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Jerusalem’s mayor wrestles “Palestinian” jihadist attacker in street

Feb 23, 2015 1:28 pm By Robert Spencer

Nir Barkat“Before Barkat intervened, the distant but distinct black-and-white footage showed a man waving his arm in a stabbing motion and making contact with one individual and attempting to stab others as they waited to cross the road. When they realized what had happened, the pedestrians ran clear….Security camera footage showed mayor Nir Barkat, in a white shirt, walk towards the suspect together with his bodyguard and lunge at him, pinning him down on a pedestrian crossing before others took charge and detained the man.” This is the kind of mayor that all American and European cities are going to need before too long.

“Israel’s Jerusalem mayor wrestles Palestinian attacker in street,” Reuters, February 23, 2015:

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s mayor of Jerusalem and his security guard wrestled a Palestinian attacker to the ground near city hall on Sunday after an ultra-Orthodox Jew was stabbed with a knife at a busy intersection.

Security camera footage showed mayor Nir Barkat, in a white shirt, walk towards the suspect together with his bodyguard and lunge at him, pinning him down on a pedestrian crossing before others took charge and detained the man.

Before Barkat intervened, the distant but distinct black-and-white footage showed a man waving his arm in a stabbing motion and making contact with one individual and attempting to stab others as they waited to cross the road. When they realized what had happened, the pedestrians ran clear.

The stab victim was rushed to hospital but was not seriously hurt, medical officials said. Police said the suspect, an 18-year-old Palestinian, did not have authorization to reside in Israel.

“My bodyguard took out his weapon and when he aimed at the terrorist, the terrorist dropped his knife and we immediately tackled him on the ground to make sure that he cannot continue with the terror attack,” Barkat told reporters shortly afterwards.

Barkat, 55, served as an officer in the paratroopers’ brigade. A former high-tech entrepreneur, he was elected as Israel’s mayor of Jerusalem in 2008….

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  1. Islam_Macht_Frei says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 1:31 pm

    Gee – I wonder what NYC’s deBlasio would have done?? Probably given the guy the keys to the city or something.

    • mariam rove says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 2:05 pm

      Gee – I wonder what NYC’s deBlasio would have done…
      He would consult Al Sharpton first before making any move. M

  2. Angemon says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 1:39 pm

    Security camera footage showed mayor Nir Barkat, in a white shirt, walk towards the suspect together with his bodyguard and lunge at him, pinning him down on a pedestrian crossing before others took charge and detained the man.

    Had it been Cameron he’d have started telling passersby “this has nothing to do with islam”.

    Had it been Obama, he’d have look around for the nearest camera, adjusted his tie and hairdo, made his most camera-friendly face and say “the future must not belong to those who insult the prophet of islam” before blasting Bibi and Israel.

  3. john spielman says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 1:48 pm

    what? didn’t they have a gun ?

    • Papa Whiskey says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 1:52 pm

      You don’t want to shoot in a city if you don’t absolutely have to, particularly on a running target. Too much risk of a miss and consequent injury to innocents.

      Plus this way they have him for interrogation.

      • Moshe Akiva says

        Feb 23, 2015 at 2:16 pm

        Papa, one of them could have shot the Arab peace activist after he was subdued. Interrogating him leads nowhere, Another million Muslims in Israel are in the lineup for the next attack.
        This way now the system spends on him 100s of thousands of dollars before he goes to jail. While in jail he can study at Israeli universities for free. Israeli Jews don’t have that luxury…

        My solution would be the instant and safe elimination of the savage, followed by the deportation of his entire tribe to Saudi Arabia. Let them enjoy freedom over there. If they done that from the beginning, there would be no Muslims in Israel now, therefore, there would be no terrorism.

        • cs says

          Feb 23, 2015 at 3:04 pm

          When enough of them, do their crap here in the west, it will be easy to deal with them in the proper way.

        • Spot On says

          Feb 23, 2015 at 3:10 pm

          I agree. Israel should banish these people. The only reason Israel puts up with these killers is to make nice with the USA and Europe which will not go very far because of all the anti-Semitic liberals in Europe and the USA. I see today’s liberals to be a similar breed to the people that were responsible for the growth of the Third Reich. Any group that singles out Jews, Christians, or other peaceful religions and groups for “special treatment”, punishment, or death is a modern equivalent to the Third Reich. Make no mistake, B.O. wants Israel’s Jews gone and he knows exactly what would happen to Israeli Jews as a result. No wonder why Netanyahu is very concerned about B.O.’s Iran negotiations. We wish we had a President that would stick up for us the way Netanyahu sticks up for his people.

        • Moshe Akiva says

          Feb 23, 2015 at 3:42 pm

          Yes, but the Jews and even Israeli Druzes and Christians are Netanyahu’s people.
          On the other hand most Americans are not Obama’s people. Not even those idiots who voted for him. Only his fellow Muslims are his people.

        • mortimer says

          Feb 23, 2015 at 3:39 pm

          Moshe,
          You’re a hothead. If Israel does not behave ethically, it will not effective. All of Israel’s leaders know that.

        • Moshe Akiva says

          Feb 23, 2015 at 4:05 pm

          Mortimer, I might be a hothead, but if you check out the UN resolutions against Israel and all other Arab propaganda pieces since 1967 you will see their main point was the “oppression” of the Molestinian people, besides demanding that Israel gives up all “occupied” territories.
          Of course if the Muslim Arabs were sent back home to Arabia back then, the Arab propaganda machine still would have demanded Israel’s withdrawal from those areas, but that would have been the end of story.
          But because the Jewish bolshies protested in the Knesset, the Muslim Arabs haven’t been sent home. The Israelis even allowed back those Muslims, who left on their own in 1967.
          After that the Arab propaganda machine started to tell stories all around the world how evil these “nazi Zionists” are, they are torturing and murdering the totally innocent and hapless “Molestinians. (OK, the word “Palestinian” didn’t appear in UN resolutions until 1970.)

          And as we know the Arabs won the propaganda war. There is no doubt about that.
          I am sure if there have been no Muslim Arab in Israel at least from 1967, the Arabs couldn’t have won the propaganda war.

          And then I didn’t mention how many lives would have been saved, how many people wouldn’t be maimed now and how many would have avoided injuries.
          Do you think Israeli politicians would be the same “kindhearted” idiots if they were the ones who bleed, get maimed or murdered?

        • Spot On says

          Feb 23, 2015 at 4:13 pm

          Thank you for making the distinction that Netanyahu also speaks for for Israeli Druzes and Christians as well. I meant to include all these good people. Over one half of the USA has love for Bibi. In other words, Bibi represents the good side of mankind. Our President and his minions represent the dark side.

      • Jerry says

        Feb 23, 2015 at 9:42 pm

        Only problem is that Israel does not execute the murderous genocidal Islamic terrorists.

    • Laura says

      Feb 24, 2015 at 4:23 am

      “My bodyguard took out his weapon and when he aimed at the terrorist, the terrorist dropped his knife and we immediately tackled him on the ground to make sure that he cannot continue with the terror attack,” Barkat told reporters shortly afterwards.”

  4. katnis says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 1:50 pm

    Kudos to Mayor Barkat. We need more leaders like him.

    • FarmerMike says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 3:06 pm

      May there be so many newborn boys given the name of “Nir Barkat” in admiration during this year, that this name tops the list of newborn boys’ names, so exemplary, so admirable, so courageous, is this Mayor’s heroic action!

      • Spot On says

        Feb 23, 2015 at 3:13 pm

        Well said.

    • mortimer says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 3:32 pm

      With men like him, Islamism will soon become Islamisn’t.

      • Champ says

        Feb 23, 2015 at 4:06 pm

        Good one, Mortimer! 🙂

      • Angemon says

        Feb 23, 2015 at 4:14 pm

        Where’s the “like” button?

        😀

  5. jihad3tracker says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 2:24 pm

    Never a good idea to fuck around with Jews : interior of steel / exterior of strength under relentless pressure.

  6. mortimer says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 3:29 pm

    Barkat for president.

    The next US president should be someone who was in the military or at least doesn’t dislike it like Obummer. The strongest military in the world should be on close terms with the C-I-C.

    Military service should be part of every president’s resumé.

  7. G179 says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 4:03 pm

    Best mayor ever!

  8. Champ says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 4:19 pm

    This is the kind of mayor that all American and European cities are going to need before too long.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    And citizens, too! If you see someone commit a crime then take action. I once followed a guy to a shopping mall and blocked his car, with my car, in the parking lot because he ran a stop sign and nearly collided into my car with my daughter in the passenger seat! I phoned police and made him *stay* with his car until police arrived. My point is I took action and so can you if you witness a crime.

  9. Mo says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 4:59 pm

    Wow, that’s amazing! I can’t imagine many other leaders putting themselves in harm’s way like that!

    Can you imagine Barry doing so? ESPECIALLY with a genocidal Muslim like this one? Never! If he tackled anyone, it would be the Muslim’s intended victims! Can’t have any of that “Islamophobia” running around, can we?

  10. Mirren10 says

    Feb 23, 2015 at 5:35 pm

    What a *brave* man ! Of course, he was a para ! 🙂

    Viva Barkat !

    If this had happened under the nose of camoron, or any of that ilk, you can *bet* they wouldn’t tackle a terrorist. camoron would give a press conference outside No 10, and intone, ”this has nothing to do with the peaceful religion of islam”. Faugh.

    • Mo says

      Feb 23, 2015 at 5:44 pm

      @ Mirren10

      “Of course, he was a para ! 🙂
      Viva Barkat !
      If this had happened under the nose of camoron, or any of that ilk, you can *bet* they wouldn’t tackle a terrorist. camoron would give a press conference outside No 10, and intone, ”this has nothing to do with the peaceful religion of islam”. Faugh.”

      Barry would be running the other way. Then later he would call a press conference and make the genocidal Muslim into the victim while chastising the victims for oppressing him and the rest of his genocidal Muslim coreligionists. (Whew! Say that three times, fast!)

      Silly Jews! Dontcha know you’re just supposed to stand there and let these poor, disenfranchised, oppressed Muslims stab you? You Islamophobes!

  11. washintorah says

    Feb 24, 2015 at 7:28 am

    The UN will bring war crimes charges against the mayor. A former IDF soldier against a Muslim punk, is disproportionate use of force.

  12. sTEPHEN says

    Feb 24, 2015 at 7:41 am

    Remembering the poor little girl ,in a car who was burnt in a fire bomb attack it is surprising that all Israeli citizens are not armed..Being adequately armed should encourage restraint and at the same time the ability to protect any non-violent bystanders.

  13. gravenimage says

    Feb 24, 2015 at 10:07 am

    Jerusalem’s mayor wrestles “Palestinian” jihadist attacker in street
    ………………………….

    My God, what a brave man! Kudos to Nir Barkat and his bodyguard—a mayor *truly* committed to protecting his people! I bet Rudy Giuliani would like to shake his hand…

    More:

    This is the kind of mayor that all American and European cities are going to need before too long.
    ………………………….

    This, of course, is the sobering downside—that this heroism was necessary at all. There have been more stabbings and other attacks by ravening Muslims, increasingly in Israel and in the rest of the West.

  14. carlos danger says

    Feb 24, 2015 at 8:53 pm

    double tap…. no trial…no jail…. no prisoner “exchange” in a year or so.

  15. Fallenkezef says

    Feb 25, 2015 at 5:31 am

    Israel has national service which means everyone has basic military teaining. Makes fir a more mature and safe society

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