Does Anyone In America Remember What the Palestinians Did To Our Very Own Kristine Luken?

With the scum of Palestinian Authority officials contaminating American soil this coming week with Mahmoud Abbas and his contingent of terrorists arrive to address the United Nations, it's probably a good time to revisit the fact that Palestinian terrorists are on trial in Israel for the horrific murder of American Kristine Luken who was killed last year in Israel. You ask, who? Well, the reason that Kristine Luken's name isn't familiar to you is because the main stream media in America doesn't dare riling up Muslims in this country by spending time revealing the grisly nature of a murder of a defenseless American woman.

The two main terrorists accused of murdering Kristine Luken and nearly killing her friend, Kay Wilson, were on trial this week and Kay Wilson insisted that she be allowed to tell the court exactly what happened that day as she and Kristine went hiking in an Israeli forest.

From the article at The Jerusalem Post:

The trial began on Sunday for two of the main suspected terrorists responsible for murdering American Kristine Luken in a terror attack in December of last year while she was hiking in the Jerusalem forest with her friend Kay Wilson. The attackers also attempted to kill Wilson, who barely managed to escape with her life.

Wilson’s testimony to the police after the attack provided enough information to break up a ring of 13 Palestinian terrorists responsible for two murders, two attempted murders, at least one rape, and a series of other violent crimes.

The two main suspects, Ayad Fasafa and Kafah Animat, both from villages around Hebron, were arrested less than 48 hours after the attack and confessed to the crime. Forensic evidence, including a small penknife that Wilson used to stab one of her attackers, also implicated the men in the crime.

She recalled how the two had been hiking outside of Beit Shemesh in the forest when two men attacked them, binding their hands behind their backs with shoelaces, gagging them with parts of a fleece jacket, and stabbing them multiple times with a serrated knife 30 cm long. Wilson, who played dead, was stabbed12 times and suffered several broken ribs, a punctured lung and a broken sternum. Luken was stabbed to death.

Wilson described the heart-wrenching decision she had to make, whether to stay with Kristine for Luken’s last breaths, which meant Wilson would also bleed to death, or to try to make it to the path so someone would know what happened. Bleeding heavily, she staggered for more than 1,200 meters barefoot to a parking lot where a picnicking family alerted the authorities and paramedics.

I wonder...where has the outrage been in America over this slaughtering of one of our own overseas? Where has the cold finger of revenge been to point at the Palestinians and tell them they will pay for the murder of this young vibrant American woman? Look at the rage that still resides in Krisinte Luken's brother, David:

“She so did not deserve this, to be attacked and to go like that,” said Dean Luken outside the courtroom. “There was nothing mean about her, she did not deserve this,” he said. “I hope they are convicted and sentenced and imprisoned and I hope they rot in hell,” he said, adding that it was a shame that Israel did not have the death penalty.

I want an explanation as to why the U.S. government hasn't sought revenge on the Palestinians. I want to know why we did not authorize an air strike or a commando raid to take out some of their own. Kristine Luken went for a hike. She died at the hands of a Palestinian. These Palestinians want statehood - well, I say give them the business end of a hellfires and JDAMs from now until they are gone. Gone, for good.

Trial begins for killers of hiker Kristine Luken


The trial began on Sunday for two of the main suspected terrorists responsible for murdering American Kristine Luken in a terror attack in December of last year while she was hiking in the Jerusalem forest with her friend Kay Wilson. The attackers also attempted to kill Wilson, who barely managed to escape with her life.

Wilson’s testimony to the police after the attack provided enough information to break up a ring of 13 Palestinian terrorists responsible for two murders, two attempted murders, at least one rape, and a series of other violent crimes.

The two main suspects, Ayad Fasafa and Kafah Animat, both from villages around Hebron, were arrested less than 48 hours after the attack and confessed to the crime. Forensic evidence, including a small penknife that Wilson used to stab one of her attackers, also implicated the men in the crime.

In moving testimony on Sunday, Wilson recounted the events of December 18, 2010 while staring straight at the men accused of murdering Luken. Though the judges had already accepted her version of the events, she insisted on testifying in front of the court and in front of Luken’s brother, Dean Luken, who flew in from Texas to attend the hearing.

“This is part of [Dean Luken’s] healing and part of my healing and this is my right,” Wilson told the judges.

She recalled how the two had been hiking outside of Beit Shemesh in the forest when two men attacked them, binding their hands behind their backs with shoelaces, gagging them with parts of a fleece jacket, and stabbing them multiple times with a serrated knife 30 cm long. Wilson, who played dead, was stabbed12 times and suffered several broken ribs, a punctured lung and a broken sternum. Luken was stabbed to death.

Wilson described the heart-wrenching decision she had to make, whether to stay with Kristine for Luken’s last breaths, which meant Wilson would also bleed to death, or to try to make it to the path so someone would know what happened. Bleeding heavily, she staggered for more than 1,200 meters barefoot to a parking lot where a picnicking family alerted the authorities and paramedics.

“She so did not deserve this, to be attacked and to go like that,” said Dean Luken outside the courtroom. “There was nothing mean about her, she did not deserve this,” he said. “I hope they are convicted and sentenced and imprisoned and I hope they rot in hell,” he said, adding that it was a shame that Israel did not have the death penalty.

“She was happy to be here and she wanted to be here on vacation, and that’s all it was, the wrong place at the wrong time, I guess,” Luken added with tears in his eyes. “Unfortunately, they were looking to kill Jews and she happened to be caught up in that.”

Surprisingly, the Israeli courts also did not provide a translator for Luken, who relied on Wilson's friends to provide a rough translation of the intricate proceedings. The state prosecutor said that a translator may be provided in the future but there were no guarantees.

The suspects were arrested on December 21, 2010 in a joint IDF-Shin Bet operation and during their interrogation confessed to perpetrating the attack and reenacted it in the field.

During their interrogation, one of the suspects, Kafah Animat, confessed to another murder in February of 2010 of Neta Blatt, a teacher who was found dead near Beit Shemesh and had been considered a suicide.

The suspects also confessed to perpetrating additional stabbing and shooting attacks with the declared goal of murdering Jews. They were not believed to have been affiliated with an organized terrorist group.

Shin Bet sources said that the suspects succeeded in entering Israel through gaps in the security barrier near the settlement of Beitar Illit south of Jerusalem. “They decided they wanted to kill someone that day,” a Shin Bet source said in January.