George Elias Khoury (1983 - March 19, 2004, جورج إلياس خوري , גורג אליאס חורי) was an Israeli Arab Christian murdered by a Palestinian terrorist while jogging in the neighborhood of French Hill in Jerusalem. Khoury, son of Elias Khoury, a prominent lawyer, was a law student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the military branch of the Fatah movement, claimed responsibility for the attack. According to the New York Times, the Palestinian gunman mistook him for a Jew. Khourys father said, I am against all violent attacks against innocent civilians whether it be against Israeli civilians or Palestinian civilians.Fatah apologized and offered to declare him a martyr for the Palestinian cause. Ibrahim Kandalaft, Arafats adviser on Christian affairs, eulogized Khoury on behalf of the PA chairman, describing him as a shaheed (martyr) of the Palestinian cause. But the victims mother interrupted him by declaring that her son was an angel, not a shaheed.Georges grandfather, Daoud Khoury, was also assassinated in an attack in Jerusalem, when a booby-trapped refrigerator exploded at Zion Square.Khoury was buried in the Christian cemetery on Mount Zion. He is survived by his parents, an older brother, and younger sister.
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