Jewish settler arrested for murder and bombings

In Israel, police have announced the arrest of a Jewish settler on suspicion of murder and carrying out bomb attacks.

The 37-year-old Yaakov ‘Jack’ Teitel is an immigrant from the United States. He is believed to have been responsible for the murder of two Palestinians in 1997.

He is also thought to have carried out four bomb attacks since 2006, one of them on Zeev Sternheil, a professor who has long been critical of the Jewish settlements on the West Bank. In another attack, a boy of 15 was injured; the bomb was intended for his parents, both of whom belonged to a Jewish sect that embraces Jesus Christ.

Mr Teitel was arrested last month as he was handing out fliers charging homosexuals with heresy. The arrest was revealed by police on Sunday at a press conference.

Photo of Yaakov ‘Jack’ Teitel under arrest by EPA

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