Coincidence?

[TorahZionist]

For those not familiar with the details behind the last four major terror attacks in Jerusalem, the incredible nature of the coincidence that Joe is describing might not be entirely obvious. In each one of these four incidents, the bloodshed was ended by the brave action of a quick-thinking person who happened to be present at the scene of the attack. And in each case, the hero was a dati leumi (religious Zionist) person. That itself is a statistical improbabilty. But the full proportions the improbabilities here only start to become clear once one realizes the direct, single degree-of-separation connections beween each of these four people. Here is a brief connect-the-dots guide:

• David Shapira was a passer-by who, along with Yitzhak Dadon, shot the terrorist in the Merkaz HaRav massacre in Jerusalem on the night of March 6.
  
  
• Moshe Plesser, the passer-by who shot the first bulldozer terrorist in Jerusalem on July 2, is David Shapira's brother-in-law.
  
  
• Yakki Asa-el, the passer-by who shot the second bulldozer terrorist in Jerusalem on July 22, was Moshe Plesser's yeshiva high school teacher.
  
  
• And today, we find out that Elad Amar, who shot the terrorist in the attack last night, served in the Paratrooper unit commanded by David Shapira.
  
  

[zachor_ve_kavod]

Those are surprising coincidences.  Do you think it means anything?

[syyuge]

It has to be a coincidental set of mini-miracles.

[Dr. Dan]

or it might simply mean that just about everyone in Israel has gone to the army and after the army most become more right wing.

NOt a coincidence or a miracle...however it's a good thing they were there at the right time and did the right thing without a blink of an eye.

[muman613]

Shalom,

In Judaism there is no such thing as coincidence. Hashem orchestrates everything in the world. There is a hidden meaning in every action and every reaction.

muman613