U.S. Charges Two Palestinian Terrorists for 2010 Killing of American Woman
by TheTower.org Staff | 04.14.17 11:15 am
The United States Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it would seek the prosecution of two Palestinians for the killing of an American national.
Ayad Fatafta and Kifah Ghanimat are being charged in the December 2010 murder of Kristine Luken. According to an affidavit filed in the case, “Fatafta and Ghanimat stabbed to death Ms. Luken, a 44-year old U.S. national who was hiking near an archaeological site while visiting Israel. She died at the scene,” the DoJ statement said.
Fatafta and Ghanimat were later convicted in an Israeli court of murdering Luken and a friend who was hiking with her and survived, the Associated Press reported. Fatafta was sentenced to life in prison plus twenty years, and Ghanimat was sentenced to two life terms prison plus 60 years for the attack and a second crime.
According to court documents, Ghanimat told Israeli authorities “that they were going to kill every Jewish person that they met.” Though Luken was a Christian missionary, her friend Kay Wilson was wearing a Star of David at the time of the attack.
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The only thing I don't understand about this is, the culprits were tried and convicted in Israel; of course, our AG is Jeff Sessions now. So apparently, these are additional charges. Israel seems to sometimes let prisoners go in prisoner swaps or may at times, have lenient terms of imprisonment, early parole. Maybe there is some reason to the DOJ doing this. It may be WOT, war on terror related as well. I'd generally think we wouldn't do this in most other cases of Americans being killed in foreign countries if the criminals have been brought to justice.
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-woman-stabbed-death-jerusalem-police-1366188228Per the other story of the British woman stabbed to death in Jerusalem, it looks like she may well have been with a Christian group.
