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Israeli Father, Baby Killed After Palestinians Threw Rocks at Their Car, Causing it to Overturn

Sep. 25, 2011 2:19pm Madeleine Morgenstern

Israeli Father Asher Palmer, Baby Killed in Terrorist Attack After Palestinians Threw Rocks at Their Car, Causing it to Overturn

Asher Palmer and his son Yonatan. (Media credit: Y Net News)

Israeli police said Sunday that 25-year-old Asher Palmer and his infant son Yonatan were killed in a terrorist attack after Palestinians threw rocks at their car, causing it to overturn on a highway.

It happened Friday near the Israeli settlement Kiryat Arba. Authorities originally said the wreck was due to driver error, not stone throwing, prompting accusations of a police cover up so as not to “fan the flames” of a potential Palestinian protest.

Police re-labeled it a terror attack after further investigation and an autopsy on Asher Palmer’s body revealed injuries consistent with a rock hurling, including fractures to his skull.

Arutz Sheva reported:

Among the evidence that at first failed, for unknown reasons, to convince police that terrorists may have been involved: a hole in the front windshield of the car, a massive rock found in the front seat with human blood on it, a tear in fabric of the steeling wheel cover and dust indicating a blow from the rock, and damage to Asher Palmer’s face suggesting an impact unrelated to the crash.

Asher Palmer's car overturned, killing him and his infant son. (Media credit: Y Net News)

“It was clearly a terrorist attack, Asher’s gun had been stolen, there were rocks inside the vehicle and it was clear Asher was hit by a rock,” Aharon Peretz, Palmer’s brother-in-law, told Y Net News. “It’s very grave that [a possible cover up] comes at the expense of a grieving family.”

“He never fought with anyone. He was a quiet and special man and this is a great loss,” Peretz said.

The scene of the crash. (Media credit: Y Net News)

Knesset member Michael Ben Ari criticized the police for its handling of the investigation, saying they were “serving Abu Mazen [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas] over fear of violent protests and did not report this as a terror attack.”

The chairman of the Yesha Council, an umbrella organization that oversees the local settlement governments, also slammed the Israeli Defense Force for not stating from the outset that the deaths were the result of a terror attack.

“There’s no other way to put this, the IDF did not tell the truth to the public, the media or the bereaved family,” Danny Dayan said. “I am angry and deeply disappointed in the IDF, its commanders and spokesmen who covered up the murder. The IDF chose a dishonest, unwise and indecent path.”

The attack is the second such report of an Israeli baby targeted in a stone-hurling attack in the last week. On Thursday, The Blaze reported on a 20-month-old girl left bloodied after police said Arabs threw rocks at the car she was traveling in.

According to Arutz Sheva, at least 18 Israeli drivers have reported being victims of rock attacks in the past month alone.

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callmeherb
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 4:28pm
bomb out a clear area which can be a buffer zone and into which any palestinians are found, will be shot on the spot, no questions asked. when you have animals that refuse to cohabitate with civalized people…. they must first be tamed…. no negotiation…. period. actions… not words, will be proof of one’s interest in living in peace. it is trulely sad that a muslim’s word doesn’t mean squat, because the koran and the imams teach that lying, cheating, stealing, and killing are all honorable acts, as long as it is perpitrated against infidels, and to further the cause of the islamic desire to move the world back to the 12th century and all of that era’s desirable qualities.

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- SIXFRIGATES
  Posted on September 25, 2011 at 4:36pm
  12th Century? Don’t give them so much credit. Islam was created in the 7th century and hasn’t left since.
  
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ofallon
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 4:26pm
This is so terrible. What a precious baby and father. God, please help Bibi. Give him much wisdom O Lord as he battles the evil surrounding your Israel.

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Bernard
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 4:25pm
Just as in the case of the partition of India back in 1947, the closer it get’s to the realization of a Palestinian state the greater the violence. Such horrendous stories will become common place in the days and weeks to come. It would not matter if the UN approves or disapproves this issue. The hopes of the Palestinians are high enough that either decision will escalate violence on Israel.
If Palestine gets the nod then Israel will have to replace her rubber bullets with real ones and eventually will have to defend herself by a war of attrition,

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georgiavietvet
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 4:06pm
the palestinian murders should be killed, wrapped in pig skins and put in the desert to rot………………………………..

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- Bernard
  Posted on September 25, 2011 at 4:27pm
  georgiavietvet
  
  You got it backwards. First wrap them in pig skins, then put them in the desert to slowly die.
  
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Master_and_Commander
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:55pm
Those monsters…

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rickbob
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:48pm
Knight, I don’t judge Muslims by the actions of the Palestinians. I judge the Palestinians by their actions. They deserve NOTHING. Their Arab “brothers” are not willing to grant them land. So why should Israel? What goes around, comes around. . .

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truthseekerusa
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:47pm
Herman Cain was the only person running for office or anyone in office who went to Honoring Courage in Israel. If he becomes President, it would be the end of coddling these animals as he has stated that he stands with Israel. If obama wasn’t playing footsies with these baby killers, they would be less emboldened.

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timej31
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:40pm
It is time to unleash hell upon all terrorist.

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- rickbob
  Posted on September 25, 2011 at 4:27pm
  Yes!
  
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momprayn
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:39pm
Given early Sept.:
“..the most likely scenario… Hamas..funded by Iran, will take complete control over the Palestinian autonomous areas. Hamas will then unleash a renewed reign of terror on Israel, continuing their lobbing of rockets from Gaza and Jericho to back up their demand for control of Jerusalem.

Abbas will orchestrate world pressure on Israel through the UN and the Vatican. Later this Sept, Abbas will likely proclaim a Palestinian state and then demand that Jerusalem be “liberated” or internationalized.

Since even liberal Israelis take the position that Jerusalem is non-negotiable, the pressure will mount toward an inevitable conflict. If Hamas does not unleash the rockets first, then Abbas will ultimately return to the method he knows best – terror.

This will prompt an Israeli counter attack, which, in turn, will motivate the Arab states to come to the defense of the Palestinians. This could very well lead to Syria launching an all out missile attack on Tel Aviv in order to reclaim the Golan Heights and turn attention away from their civilian upheavals.

If that .. event should occur, the Israelis will be forced to use their ultimate weapon to survive. They will strike Damascus with nuclear weapons. This will fulfill the prophecies that state that Damascus will cease to exist in the end times (Isaiah 17:1-3 and Jeremiah 49:23-27).”

http://www.worldviewweekend.com/worldview-times/article.php?articleid=7538

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ddg7
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:36pm
Palestinians…..ptuii!

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RosettaStoned
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:33pm
“Palestinians threw rocks, causing the vehicle to overturn.” …Must’ve been one helluva throw

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IdahoGunNut
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:30pm
Another reason why these barbarians should not get a state.

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Sicboy
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:28pm
Ever so slowly the world turns against Isreal. The people, the politicians and then county’s will blame Isreal for everything. How long before Gog and Magog attack? Won’t be to long, Putin will control Russia again.

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MrButcher
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:27pm
Does Asher Palmer get to go to heaven despite his rejection of Christ?

Any thoughts?

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Also, since the story didn’t include this information, Palmer was a West Bank “settler.”

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- Steve
  Posted on September 25, 2011 at 5:04pm
  MrButcher hates all beliefs besides his own.
  
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truthseekerusa
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:26pm
These people can only be described as jackals, vicious, wilddog like animals that travel in packs. The only way to get rid of them is to shoot them down and leave them for the vultures to pick at them. May a pestilence be visited upon them and their progeny as punishment that spreads among their communities like wildfire.

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- ArabChristian
  Posted on September 25, 2011 at 6:08pm
  Why not just put them in camps and gas them? Why don’t you respond and tell us how you like that idea?
  
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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:25pm
Thanks Obama! This one’s on you and you are an accessory to murder. This is nothing like liberating a Nation at the behest of a Unanimous U.N. deployment of 42 Nations. This is because of your support of a Terrorist State ruled by at least 3 Terrorist organizations. Again you are guilty of something you “accused” George Bush of. AGAIN! Guilty!

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motherof18
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:20pm
Arabs are human garbage.

Teach your children to despise them and ALL Muslims with all their heart and soul. We must produce a generation capable of exterminating every single Muslim and Arab.

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- MrButcher
  Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:33pm
  Wow!!
  
  How do you sleep at night with such genocidal thoughts bouncing around in your pea-brain?
  
  May your children grow to hate you!
  
  cheers
  
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- Steve
  Posted on September 25, 2011 at 5:08pm
  motherof18
  Pay no attention to butcher. he’s a hater of all faiths except his own.
  
  Teach your children the truth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOIbgd5qcrg&feature=related
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyYoAoHVOFQ
  
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- ArabChristian
  Posted on September 25, 2011 at 6:09pm
  Seig Heil!!!!
  
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- MrButcher
  Posted on September 25, 2011 at 9:57pm
  @Steve
  
  I’m a hater of tyranny!
  
  Get it straight!
  
  Why am I not surprised to see you support and defend Ms. Eva Braun and her litter of future ethnic-cleansers?
  
  Wake up, bubba!
  
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- Steve
  Posted on September 26, 2011 at 4:36am
  Hey butcher. I support anyone who understands the ideology and conceptual ideas of what Muslims are mandated to do from the Koran Hadith and Sira. Convert, enslave or death.
  
  Those like yourself whose heads are in the sand couldn’t offer one verse from any of these 3 doctrines to show otherwise. And before you try, which I doubt you will remember nasikh (abrogation)
  
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- MrButcher
  Posted on September 26, 2011 at 9:06pm
  @Steve
  
  Do you know what the New Testament says is to become of the Jews if they don’t accept Christ?
  
  Are you against that too?
  
  ———
  I’m “against” the Hadith, the Sira, the NT and the Talmud.
  
  Well, I’m not really “against” them I just think they’re all man-made attempts at understanding. I’m more “against” folks who use them to justify murder and ignorance.
  
  which I think you partially agree with me on this subject (minus the ethnic cleansing and child brainwashing)
  
  cheers
  
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Judy112
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:19pm
“vegence is mine” sayeth the Lord

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dwh320
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:17pm
What can you expect from people who’s idol fell in a well.

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- momprayn
  Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:19pm
  …and believe he’s still there.
  
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Ceefour
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:16pm
If I lived in the area I think Id go out hunting some dark night but not after four legged targets.

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SERUM
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:15pm
Find the kids with the evil smiles and you’ll have your culprits!
These kids are doing what their parents would want for them to do.
In America, they would turn their kids in, for shame!
I pray for this family struck down by evil…

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Constructionist
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:14pm
“It was clearly a terrorist attack, Asher’s gun had been stolen, there were rocks inside the vehicle and it was clear Asher was hit by a rock.”

Had this happened in America, liberal anti-gun researchers would have used the fact that Asher had a gun on him before he was killed to qualify the incident as a ‘gun-related homicide’ to pad statistics and lobby for gun control. I’m being completely serious; I recommend everyone research the ‘criteria’ used to produce the results of gun control studies in America.

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Jenny Lind
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:13pm
My heart goes out to the family. Sometimes I really cannot understand how the world can not see the truth of what is happening. They have the same information we do, and the history or who hates who, although why is the question. I know the answer, but it seems the world wants to back Jew-haters at all levels. I know the Bible and the end game for the world, and I was taught about the “army of evil” that would come. Still. somewhere in my heart I could not “see” how it would work, because I can’t even visualize that much hatred. No where in my world would anyone destroy a father and baby over religion, land, or even politics. I hate what is going to be left for my children, grand and great-grand kids. I don’t know what the police were thinking there, but it has hurt the family even more. I doubt they will receve any justice from the cowardly, hatefull, ignorant jerks that did this.

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Rogers1756
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:11pm
I stand in support of Israel. More of us know the truth about “Palestine” than one might think. The facade perpetuated by academic institutions. The popular illusion that Palestinians are oppressed. What a pathetic group of evil, deceitful degenerates. We know your history. We’ve done our homework. We see through you Palestine…

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Johnny916
Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:07pm
This is a terrible event that should have never taken place. As a Jew it pains me to see other Jews suffer.

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- truthseekerusa
  Posted on September 25, 2011 at 3:54pm
  Johnny
  
  Because you are a Jew, I hope you are heartened by the majority of people who are posting here today, outraged by these jackals. For the first time in history, the Jews and Christians have come together in peace and support. I hope that lessens your pain a little today as we mourn for that father and child who died needlessly. Glenn Beck is the best friend Israel has and each day reminds us to Stand with Israel.
  
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