# Hamas leader electrocuted by Israel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 6, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882 "2010-02-06T02:43:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/21 "2010-02-06T14:57:53Z")
If this creates a political scandal I suggest the monicker for it be Coulombine. Before anyone gets charged with a crime they better be positive of their facts or they will suffer some serious negative feedback. I think the current political climate in the region is just a phase though. Poor guy…when you diode, you get a one way ticket to a higher level. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/22 "2010-02-06T16:13:47Z")
Oh my. Must resist… ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/23 "2010-02-06T16:19:43Z")
Resistance is futile, he should have stayed ohm. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/24 "2010-02-06T16:21:31Z")
Do you think there will be music at his funeral? “Ohm, Ohm On The Range.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/25 "2010-02-06T16:26:24Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Do you think there will be music at his funeral? > > “Ohm, Ohm On The Range.” How about [_Electric Avenue_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA5MtAmT24g)? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/26 "2010-02-06T16:34:25Z")
I prefer “[I Sing the Body Electric](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKWKDh2Cq5Y).” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/27 "2010-02-06T16:36:41Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Do you think there will be music at his funeral? > > “Ohm, Ohm On The Range.” > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > How about [_Electric Avenue_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA5MtAmT24g)? > [@Alessan](#): > > I prefer “[I Sing the Body Electric](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKWKDh2Cq5Y).” All performed by [ELO](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Light_Orchestra). ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/28 "2010-02-06T17:42:30Z")
Dopers are noted for their capacity for revolting puns. Watt would rectify this would be a charge, maybe they should be choked instead, it would transform some threads. Do you think that this unfortunate death will be a factor in the power in the middle east? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/29 "2010-02-06T17:52:07Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > Oh my. Must resist.. Just go with the flow. No use denying your potential. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/30 "2010-02-06T18:07:17Z")
I’m surprised this should generate so much discussion. Sounds like assault and battery to me. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/31 "2010-02-06T18:13:09Z")
Any idea for a motive? Was he AC/DC? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/32 "2010-02-06T18:29:12Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > I’m surprised this should generate so much discussion. Sounds like assault and battery to me. Well you didn’t need to join in the pile-on. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/33 "2010-02-06T18:49:17Z")
A powerful lesson to terrorists. I imagine there will be a surge of remorse. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/34 "2010-02-06T20:26:51Z")
As the bipolar assassin pushed and pulled the electric switch, he cried “mho, mho,” in a kind of ode to dying. Eventually he was impeded by his superiors. ---
**Author:** ![Themenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ee59a6/32.png) [@Themenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themenin)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/35 "2010-02-06T22:30:52Z")
All this unseemly wisecracking will only serve to generate more tension in what is already a highly polarized situation. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/36 "2010-02-06T23:41:39Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I prefer “[I Sing the Body Electric](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKWKDh2Cq5Y).” [Electric Ladyland](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Ladyland) was the real inspiration. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/37 "2010-02-07T04:50:06Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’m sure they’ll find a lead. They did. They found an O’Henry bar next to the body. Plus, they know something else about the killer. He was right-handed. Right-handers Rule! ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/38 "2010-02-08T00:23:02Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > They did. They found an O’Henry bar next to the body. > […] Spoke this AM to a friend of mine is Israel, who said that it was just announced that an Irish passport was found (on?near?) the body. Can I call’em or what!🆒 ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/39 "2010-02-08T04:06:53Z")
The Israelis were so happy that they danced: the Electric Slide. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamas-leader-electrocuted-by-israel/527882/40 "2010-02-08T04:24:17Z")
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