1997โ99 Jerusalem stabbings | |
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Part of the IsraeliโPalestinian conflict | |
Location | Jerusalem |
Date | 30 Nov 1997 โ 13 Jan 1999 |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
Deaths | 2โ3 |
Injured | 7-8 |
Assailant | Chaim Perlman (suspected) |
The 1997โ99 Jerusalem stabbings were a series of murders and attempted murders in Jerusalem which primarily took place in and around the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim. [1] [2] [3]
In 2010, Chaim Perlman, a right-wing activist and member of the Kach movement, was arrested on suspicion of being the "serial stabber". [4] He was subsequently released without charge. [5]
The grandson of one of the victims, Khairi Alqam, who was named after his grandfather, was responsible for the 2023 East Jerusalem synagogue shooting. [6]
The first stabbing occurred in November 1997. The stabbings all took place under similar circumstances; all were either at work or on the way to their workplace. Two of the victims died as a result of the stabbing, while the others were injured to varying degrees of severity. [1]
Jerusalem police concluded that it was a series of "systematic stabbings" by a ultra-orthodox Jew with nationalistic and anti-Palestinian motives. [1]
The following 10 attacks were all believed to be connected to the "serial stabber" by the Jerusalem police: [7]
Most survivors of the attacks said they never did not see the face of their attacker, some said it was covered, but he was consistently identified as looking like an Orthodox Jew. [8]
The residents of the Haredi neighborhoods in which the attacks took place refused to cooperate with the police investigation. [8]
The police investigation team discovered certain details were the same in all the cases, strengthening their assumption that the same man was behind it all, with nationalistic/anti-Palestinian motives. [8]
The family of Khairi Alqam, a 51-year-old construction worked killed by the perpetrator, requested compensation from the National Insurance Institute according to the "Victims of Hostile Acts Law", but was denied on the basis that this law only applies to attacks against Jews. [1] After an extended appeal process, $162,000 compensation was awarded by a Defense Ministry committee, set up after the 1998 burning of the apartment of three Palestinian women in Jerusalem, alleged to have been carried out by Jewish extremists. However, a Jewish-led organization named Victims of Arab Terror International worked to prevent the payment from ever being made. [9]
1997โ99 Jerusalem stabbings | |
---|---|
Part of the IsraeliโPalestinian conflict | |
Location | Jerusalem |
Date | 30 Nov 1997 โ 13 Jan 1999 |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
Deaths | 2โ3 |
Injured | 7-8 |
Assailant | Chaim Perlman (suspected) |
The 1997โ99 Jerusalem stabbings were a series of murders and attempted murders in Jerusalem which primarily took place in and around the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim. [1] [2] [3]
In 2010, Chaim Perlman, a right-wing activist and member of the Kach movement, was arrested on suspicion of being the "serial stabber". [4] He was subsequently released without charge. [5]
The grandson of one of the victims, Khairi Alqam, who was named after his grandfather, was responsible for the 2023 East Jerusalem synagogue shooting. [6]
The first stabbing occurred in November 1997. The stabbings all took place under similar circumstances; all were either at work or on the way to their workplace. Two of the victims died as a result of the stabbing, while the others were injured to varying degrees of severity. [1]
Jerusalem police concluded that it was a series of "systematic stabbings" by a ultra-orthodox Jew with nationalistic and anti-Palestinian motives. [1]
The following 10 attacks were all believed to be connected to the "serial stabber" by the Jerusalem police: [7]
Most survivors of the attacks said they never did not see the face of their attacker, some said it was covered, but he was consistently identified as looking like an Orthodox Jew. [8]
The residents of the Haredi neighborhoods in which the attacks took place refused to cooperate with the police investigation. [8]
The police investigation team discovered certain details were the same in all the cases, strengthening their assumption that the same man was behind it all, with nationalistic/anti-Palestinian motives. [8]
The family of Khairi Alqam, a 51-year-old construction worked killed by the perpetrator, requested compensation from the National Insurance Institute according to the "Victims of Hostile Acts Law", but was denied on the basis that this law only applies to attacks against Jews. [1] After an extended appeal process, $162,000 compensation was awarded by a Defense Ministry committee, set up after the 1998 burning of the apartment of three Palestinian women in Jerusalem, alleged to have been carried out by Jewish extremists. However, a Jewish-led organization named Victims of Arab Terror International worked to prevent the payment from ever being made. [9]