Palestinian Teen Stabs American To Death At Israeli Shopping Mall

I really want to go to Israel someday.

I have many friends who have gone, as my university has a pretty large Jewish population, and many of them went on Birthright trips. Everyone I know who has gone says the experience is absolutely life-changing.

So yes… it’s been on my bucket list for nearly a decade now…but when I hear things like this, I have to admit I get a little nervous.

I mean… this is absolutely awful. I KNOW thousands upon thousands of Americans go to Israel with no issue. It just shakes me a little, you know?

This guy certainly didn’t EXPECT to get murdered by a Palestinian.

According to the  Daily Caller: 

A Palestinian teenager allegedly stabbed an American-born Jewish man to death at a West Bank shopping center on Sunday, Israeli authorities said.

The victim was identified as Ari Fuld, 45, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen widely known as a vocal pro-Israel activist in the West Bank settler community, Reuters reported.

Israeli police said a 17-year-old Palestinian stabbed Fuld in the back at a mall in the Etzion bloc of Jewish settlements, which are about five miles south of Jerusalem. The assailant was shot and wounded by one of several armed civilians who chased him after the attack, police said.

Fuld reportedly gave chase before succumbing to his wounds.

Absolutely horrific… and unfortunately, these sorts of random attacks seem to happen more and more:

Street attacks by Palestinians against Israelis have been a regular occurrence since 2015, when peace talks between Israel and Palestinian leadership collapsed. Since then, Palestinians have killed more than 50 Israelis — as well as two traveling Americans and a British tourist — in sudden attacks, according to the Associated Press.’

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman lamented the killing of Fuld, whom he called “an American patriot” in a statement Sunday.

“America grieves as one of its citizens was brutally murdered by a Palestinian terrorist,” Friedman wrote on Twitter. “Ari Fuld was a passionate defender of Israel & an American patriot. He represented the best of both countries & will be deeply missed.”

While Hamas does not take responsibility for the murder, they did justify it by saying it was a “natural response to Israeli crimes against Palestinians” in the West Bank.”

That absolutely grotesque attitude goes to show there’s no end in sight.