· 08:01: A school bus traveling near Sinjel in the Gush Shilo area of Shomron was attacked with rocks.
· 08:06: Rock attacks near the Ma’aras HaMachpelah in Hebron.
· 09:54: PM Netanyahu clarifies order barring MKs and cabinet ministers from Har Habayis applies to Jews and Arabs alike.
· The PA government is meeting in urgent session at 12:15 due to the current situation.
· 10:48: An Arab was injured in a leg with a rubber-coated bullet during violence in the el-Aroub refugee camp.
· 11:14: An Arab man refusing to identify himself as he entered a public building in Beersheva was placed under arrest after he was found to be concealing a knife.
· Beit Shemesh Mayor Abutbul meets with the city’s chief of police calling for increased police presence in city’s schools due to security crisis.
· 11:19: Security forces spraying areas commonly used by PA residents for violent clashes with IDF forces with foul smelling water being referred to as “skunk water” as a prophylactic measure to prevent renewed violence today.
· 11:47: Man arrested earlier in Beersheva is an IDF soldier who claims he always carries the knife with him. He remains in custody at this time as police continue to question him.
· 12:06: An IDF soldier mistakenly drove into Halhul north of Hebron. The vehicle was surrounded by residents who immediately began throwing rocks. One responding vehicle got into an accident.
· 12:15: Stabbing attack on Derech Bar Lev near National Police HQ.
· 12:53: Rock attacks continue between Beit Omer and Karmei Tzur on Gush Etzion Hwy.
· 12:56: Vehicle of officer in Civil Administration attacked with cinderblocks this morning on Route 35, Trans-Yehuda Hwy. B”H he was in a fortified vehicle.
· 13:08: Officials issue clarification- Light rail service INTERRUPTION only between Damascus Gate & ammunition Hill.
· 13:11: Negev Police: A man armed with a knife was arrested in Beersheva’s Old City. No additional information released in police spokesman report.
· 13:12: MK Zahalka stopped by police as he attempts to head to Har Habayis in defiance of PM’s order for all elected officials, including Arab MKs.
· 13:39: Rock attack continue on Gush Etzion Highway, now in the el-Hader area.
· 13:40: Arab violence and confrontations with soldiers near Beit Omer. Soldiers using riot-control means to restore order.
· 13:41: Rock attacks at security fence of Psagot in the Binyamin Council.
· 13:41: Rock attacks near Ujah in the Jordan Valley area.
· 14:07: Yosh Junction in Binyamin Region. Tens of Arabs burning tires in road, hurling rocks and firebombs at security forces.
· 14:12: Six Arabs injured by IDF 22 caliber gunfire to lower extremities as over 500 PA residents confronting IDF soldiers in a Kalkilye district checkpoint. Transport by Red Crescent ambulances.
· 14:23: Police received calls that a knife fell from the pocket of a man on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem. Large police force searching to determine if this may be a prank or not.
· 14:29: Rock throwing directed at Beit Hadassah in Hebron.
· 14:55: MK Dr. Ahmed Tibi announces he and party members will visit Har Habayis on Sunday morning and not Friday as stated earlier, rejecting PM Netanyahu’s right to prevent visits to the holy site by elected officials.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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In the 1930s Air Marshal Arthur “Bomber” Harris,later the esteemed and highly decorated head of British Bomber Command , said “The only thing the Arab understands is the heavy hand.”