Not long after I started blogging, I received a paperback book in the mail from an author. It was titled “Teaching As an Act of Love.” I read it and remember thinking what a kind and gentle man he was. He occasionally left comments on the blog. In recent years, I have often seen his tweets and retweets, and I always recognized his face.
Imagine when I picked up the newspaper Friday morning and saw his picture on the front page. My first thought was, “That’s Richard Lakin,” but I couldn’t understand why he was on the front page. Then I realized why he was featured: he was on a public bus in Israel and on his way home, he was stabbed to death by two youths. They stabbed him in the face and in the chest. He died two weeks later.
“Teaching as an Act of Love.”
Here is the New York Times story.
This is what his son posted on Facebook.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
We followed each other on Twitter for years as well. What a senseless tragedy and huge loss. Blessings to him and his family.
What a devil act of killing from hatred to an old, gentle person!
This must be a drugged killer with intent. I think that a wild animal with its conscience cannot commit this killing. Back2basic
Well, when one country is occupying another, there’s going to be plenty of senseless, tragic deaths all around.
And there are senseless, tragic deaths all around when one country is surrounded by other countries that believe it has no right to exist.
What a terrible loss! Thanks for letting me know.
I read somewhere the the right wing settlers were celebrating his death because he wanted a peaceful coexistence with the Palestinians.
I forgot the link above.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/israelis-execute-injured-palestinian-video-and-eyewitness/14966
I see nothing about Richard Lakin in that Intifada publication.
Funny how the main stream media never reports on all the Arab mansions in Israel: http://shilohmusings.blogspot.com/2007/03/arab-mansions-part-2.html (See the link to part 1 there as well)
Here’s the link I meant to post in the original post. Please excuse the error. http://mondoweiss.net/2015/10/rightwing-celebrate-activist