Friday, April 1, 2022

Israeli Christian Arab policeman celebrated as ‘hero of Israel’

From The Times of Israel

Amir Khoury killed in shootout with terrorist.

“Khoury served on the Bnei Brak police station’s motorcyclist responders team. Born to a family of cops — his father Jeries served for 32 years in the police — Khoury joined the police at the age of 20 after leaving dental school.

“On Tuesday night, Khoury was shot and killed when he arrived on the scene of a terror attack in Bnei Brak. He and another cop directly engaged terrorist Diaa Hamarsheh, shooting him dead and preventing him from continuing his shooting spree through the Tel Aviv suburb, but Khoury sustained fatal injuries in the firefight.”

https://www.timesofisrael.com/cop-amir-khoury-killed-in-bnei-brak-attack-hailed-as-hero-of-israel-at-funeral/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2022-04-01&utm_medium=email

2 comments:

  1. Day-um! Talk about a minority. An Arab. Who is Christian. Serving in the uniformed forces of a Jewish nation. The only things that would've made him even more special were if he were queer or demanded he be allowed to wear a dress at pa

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  2. There are a number of Christian Arabs in the Israeli Defense Force and in security forces. As the story mentioned, Khoury's father was a police officer for 32 years. But, yes, as you pointed out, they are a minority.

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