Arutz 7 A hero's welcome is planned for the Jordanian soldier released last night after serving 20 years in prison for murdering seven Israeli schoolgirls during a class trip in 1997.
Ahmed Daqamseh was a soldier in the Jordanian army when he opened fire on a group of students who were visiting the “Island of Peace” of Naharayim on March 13, 1997, as part of a class trip.
Daqamseh was sentenced to life in prison for the massacre, which in Jordan usually means 25 years in prison. However, he was released five years early following repeated calls for his release. In 2013, 110 out of 150 Jordanian MPs signed a petition calling for his release.
In 2011, then-Jordanian Justice Minister Hussein Mjali caused an uproar when he called for Daqamseh’s release, claiming that he is “a hero. He does not deserve prison. If a Jewish person killed Arabs, his country would have built a statue for him instead of imprisonment."
Following the deadly terror attack, Jordan’s King Hussein personally visited Israel and, alongside Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, expressed his condolences to the girls' parents.
Daqamseh has denied committing any crime and has said that he should be freed from prison since he had simply fulfilled his national and religious duty by killing the students.
have you ever seen the video, the wonderful king shows up at the shiva in an arab headdress, i'm sure that's not what the family wanted to see
ReplyDeleteIf you would take the time to actually read what the family members said following his visit, you will see that you are quite wrong.
ReplyDeleteI notice the Jordanian minister's comment, "If a Jewish person killed Arabs, his country would have built a statue for him". The belief that this is true (and of course the reverse) is a large part of the fuel of the Middle East conflict.
ReplyDeleteSomeone told me recently in a conversation that everyone hates us. I replied that they do not hate us. They do not know us! if they only knew us, they wouldn't love us.
ReplyDeleteDid he consider that a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
ReplyDeleteI don't have the text of what they said. What did they say?
ReplyDeleteIt is astounding to me that you are so lazy that you will not perform a simple Google search, yet you are willing to make baseless assumptions and put words in the mouths of other people.
ReplyDeleteHere is one article.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-03-17/news/9703170189_1_jordanian-soldier-israeli-jordan-valley
I made an error in my post. I mant "they would love us". I have corrected it.
ReplyDelete??? What I was asking was, was that someone happy that "everyone hates us", or unhappy?
ReplyDeleteit's astounding to me that you would be so eager to rush to the defense of the king of Jordan. Isn't this the same man that bombed Jerusalem in 67?
ReplyDeleteok i read the article, it offers one sentence of praise from a bereaved parent who was likely half out of his mind at this point so i stick to my original statement that the good king should have removed the rag from his head
ReplyDeleteThe person was unhappy. I was trying to cheer them up.
ReplyDeleteThat was just one. Do some more research and you will find many more.
ReplyDeleteHis actions in this event were praised by basically all Israelis. I don't know why what he did 30 years before that has to do with anything. You are ignorant of the circumstances, will not take two minutes to ascertain the relevant information, yet offer your "opinions." "Two cents" is about two cents more than the value of your comments here.
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