Israeli identified as man held in stabbings probe

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/12/michigan.serial.stabbing.arrest/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Authorities have identified the man arrested at the Atlanta airport as Elias Abuelazam, 33, who is wanted on a charge of assault with intent to murder in connection with 20 stabbings in three states.

Two sources said the man is an Israeli citizen who is in the United States legally. A federal law enforcement official involved in the investigation said the man was traveling on an expired Israeli passport.

[geek tragedy]

1. Oh boy. Look for Stormfront to explode with joy. nt

[davidinalameda]

2. I'm sure some posters on here will be happy with this as well

plenty of anti-Semites on here

[11cents]

3. Maybe not.

The name suggests he's an Israeli Arab. Let confusion reign.

[11cents]

5. And since most of the attacks were on black men....

...Storm Front must be profoundly ambivalent in any case.

[Posteritatis]

6. Nuance and grey areas have no place in these sort of potential emote-fests

Only a vile monster who eats kittens could disagree!

[davidinalameda]

14. how about that guy in Buffalo that had the cat marinating

in his trunk?

[Common Sense Party]

4. No, no, they're not anti-Semites...they're just opposed to everything

Israel ever does and question its very right to exist.

[davidinalameda]

12. hehe

:hi:

[oberliner]

17. He isn't Jewish

It is not entirely clear what religion he is, but he is an Israeli Arab - Ma'an News identifies him as a "Palestinian citizen of Israel".

I believe I read somewhere that he is Christian, but I am not positive.

[slampoet]

20. There are Christian Palestinians and there are Palestinian Citizens of Israel

He could be both as odd as the combo may seem.

[RamboLiberal]

7. More Info

Police say Elias Abuelazam, the suspect in 18 stabbings, five of them fatal, is a legal U.S. resident from Israel. In Ramle, the Israeli city he is believed to be from, residents describe an angry young man who was banished to America.

Residents told the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz that Abuelazam left the country at age 19 or 20, sent to the United States by his mother because he had a violent streak and was believed to be associated with local criminals.

He would pick fights with "anyone who looked him in the eye," a former neighbor says. When Abuelazam got angry, it would take three people to subdue him, this person says.

http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/12/4875570-stabbing-suspect-violent-angry-israeli-neighbors-say

[Common Sense Party]

8. Bring me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses, your psychopaths

with violent streaks who love to pick fights with innocent bystanders.

[Arctic Dave]

9. Uh oh, if he is Arab, then just went from serial killer to TER'IST!

Nancy Grace is going orgasmic right now.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. No, it's sweet little Debbie Schlussel who's headlining him as a 'Palestinian Arab illegal alien'.

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/25786/serial-killer-who-targeted-us-blacks-is-palestinian-arab-illegal-alien-police-hid-mid-eastern-description/

[11cents]

11. He was here legally.

That's according to a police press conference I heard earlier. But no surprise that this will be fuel for the anti-illegal-immigrant fire, because since when did facts matter?

And thanks, alleged perp's mom, for encouraging the son you knew to be violent to travel here and be our problem!

[sinkingfeeling]

15. The Right will go nuts because they'll claim (see that other site if you want to check) he's an Arab

terrorists....except he's a Catholic according to his ex-wife.

http://myrightword.blogspot.com/2010/08/israeli-but-christian-arab.html

[slampoet]

16. Christian Arabs around the Detroit area used to be the rule not the exception.

This started changing in the late 80's

[oberliner]

21. What happened in the late 80s?

What led to a change?

[slampoet]

22. Decrease of Christian Arabs (and non-arabs) from Lebanon increase in Musilm Arabs from lots of other

places and eventually Iraq.



But my understanding of the demographic changes is only ankle deep from a few conversations with a relative in the know.


Also there were and are Yemenite Christians in the area but I have no idea when they got there.

[oberliner]

18. The Palestinian press are also identifying him as a Palestinian citizen of Israel

US arrests suspected Palestinian serial killer

FLINT, Mich. (Ma'an) -- Police in the United States have a Palestinian citizen of Israel in custody in connection with a string of stabbings that left as many as five dead, The Detroit Free Press newspaper reported Thursday.

US officials suspect Elias Abuelazam, 33, is responsible for stabbing attacks across three states that left some 20 people injured.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=307715

[malaise]

13. He was traveling on his expired Israeli passport

This one is really weird.

[oberliner]

19. Arab, but not Muslim

That may confuse some people in the media.