Jason Koutsoukis; 7/11/09
Yaakov ”Jake” Teitel is the new face of Israeli extremism. A fanatical Jewish settler from the tiny outpost of Shvut Rahel in the north of the occupied West Bank, Teitel flashed the peace sign as he was led from an Israeli courtroom this week. But after confessing to a string of murders and hate crimes over the past 12 years, Teitel has emerged as anything but a peacemaker. Branded a ”Jewish terrorist”, the 37-year-old father of four has already admitted to the murders of two Palestinians in 1997 and the pipe-bombing of leading left-wing Israeli academic Zeev Sternhell earlier this year.
See: http://www.theage.com.au/world/israelis-stunned-by-new-face-of-extremism-20091106-i27p.html; UN backs report on Gaza conflict; 7/11/09; http://www.theage.com.au/world/un-backs-report-on-gaza-conflict-20091106-i27r.html