1969 Jerusalem bombings

Fatal supermarket bombing by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestineyes 1969 PFLP bombings in Jerusalem Jerusalem 1969 2 21 yes הפיגוע בסניף שופרסל בירושלים heb Explosive device 2 civilians 9 civilians PFLP 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.https://www.timesofisrael.com/trial-set-for-jerusalem-terror-convict-who-moved-to-us/ Trial set for Jerusalem terror convict who moved to US 3 September 2014 The Times of Israelhttps://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.613739 https://web.archive.org/web/20140902230517/http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.613739 dead September 2, 2014 Palestinian convicted of two bombings back in U.S. court over immigration fraud 2 September 2014 Haaretz The same bomb wounded 9 others.http://www.nationalreview.com/article/372065/convicted-terrorist-worked-obamacare-navigator-illinois-jillian-kay-melchior Convicted Terrorist Worked as Obamacare Navigator in Illinois Jillian Kay Melchior 26 February 2014 National Review Online A second bomb was found at the supermarket, and defused.https://www.jta.org/1969/02/24/archive/jerusalem-supersol-re-opens-for-business-2-young-bombing-victims-are-buried Jerusalem Supersol Re-opens for Business; 2 Young Bombing Victims Are Buried 24 February 1969 Jewish Telegraphic Agency In the investigation that followed the bombings, authorities uncovered an arsenal of PFLP weaponry including explosives.Forty Members of Terrorist Cells Rounded Up in Supermarket Bombing Case https://www.jta.org/1969/03/04/archive/forty-members-of-terrorist-cells-rounded-up-in-supermarket-bombing-case 16 March 2017 JTA 4 March 1969 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.ConsulateBombed http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/02/26/page/3/article/consulate-bombed 16 March 2017 Chicago Tribune 26 February 1969 A bombing attempt at the Consulate the previous Friday failed when the bomb was discovered and detonated.Officials Escape Injury in British Consulate Explosion https://www.jta.org/1969/02/26/archive/market-blast-hurts-2-arabs-officials-escape-injury-in-british-consulate-explosion 16 March 2017 JTA 26 February 1969 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.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/woman-faces-immigration-c_0_n_4157797.html Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, Community Activist, Accused Of Hiding Terror Conviction To Gain Citizenship 24 October 2013 Michael Tarm The Huffington Posthttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/05/federal-trial-rasmea-odeh-immigration-fraud Arab-American activist on trial for allegedly concealing terror role in immigration papers 5 November 2014 The Guardianhttps://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.619036 https://web.archive.org/web/20141003033539/http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.619036 dead October 3, 2014 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 Haaretzhttp://patch.com/illinois/evergreenpark/evergreen-park-woman-accused-of-hiding-terrorist-past Evergreen Park Woman Accused of Hiding Terrorist Past Lorraine Swanson 21 October 2014 Evergreen Park, Illinois Patchhttp://abc13.com/archive/9298742/ Evergreen Park woman Rasmieh Odeh charged with lying about Palestinian terrorist past 23 October 2013 ABC13 Houstonhttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-feds-woman-hid-terror-conviction-to-get-citizenship-20131022-story.html Feds: Woman hid terror conviction to get citizenship 22 October 2013 Jason Meisner Chicago Tribune In 1980, Odeh was among 78 prisoners released by Israel in an exchange with the PFLP for one Israeli soldier captured in Lebanon. 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