The Jewish Jihadist

The young man stood at the bus stop and waited. He was wearing a full military uniform and had an M16 rifle over his shoulder. His beard was long, and on either side of his face, two dark, curly locks of hair hung and caressed his cheeks. On his head, he wore a kippah, a hemispherical traditional Jewish skull cap often worn by ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to symbolize their religious affiliation. In addition, he had an orange ribbon hanging from one pocket, which implies opposition to the withdrawal from the occupied Palestinian territories in the State of Israel[1]. 

On the one hand, the young man was not an unusual sight in Israel, where barely 1 million Orthodox Jews, between 12 and 15 per cent of the population, live side by side with modern society. But the man was waiting for a bus heading towards Shefa-'Amr, a city with an overwhelming majority of Arab inhabitants. When the bus arrived after a few minutes, the driver looked at the man, a little surprised and asked him if he was sure it was the right bus. The man nodded and got on board. Not long after, he was to be blamed for one of the worst attacks perpetrated by a Jewish terrorist in recent times, which would end up costing himself and four innocent people their lives.

Music in the episode
O Come O Come Emmanuel (Piano And Violins Version) by Soundvisual: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/75480618-o-come-o-come-emmanuel-piano-and-violins-version

Jewish Folk - Oseh Shalom Bimromav -Slow And Dramedy (Violin And Accordion) - P5 by EyeForMusic: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/105999167-jewish-folk-oseh-shalom-bimromav-slow-and-dramedy-violin-and

Traditional Jewish Music: Shalom Aleichem Clarinet Trio by mybanksbenson: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/107349401-traditional-jewish-music-shalom-aleichem-clarinet-trio

Dramatic Suspense: https://pixabay.com/music/suspense-dramatic-suspense-116798/ by https://pixabay.com/users/ashot-danielyan-composer-27049680/
Anuch – Our champion - Music from #Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/anuch/our-champion

Sources in the episode
https://www.nbcnews.com
https://www.nytimes.com
https://radikaliseringogterrorisme.systime.dk/?id=235
Jonathan Cook: Blood and Religion - The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State. Pluto Press, 2006. s. 169-71.
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drusere
https://www.ynetnews.com
https://www.gov.il/en/departments/general/victims-of-shfaram-terror-shooting-04-aug-2005
https://www.i24news.tv/
https://www.friendsofmossawa.org/post/massacre-committed-by-natan-zada-was-a-result-of-incitement
https://web.archive.org/web/20090219141224/http://kahane.org/meir/interview.htm  https://www.haaretz.com
https://alchetron.com/Eden-Natan-Zada
https://www.newsweek.com
Ron Ben-Yishai: How to stop Jewish jihad. ynetnews.com, 31. juli 2015. Oversat af Hans Henrik Fafner.
https://www.information.dk/2003/06/unge-paa-bakketoppen 
https://www.jpost.com
www.timesofisrael.com

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