The Vanderbilt student, 29, knifed to death by a Palestinian terrorist during school trip to Tel Aviv:

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[h=2]The Vanderbilt student, 29, knifed to death by a Palestinian terrorist during school trip to Tel Aviv: US victim pictured as terrifying video shows knifeman's rampage that coincided with start of Biden visit[/h]

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  Taylor Force (pictured right) of Lubbock, Texas, was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist on a knife rampage in Tel Aviv before he was shot dead by police in a terrifying rampage caught on video (pictured left and center). The 29-year-old, a student at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management had been on a school trip to Israel when he was attacked along a boardwalk near a beach in the Jaffa area popular with tourists. Up to 12 others were wounded, with four reported to be in a serious condition, according to ambulance service officials. In a statement, Vanderbilt University's Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos confirmed Force had been fatally wounded, but added that all other students and staff on the trip are safe. The attacker was as Bashar Masalha, 22, from the West Bank settlement of Qalqilyah. The rampage took place just a mile from the Peres Center for Peace where Vice President Joe Biden was meeting with Israeli statesman Shimon Peres.

 

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[h=1]The Vanderbilt student, 29, knifed to death by a Palestinian terrorist during school trip to Tel Aviv: US victim pictured as terrifying video shows knifeman on stabbing rampage that coincided with start of Biden visit[/h]

• Taylor Force, 29, was stabbed to death in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday
• The attack occurred along a boardwalk near a beach in the Jaffa area
• Force, a student at Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management, was on a school trip to Israel
• In a statement, the school confirmed other students and staff are safe
• Attacker has been identified as Bashar Masalha, 22, from the West Bank
• Masalha randomly stabbed people on the street and inside their cars
• He was shot dead by Israeli police after he failed to stop when ordered to
• U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was in a meeting just a mile away at the time
• Tuesday also saw three other attacks by Palestinians, one in the Tel Aviv suburb of Petah Tikva and another two in Jerusalem
• During the Petah Tikva attack the victim is said to have pulled a knife out of his own neck before turning it on his attacker

By CHRIS PLEASANCE and KHALEDA RAHMAN and JESSICA CHIA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 19:10, 8 March 2016 | UPDATED: 01:01, 9 March 2016



This is the American student who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist on a knife rampage in Tel Aviv before he was shot dead by police.
Taylor Force, 29, of Lubbock, Texas, was attacked along a boardwalk near a beach in the Jaffa area popular with tourists.
Up to 12 others were wounded, with four reported to be in a serious condition, according to ambulance service officials.
Force, a student at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management, was in Israel on a school trip with several other students and staff at the time of the attack.
In a statement, Vanderbilt University's Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos confirmed Force had been fatally wounded, but added that all other students and staff on the trip are safe.



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Taylor Force (pictured), a student at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management, was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist on a knife rampage in Tel Aviv before he was shot dead by police




'Taylor embarked on this trip to expand his understanding of global entrepreneurship and also to share his insights and knowledge with start-ups in Israel,' Zeppos said.
'He exemplified the spirit of discovery, learning and service that is the hallmark of our wonderful Owen community.
'This horrific act of violence has robbed our Vanderbilt family of a young hopeful life and all of the bright promise that he held for bettering our greater world.


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'Taylor's family and his friends and colleagues have our deepest sympathy and utmost support.'
The attacker has been identified by security services as Bashar Masalha, 22, from the West Bank settlement of Qalqilyah.
Police say Masalha stabbed several people close to the marina in Jaffa, Tel Aviv, before running towards the Manta Ray restaurant on the seaside promenade, stabbing more victims.

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Taylor Force (left, with his parents and sister Kristen) was on a school trip when he was fatally stabbed

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The 29-year-old, pictured with his sister Kristen, was a student at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management

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In a statement, Vanderbilt's Chancellor said Forcce (pictured with his sister) 'exemplified the spirit of discovery, learning and service that is the hallmark of our wonderful Owen community'

Masalha then fled towards the center of Tel Aviv, stabbing motorists as he ran, police said.
The Jerusalem Post, citing Israel's Channel 2, reports that one of those seriously injured during the attacks is a pregnant woman while another is a Russian tourist.
According to Ynet the dead tourist's wife was also among those seriously injured. The stabbings happened near a beach that is popular with tourists.
Shocking video of part of the attack, uploaded to YouTube, shows a man believed to be Masalha running along a darkened street into oncoming traffic.
As cars slow down, he can be seen running up to several of the vehicles and apparently stabbing the occupants before carrying on up the road.


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Video of the attack shows the man, 22, running along a road close to the marina before approaching cars as they slow down and then apparently stabbing the occupants

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Among those severely injured are believed to be a pregnant woman, a Russian tourist, and the wife of the dead tourist, local media reports (pictured, the knife used during the stabbings)

Yosef, a witness who spoke to Ynet, said: 'The terrorist, young with a sweatshirt, came from the direction of the Jaffa port.
'At the promenade's plaza he jumped on a couple of tourists. A woman was stabbed several times, tried to get away and collapsed. He continued stabbing a man and another younger guy in the leg.
'I was in my car. I ran out, grabbed a metal bar and hit him on the back. He tried to stab me and then fled.'
Another witness, who gave her name as Emily, said: 'I heard two guys screaming that there was an attack. I ran in the opposite direction and ran into a man who was on the ground in his blood.'


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[h=3]'GUITAR HERO': MAN SMASHED HIS ACOUSTIC GUITAR OVER ATTACKER'S HEAD WHEN HE SAW HIM COME RUNNING WITH A KNIFE[/h]

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Yishai Montgomery (pictured) smashed his acoustic guitar over the attacker's head in an attempt to slow him down

A quick-thinking man smashed his acoustic guitar over the head of the Palestinian terrorist in a bid to slow him down as he came running towards him brandishing a knife.
Yishai Montgomery, 26, was playing his guitar on the beach in Jaffa when he heard screams and saw Bashar Masalha, 22, approaching, Jerusalem Online reports.
In a heroic effort to stop the assailant, Montgomery smashed his acoustic guitar over the attacker's head.
He managed to stun Massalha, who killed an American student and injured up to a dozen people before he was gunned down by police.
With a large hole left in Montgomery's guitar, people have lauded the 26-year-old for his bravery and contributed money towards a new instrument.
'I had just sat down to play my guitar near the ocean when I heard screams from down the road,' Montgomery told Channel 2 News.
He then realized a man was running towards him with a knife.
'He jumped on the bench yelling at me and trying to stab me so I grabbed my guitar and hit him over the head with it,' Montgomery told the Times of Israel.
'He was so stunned and didn't know what to do with himself and then started running away.'
Montgomery then pursued the 22-year-old, from the West Bank settlement of Qalqilyah, yelling: 'Terrorist!'
Other bystanders joined the chase, and police eventually shot Massalha dead.
On a GoFundMe page created Ed-Malki Dvir, Montgomery is hailed as a 'guitar hero' and many have already pitched in to raise more than $1,000 towards the total goal of $1,500.
It is unclear what Dvir's relationship is to Montgomery, but he wrote: 'Yishai may very well have saved many lives as he neutralized the attack. He deserves a new guitar or two or 3. Only the best for this lifesaving guitar hero!'
One contributor who donated five dollars offered to deliver a brand new guitar to Montgomery and left his phone number in a message on the site.
Others have made similarly generous offers to help replace the damaged instrument. According to Jerusalem Online, one woman has offered up her guitar 'as a sign of gratitude for his bravery'.



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A 29-year-old American tourist was killed in Israel today after a mass stabbing attack by a Palestinian man in the Jaffa neighborhood of Tel Aviv as Joe Biden began his visit to Israel today

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The attacker, 22, began stabbing people along a boardwalk close to the marina in Jaffa (pictured), an area popular with tourists, before making his way towards a restaurant where more people were stabbed

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Ambulance crews reported at least four people were seriously injured in the attack, while local media reported another four had moderate injuries and two people escaped with only minor wounds

'I covered him with my jacket. He was badly injured and we waited together for the ambulances to come.'
A third man told Israeli television he hit the attacker with his guitar, showing cameras the instrument with a hole visible in the wood.
According to social media, Masalha is a graduate from Damascus University in Syria who is in a relationship with an unknown partner.
Posts on his Facebook page reveal that he has recently returned from the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai told Army Radio: 'A terrorist, an illegal resident who came from somewhere in the Palestinian territories, came here to Jaffa and embarked on a run … along the boardwalk. On his way he indiscriminately stabbed people.'
Tel Aviv District Police Commander Chico Edry arrived on the scene and said the police would bolster its presence in the Tel Aviv area.

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Police inspect the body of the Palestinian attacker after he was shot dead in the Jaffa neighborhood of Tel Aviv

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Israeli police officers look for evidence near the scene of a stabbing attack on March 8, 2016 in the neighbourhood of Jaffa in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv

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The knife attack was just one of a series of gun and knife attacks that took place throughout Israel today

Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh told Ynet: 'There was a wave of three attacks [in Jaffa, Petah Tikva and Jerusalem today] that had no connection between them. All the incidents are over.
'Our goal is to return the situation to routine as quickly as possible. We will seek to understand if there is anything new we need to take into account... and we will update the public.'
According to the Israeli National News, the attacker came from the city of Qalqilya in the West Bank, but did not give a source for this information.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who began a two-day visit to Israel on Tuesday, was just a mile away from the site of the attacks at the Peres Center for Peace when they took place today.
A source from Biden's team told J Post that the US vice president's delegation was aware of the incident and had not altered its schedule.
The source said that vice president met with former Israeli President Shimon Peres as planned, adding that Biden was in a secure location and therefore did not need to change course.
When meeting Peres on Tuesday, he spoke of an 'unvarnished, complete commitment to the security of Israel. And I hope we will make some progress.'
Biden is due to meet separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday.
The White House has said Biden will not be pursuing any major new peace initiatives during his visit despite the wave of violence.


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A wounded man is taken away from the scene of today's stabbing in the Jaffa district of Tel Aviv

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A man passes blood and medical bandages along the sea front in Jaffa, a neighborhood of Tel Aviv, where up to 12 people were wounded during a knife attack today

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Blood is spattered across the pavement next to bouquets of flowers with the marina in Jaffa, the scene of today's knife attack, pictured in the background

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Members of an ultra-orthodox Jewish burial society clean blood off the sidewalk after today's attacks

Meanwhile in Jerusalem two Israeli police officers and a civilian were injured when gunmen opened fire.
They were the latest acts of bloodshed in more than five months of near-daily Palestinian violence that shows no sign of abating.
Earlier, Israel disputed a White House claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 'surprised' the Obama administration by canceling a planned visit to Washington, saying that the White House knew Netanyahu was considering not coming.


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Local media reported that the man began his attack along a boardwalk close to a popular beach before running into a nearby restaurant and continuing to stab people

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The attack only ended after armed Israel police arrived and shot the attacker dead, according to officers

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Israeli police search buildings close to the scene of today's knife attack in Tel Aviv after reports of more than one attacker, but later confirmed it was carried out by one man

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Joe BIden is pictured at the Peres Center for Peace in Jaffa, which is only around a mile from where today's fatal knife attack took place

Netanyahu had been expected to visit later in March on a trip coinciding with a major pro-Israel group's annual summit, but his office said he would not travel because he did not wish to come at the height of U.S. presidential primaries.
The spat comes amid tense relations with President Barack Obama in the last year of his presidency.
Biden landed in Israel about an hour after a Palestinian opened fire at police near Jerusalem's Old City wounding an officer before fleeing the scene.
In the chase that followed, he wounded another officer before he was shot and killed.

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Biden is taking part in a two-day visit to Israel where he is expected to meet with senior political figures in an attempt to mend relations following the Iran nuclear deal

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As well as the stabbing in Jaffa, a shooting attack also took place in Salah al-Din Street in East Jerusalem, where two police officers were shot (pictured)

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Another knife attack also took place in the Israeli city of Petah Tikvah where a man was stabbed in the chest and neck before the attacker was killed(scene pictured)

A short while before that, a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli in the neck at a store in the central city of Petah Tikvah.
The Times of Israel reports that a 35-year-old man was attacked inside a wine shop and was stabbed several times in the upper body.
At one point, he is said to have pulled the attacker's knife out of his own neck before turning it on the man, killing him.
Images from the scene show a blood-covered knife about four to six inches in length. Miraculously the victim was only moderately wounded.
Earlier in the day, a Palestinian woman who tried to stab Israeli security forces was shot and killed by officers, also in Jerusalem's Old City, Israeli police said.
It was the latest in a wave of Palestinian attacks that have killed 28 Israelis, mostly in shootings, stabbings and assaults with cars. At least 174 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire during that time. Most of them were attackers and the rest were killed in clashes, Israel says.

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The Petah Tikva victim pulled the knife (pictured) from his own neck during the attack before turning it on his assailant and killing him, according to local reports



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Keep playing that Dean Smith 4 corners offense Israel. Workin' out well for ya.





One Warning. Then.....One Arab village for every stabbing. One Arab village for every car ramming. One Arab village for every fake pregnancy strapped to a bomb.

Two months later, Peace. Or no more Palestinians. Fuck them and their sick disgusting culture. MFers!

 

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Biden: U.S. Condemns International Failure to Denounce Palestinian Terror Attacks - Tovah Lazaroff
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday denounced those in the international community and in the Palestinian Authority who have failed to condemn Palestinian terror attacks against Israel. "The U.S. condemns these acts and condemns the failure to condemn these acts," Biden said at a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Biden noted that his wife and his grandchildren, who have joined him on this trip, were having dinner on the beach nearby when a Palestinian terrorist went on a stabbing spree in Jaffa.
Such violence, he said, "cannot be accepted. This cannot be viewed by civilized leaders as an appropriate way to behave. It is just not tolerable in the 21st century. They are targeting innocent civilians, mothers, pregnant women, grandfathers, American citizens. There can be no justification for this violence and the U.S. stands firmly behind Israel's right to defend itself." (Jerusalem Post)

American Stabbing Victim Was West Point Graduate, Served in Iraq and Afghanistan - Erik Ortiz
Texas native Taylor Force, 28, was on a trip to Israel sponsored by Vanderbilt University's MBA program to see the country's growing startup scene when a Palestinian man went on a stabbing rampage that left Force dead and 11 others wounded. Force graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served in Iraq and Afghanistan as a platoon leader and fire support officer. (NBC News)