Word: teitell
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...American living in Israel described as a Jewish extremist was arrested and charged with a decade-long campaign of murder and violence against Arabs, gays and other groups. Israeli authorities said Yaakov (Jack) Teitel, 37, confessed to fatally shooting two Arabs in 1997 in retaliation for Palestinian suicide bombings. His alleged crimes also include stabbing and wounding an Arab man he believed had made a pass at him and bombing the homes of a left-wing professor and a family that belonged to a messianic Jewish sect; the professor and a 15-year-old boy were wounded...
...quiet man. Introverted, doesn't get involved much in society, Even with us - even though we are family, we didn't really speak to him much." - Sarah Avitan, Teitel's sister-in-law. (Jerusalem Post...
...have always known him to be a nice guy, someone who gave me rides, with a sweet wife. I was floored when I heard this." - Batya Medad, a resident of a nearby settlement who knew Teitel. (New York Times...
...person is that my client is, in the best case, mentally unstable, and believes he has been sent by God. He saw signs, he had dreams, and became motivated to act ... He has many strange theories that were interlinked. It all seemed logical to him." - Adi Keidar, Teitel's attorney. (Jerusalem Post...
...horrified by the fact that there are elements of Israeli society, Jews who feel justified in taking the lives of other Jews because of their beliefs." - Leah Ortiz, mother of Ami Ortiz, 15, who was badly hurt by an explosive allegedly planted by Teitel. (New York Times...