1969 Jerusalem bombings explained

1969 PFLP bombings in Jerusalem
Location:Jerusalem
Native Name:הפיגוע בסניף שופרסל בירושלים
Native Name Lang:heb
Weapon:Explosive device
Fatalities:2 civilians
Injuries:9 civilians
Perpetrator:PFLP
Numparts:5

On February 21, 1969, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) carried out a bombing attack on a supermarket in Jerusalem, killing 21-year-old Leon Kanner of Netanya and 22-year-old Eddie Joffe, students at the Hebrew University, and injuring 9.

Supermarket bombing

The deaths and injuries were caused by a bomb placed in a crowded Jerusalem SuperSol supermarket which the two students stopped in at to buy groceries for a field trip.[1] [2] The same bomb wounded 9 others.[3] A second bomb was found at the supermarket, and defused.[4]

In the investigation that followed the bombings, authorities uncovered an arsenal of PFLP weaponry including explosives.[5]

Bombing of British Consulate

On 25 February 1969 the same PFLP terrorists planted two bombs in a window of the British Consulate in Jerusalem. The bomb exploded in the apartment of a secretary at the consulate, who was not home at the time. There were no injuries, although the room was wrecked.[6] A bombing attempt at the Consulate the previous Friday failed when the bomb was discovered and detonated.[7]

Rasmea Odeh

These two attacks are often cited in connection with Rasmea Odeh, a PFLP activist who confessed to involvement and attained later a degree of notability after she was released from an Israeli prison in a prisoner exchange and violated American immigration laws.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] In 1980, Odeh was among 78 prisoners released by Israel in an exchange with the PFLP for one Israeli soldier captured in Lebanon.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trial set for Jerusalem terror convict who moved to US. 3 September 2014 . The Times of Israel.
  2. Web site: Palestinian convicted of two bombings back in U.S. court over immigration fraud. 2 September 2014. Haaretz.
  3. Web site: Convicted Terrorist Worked as Obamacare Navigator in Illinois . Jillian Kay Melchior . 26 February 2014. National Review Online.
  4. Web site: Jerusalem Supersol Re-opens for Business; 2 Young Bombing Victims Are Buried. 24 February 1969. Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  5. News: Forty Members of Terrorist Cells Rounded Up in Supermarket Bombing Case. 16 March 2017. JTA. 4 March 1969.
  6. News: ConsulateBombed. 16 March 2017. Chicago Tribune. 26 February 1969.
  7. News: Officials Escape Injury in British Consulate Explosion. 16 March 2017. JTA. 26 February 1969.
  8. Web site: Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, Community Activist, Accused Of Hiding Terror Conviction To Gain Citizenship. 24 October 2013. Michael Tarm . The Huffington Post.
  9. Web site: Arab-American activist on trial for allegedly concealing terror role in immigration papers . 5 November 2014. The Guardian.
  10. Web site: Trial set for U.S.-Palestinian immigrant convicted in Israel deaths; Rasmieh Odeh is accused of hiding she was convicted in Israel for terror attacks from American immigration officials.. 3 October 2014 . Haaretz.
  11. Web site: Evergreen Park Woman Accused of Hiding Terrorist Past . Lorraine Swanson . 21 October 2014. Evergreen Park, Illinois Patch.
  12. Web site: Evergreen Park woman Rasmieh Odeh charged with lying about Palestinian terrorist past . 23 October 2013 . ABC13 Houston.
  13. Web site: Feds: Woman hid terror conviction to get citizenship. 22 October 2013 . Jason Meisner . Chicago Tribune.

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