 to create a new office in the Department of Justice to capture all foreign nationals who have killed or harmed Americans overseas, including Palestinian Arabs. The Act starts with statistic:
Numerous American citizens have been murdered or maimed by terrorists around the world, including more than 100 murdered since 1968 in terrorist attacks occurring in Israel or in territories administered by Israel or in territories administered by the Palestinian Authority.
The Koby Mandell Foundation and comedy show
The Koby Mandell Foundation's set by his parents Seth and Sherri Mandell stated mission is to "work to bridge the isolation that bereaved children and adults are struck with after the loss of a loved one."
Koby's parents also organized comedy shows to commemorate their son's memory. Koby loved jokes and had a great sense of humor.
Seth Mandell, the father of Koby, on dealing with the tragedy
Seth Mandell, the father of Koby, who was stoned to death by Palestinian terrorists, could understand what the surviving family members of Itamar terror attack, in which 5 members of the family including 3 children were slaughtered in their sleep, are going through better than most people could. He spoke to Jerusalem Post and said: "They won’t understand how the world can continue on and how they can continue to be breathing after such a horrendous thing happen. Yet their hearts will continue to beat, their lungs will be able to bring breath into their bodies, but they won’t know what to do, they’ll be completely without resources."
At the same time Rabbi Mandell warned against taking revenge. He said that "Throwing stones at Arab houses makes us as bad as the Arabs, and is not an intelligent response." Urging against the violence he said: "There’s plenty of stuff that can be done that is non-violent and makes a point."
References
- ^ "Terrorists murder teens near Tekoa. Ssharon demands PA halt terror". Jerusalem Post. May 10, 2001. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - "Column One: Hizbullah and the info war". Jerusalem Post. 12/31/2010. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ "Two Israeli teenagers stoned to death". USA Today. 6/20/2001. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ "The 'Good' Terrorist. When a man sprays machine-gun fire at a busload of schoolchildren, is that activism, militancy -- or just plain terror?". aish.com. May 10, 2001. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ "Stoning to Death' of Israeli Youths Fuels Tension". ABC News. 6/20/2001. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - "S.2809 Koby Mandell Act of 2003 (Placed on Calendar Senate - PCS)". 6/20/2001.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ "The funny business of remembering Koby Mandell". Jerusalem Post. 12/14/2010. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ "The Koby Mandell Foundation". kobymandell.org.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|authors=(help) - ^ "'They won't understand how the world can continue'". Jerusalem Post. 3/4/2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
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