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{{short description|Hamas bombing in 2002}} | |||
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}} | ||
{{Infobox terrorist attack | {{Infobox terrorist attack | ||
|title=Hebrew University bombing | | title = Hebrew University bombing | ||
|partof=the [[Second Intifada]] | | partof = the [[Second Intifada]] | ||
|image=HebrewU-MtScopus.JPG | | image = HebrewU-MtScopus.JPG | ||
|caption=The site of the bombing, with a memorial to the victims in the foreground | | caption = The site of the bombing, with a memorial to the victims in the foreground | ||
|map=<div style="width:250px; float:none; clear:none;"><div style="position:relative; padding:0; width:250px;">[[File:Israel outline jerusalem.png|250px]] | | map = <div style="width:250px; float:none; clear:none;"><div style="position:relative; padding:0; width:250px;">[[File:Israel outline jerusalem.png|250px]] | ||
<br /><div style="position: absolute; z-index: 2; top: 35.7%; left: 91.9%; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"><div style="position: relative; text-align: center; left: -3px; top: -3px; width: 6px; font-size: 6px;">[[File:Red pog.svg|7px]]</div><div style="font-size:90%; line-height: 110%; z-index:90; position: relative; top: -1.5em; width: 6em; right: 6.5em; text-align: center;"><span style="padding: 1px;">'''The attack site'''</span></div></div></div></div> | <br /><div style="position: absolute; z-index: 2; top: 35.7%; left: 91.9%; height: 0; width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"><div style="position: relative; text-align: center; left: -3px; top: -3px; width: 6px; font-size: 6px;">[[File:Red pog.svg|7px]]</div><div style="font-size:90%; line-height: 110%; z-index:90; position: relative; top: -1.5em; width: 6em; right: 6.5em; text-align: center;"><span style="padding: 1px;">'''The attack site'''</span></div></div></div></div> | ||
|location=[[Mount Scopus]] campus at [[Jerusalem]] | | location = [[Mount Scopus]] campus at [[Jerusalem]] | ||
| coordinates = {{coord|31|47|33|N|35|14|44|E|display=inline}} | | coordinates = {{coord|31|47|33|N|35|14|44|E|display=inline}} | ||
|target=University cafeteria | | target = University cafeteria | ||
|date=31 July 2002<br>shortly after 13:30 p.m. | | date = 31 July 2002<br />shortly after 13:30 p.m. | ||
|time-begin= | | time-begin = | ||
|time-end= | | time-end = | ||
|timezone= | | timezone = | ||
|type=School bombing, mass murder, terrorism | | type = School bombing, mass murder, terrorism | ||
|fatalities=9 civilians | | fatalities = 9 civilians | ||
|injuries=~100 | | injuries = ~100 | ||
|perps=[[Hamas]] claimed of responsibility}} | | perps = [[Hamas]] claimed of responsibility | ||
}} | |||
The '''Hebrew University bombing''' or the '''Hebrew University massacre''' was a [[terror attack]] by the Palestinian militant group [[Hamas]] which occurred on 31 July 2002 in a cafeteria at the [[Mount Scopus]] campus of the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]. The attack killed 9 people, including 5 [[United States|U.S.]] students, and injured about 100.<ref>[http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/08/21/mideast "Israel arrests suspects in university bombing"], CNN.com; accessed 23 February 2015.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3111001.stm Remembering Israel's campus blast], BBC.co.uk, 30 July 2003.</ref> It was carried out by an [[East Jerusalem]]-based [[Hamas]] cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130706010441/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1185885070912&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Hebrew U. marks five years since campus bombing], Jerusalem Post 31 July 2007</ref> | The '''Hebrew University bombing''' or the '''Hebrew University massacre''' was a [[terror attack]] by the Palestinian militant group [[Hamas]] which occurred on 31 July 2002 in a cafeteria at the [[Mount Scopus]] campus of the [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]. The attack killed 9 people, including 5 [[United States|U.S.]] students, and injured about 100.<ref>[http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/08/21/mideast "Israel arrests suspects in university bombing"], CNN.com; accessed 23 February 2015.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3111001.stm Remembering Israel's campus blast], BBC.co.uk, 30 July 2003.</ref> It was carried out by an [[East Jerusalem]]-based [[Hamas]] cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130706010441/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1185885070912&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Hebrew U. marks five years since campus bombing], Jerusalem Post 31 July 2007</ref> | ||
The attack, which sparked a celebration in [[Gaza City]],<ref name=la/> was condemned by [[United Nations Secretary General]] [[Kofi Annan]] and several countries. | The attack, which sparked a celebration in [[Gaza City]],<ref name=la/> was condemned by [[United Nations Secretary General]] [[Kofi Annan]] and several countries. | ||
In February 2015, a | {{Campaignbox Second Intifada}} | ||
In February 2015, a United States jury in the Federal District Court of Manhattan found the [[Palestinian Authority]] and the [[Palestinian Liberation Organization]] liable for having supported and helped to fund terror attacks in the 2000s and were ordered to pay damages in the amount of $218.5 million to victims of said attacks.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/24/nyregion/damages-awarded-in-terror-case-against-palestinian-groups.html Damages awarded in terror case against Palestinian groups], nytimes.com; accessed 24 February 2015.</ref> | |||
==Attack== | ==Attack== | ||
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* {{flag|United States}}: [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] condemned the attack, saying to reporters: "I want to condemn in the strongest possible terms the attack that took place in Israel. There are clearly killers who hate the thought of peace, and, therefore, are willing to take their hatred to all kinds of places, including a university. And this country condemns that kind of killing, and we send our deepest sympathy to the students and their families. I also want to make it clear to the killers that it won't stop us from rallying the world to fight their kind of terror; nor will they stop us from having a vision of peace."<ref>[http://www.usembassy-israel.org.il/publish/peace/archives/2002/august/080101.html Bush Condemns Bombing at Israeli University] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517165300/http://www.usembassy-israel.org.il/publish/peace/archives/2002/august/080101.html |date=17 May 2011 }}, usembassy-israel.org.il; accessed 23 February 2015.</ref> He added: "I'm just as angry as Israel is right now. I'm furious that innocent life was lost. However through my fury, even though I am mad, I still believe peace is possible."<ref name=cbs>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/08/01/world/main517275.shtml "Bush 'Furious' Over Mideast Bombing"], CBSnews.com; accessed 23 February 2015.</ref> | * {{flag|United States}}: [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] condemned the attack, saying to reporters: "I want to condemn in the strongest possible terms the attack that took place in Israel. There are clearly killers who hate the thought of peace, and, therefore, are willing to take their hatred to all kinds of places, including a university. And this country condemns that kind of killing, and we send our deepest sympathy to the students and their families. I also want to make it clear to the killers that it won't stop us from rallying the world to fight their kind of terror; nor will they stop us from having a vision of peace."<ref>[http://www.usembassy-israel.org.il/publish/peace/archives/2002/august/080101.html Bush Condemns Bombing at Israeli University] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517165300/http://www.usembassy-israel.org.il/publish/peace/archives/2002/august/080101.html |date=17 May 2011 }}, usembassy-israel.org.il; accessed 23 February 2015.</ref> He added: "I'm just as angry as Israel is right now. I'm furious that innocent life was lost. However through my fury, even though I am mad, I still believe peace is possible."<ref name=cbs>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/08/01/world/main517275.shtml "Bush 'Furious' Over Mideast Bombing"], CBSnews.com; accessed 23 February 2015.</ref> | ||
* {{flag|China}}: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Kong Quan said: "China is shocked by and strongly condemns the expansion of bombing to campuses. Reality tells us that trades of violence can only cause more deaths and injuries to both sides. We call on both Israel and Palestine to cease the attacks of its kind against innocent civilians, making earnest and practical efforts to coordinate the peace-promoting efforts to prevent things from worsening."<ref>[http://zw.china-embassy.org/eng/xwdt/t149086.htm Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Kong Quan on the bombing on the campus of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem], zw.china-embassy.org; accessed 23 February 2015.</ref> | * {{flag|China}}: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Kong Quan said: "China is shocked by and strongly condemns the expansion of bombing to campuses. Reality tells us that trades of violence can only cause more deaths and injuries to both sides. We call on both Israel and Palestine to cease the attacks of its kind against innocent civilians, making earnest and practical efforts to coordinate the peace-promoting efforts to prevent things from worsening."<ref>[http://zw.china-embassy.org/eng/xwdt/t149086.htm Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Kong Quan on the bombing on the campus of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem], zw.china-embassy.org; accessed 23 February 2015.</ref> | ||
* {{flag|South Africa}}: The government said it was "deeply saddened by the loss of life and injuries incurred during the terrorist bombing of the cafeteria in the Frank Sinatra Building at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Wednesday 31 July. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Pahad reiterates the view that these forms of terrorist attacks directed at Israeli civilians cannot be justified as legitimate acts of resistance, and must be condemned unequivocally."<ref>[http://www.dfa.gov.za/docs/2002/mide0802.htm Statement Following the Bomb Blast at the Hebrew University], dfa.gov.za; accessed 23 February 2015.</ref> | * {{flag|South Africa}}: The government said it was "deeply saddened by the loss of life and injuries incurred during the terrorist bombing of the cafeteria in the Frank Sinatra Building at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on Wednesday 31 July. The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, [[Aziz Pahad|Mr. Pahad]] reiterates the view that these forms of terrorist attacks directed at Israeli civilians cannot be justified as legitimate acts of resistance, and must be condemned unequivocally."<ref>[http://www.dfa.gov.za/docs/2002/mide0802.htm Statement Following the Bomb Blast at the Hebrew University], dfa.gov.za; accessed 23 February 2015. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013100016/http://www.dfa.gov.za/docs/2002/mide0802.htm |date=13 October 2008 }}</ref> | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||