The difficult weekend for security forces began on erev Shabbos, not in Yehuda and Shomron but in Yerushalayim. After the Friday afternoon Muslim violence on Har Habayis continued to gain momentum, the order was given for police to storm the Temple Mount and restore order.
The violence carried over into Shabbos with the worst location in the area of Qusra south of Shechem. PA (Palestinian Authority) sources report two people were hit by live IDF fire, with one listed in serious condition. There were clashes between Jews from and Arabs. Police arrested at least ten Jews and two Arabs. Soldiers used riot control adjuncts to restore order including stun grenades, rubber coated bullets and teargas.
IDF officials report no live ammunition was fired despite the PA reports.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Why were more Jews than Arabs arrested?
10 Jews arrested!!!!!!!! Why 10 Jews?? When the Arabs are rioting!!!!!!
it was probably some right wing chareidim no need to be concerned
Why 10 Jews??
Why were more Jews than Arabs arrested?
David Trepp clearly yearns for a return to the “quota” system. Zionflag has clearly not considered the possibility that the Jews might – just might – have been more culpable in this instance than the Palestinians. Let’s look at some recent history, shall we?
On the night of September 4-5 2011, a group of presumably Israeli settlers entered the village at 3 a.m., vandalized the village’s Al-Nurayn mosque and tried to set it on fire. They smashed windows, rolled burning tires inside, and wrote “Muhammad is a pig” in Hebrew on its wall. The attack on the mosque came shortly after Israeli police officers had destroyed three illegal structures in the settlement outpost of Migron north of Jerusalem. According to Agence France Press, the graffiti also included a Star of David, and the name “Migron”.[5] The attack, not the first of its kind, is viewed as part of the policy called “price tag” followed by a radical segment among the settlers, in which they respond to attempts by the Israeli security forces to demolish unauthorized Jewish settlements with attacks on Palestinians.
Qusra lies outside the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority and depends on the Israeli military for protection, and the villagers have no weapons. They (the residents of Qusra) organized a neighborhood watch with 15 to 20 volunteers, who patrol nightly. In case of trouble, the volunteers have instructions to phone the governor of Nablus who would contact the Israeli army. According to Qusra mayor Hani Abu Murad, the patrol scared off settlers who had approached the village a few days after the mosque was defaced.
On September 23, 2011, a group of about a dozen settlers from a nearby Israeli outpost approached Qusra, and a warning was announced from the mosque speakers. A large group from Qusra confronted the settlers, and threw stones, after which Israel Defense Forces (IDF) arrived, protecting the settlers. The IDF first fired tear gas, then live rounds, killing one man, identified as Essam Kamal Badran, 35, by Qusra mayor Abu Murad, according to Haaretz. A statement from the IDF confirmed its troops had used live fire against the Palestinians after rocks were thrown at security personnel, and said it was working with Palestinian security officials to investigate.
The incident received widespread publicity as it occurred just hours before Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas took the podium at the U.N. General Assembly, making his quest for recognition of a Palestinian state.
So, based on past events (the “price tag” incident included), it could just possibly be true that the authorities were quite correct in arresting “10 Jews”.
Like it or not, Arabs are also human beings – whether or not davidtrepp and zionflag like it or not.
For the avoidance of any doubt, I am Jewish, I am Israeli, and I live not too far away from where this incident is alleged to have taken place. Flame me at your own risk.