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...Israeli authorities are trying to determine whether the killer, Hosam Tayseer Dawyyat, 30, a father of two described by neighbors as "an ordinary person," was a crazed madman acting alone, or had been acting on behalf of a Palestinian militant group when he swerved a 20-ton bulldozer out of a construction site and onto Jerusalem's busy Jaffa Road to begin his deadly ride. Most likely, said Police Commissioner Dudi Cohen, it was "a spontaneous attack...
...Israeli authorities identified the driver, an East Jerusalem resident, by his ID card. Shortly before police descended on Dawyyat's home to arrest his relatives, his father Tayseer Dawyyat told journalists, "My son never spoke of plans to carry out such an attack. If he had, I would've tried to prevent him." Police said that Dawyyat had a criminal record, but did not reveal the nature of his offense...
...TIME: Do you stand by Tayseer Alouni, the Al Jazeera correspondent convicted in Spain of having links with Al Qaeda...
...Khanfar: We think that Tayseer is innocent and did not commit any crime. He was very professional in the way that he dealt with Al Qaeda. We are going to continue the legal battle to prove his innocence. If Tayseer followed the same steps every journalist does to have an interview with Osama bin Laden, I don't think he can be accused of cooperation...
...Khanfar: There is a mood in some countries right now because of the issue of terrorism. Tayseer was unique because he was a symbol of the coverage of Afghanistan. He was the only reporter in Afghanistan. Sentiment and feelings do influence legal proceedings. We have to stand with him. As with cameraman Sami Al Hajj, who was arrested as he was entering Afghanistan. He is in Guantanamo. His lawyer told me he doesn't see anything against him. Sami was interrogated and all of the questions were about Al Jazeera. So, it is about Al Jazeera...