Asher Weisgan

Asher Weisgan (* 1966 - December 22, 2006 ) was an Israeli assassin who shot and killed four Palestinians on August 17, 2005 and wounded two others. The crime took place near the Israeli settlement of Shiloh in the West Bank . Weisgan wanted to trigger an act of Palestinian revenge and thereby undermine Sharon's peace plan ( Israel's unilateral disengagement plan ).

attack

Weisgan, who lived in the Shvut Rachel settlement , knew two of his victims, the brothers Bassam and Usama Tawafsha, who lived in the neighboring Palestinian village of Sanjal .

After hitchhiking her and another victim, he took the opportunity and shot her. He stole a gun from an Israeli security force and opened fire on the Palestinians, killing another at his workplace. All in all, he killed: Khalil Muhammad Ra'uf Saleh Wleiwel, Ahmad 'Ali Hassan Mansur, Bassam Mussa Ahmad' Odeh Tawafshah and his brother Usama Mussa Ahmad 'Odeh Tawafshah.

Weisgan worked as a bus driver and took Palestinian workers to the aluminum factory in Shvut Rachel settlement, where the victims worked. The Haaretz newspaper quoted Weisgan as saying, “I'm not sorry for what I did. I hope someone kills Sharon. "

judgment

On September 27, 2006, Weisgan was sentenced to four life sentences plus 12 years. He was also sentenced to compensation of 228,000  shekels for each of the families of the murdered and 100,000 shekels for the wounded. Weisgan said he felt no remorse for what he had done, as it was a necessary defense of the Israeli people. He continues to hope that Ariel Sharon will also be murdered.

Weisgan hanged himself in prison on December 22, 2006.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Life sentences for W Bank killer. In: BBC News
2. ^ ^{A b} Jewish terrorist commits suicide in jail. In: Jerusalem Post. December 22, 2006
3. ^ Settler shooting shatters community. In: BBC News.
4. ↑ Man who killed 4 Palestinians: I hope someone kills Sharon. ( Memento from October 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) In: Haaretz. August 18, 2005.