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| Masked Israelis throw stones at Palestinians as IDF looks on, video indicates | |
| 2017-11-18 | |
A group of masked Israeli settlers threw stones at Paleostinians outside a northern West Bank village as IDF soldiers looked on, footage from the Friday incident indicated. What's the Hebrew word for "intifada?" Clashes erupted after a fire that broke out adjacent to the village of Burin spread toward surrounding fields, approaching the Givat Ronen outpost, the Yesh Din rights group said. As Paleostinian farmers worked to extinguish the flames, a group of masked Israeli settlers began throwing rocks at them. Footage relayed from the Rabbis for Human Rights NGO shows IDF soldiers looking on as stones were thrown, lightly injuring one of the activists who filmed the incident. A spokeswoman for the IDF confirmed the stone throwing by Israeli settlers, but disputed the rights group’s version of the incident. "Contrary to what is seen in the video, IDF soldiers at the scene acted to halt the escalation of violence," the spokeswoman said. "When Israeli civilians refused to cease throwing rocks, soldiers used riot disposal methods in order to disperse the riot." No arrests were made at the scene and the IDF spokeswoman said that no injuries were reported, despite the Yesh Din statement claiming otherwise. While the rights group said that the fire had spread "after a Paleostinian farmer attempted to dispose of agricultural waste," a resident of the nearby Israeli settlement of Har Bracha told The Times of Israel that the fire had been started by the neighboring Paleostinians on purpose in order to burn down the Israeli outpost. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 If true, then goose;gander. |
| Posted by: charger 2017-11-18 11:53 |
| #6 Even if true, I don't care. The Palestinians chose their lot, and deserve all that comes with it. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-11-18 09:05 |
| #5 Pallywood. 'nuf said. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-11-18 09:00 |
| #4 "Short clip but one observation from my own experience with field fires. If the masked men or the IDF were the least concerned about a set fire, they would have put it out. And who the hell keeps sky masks handy for what? The field police fire department?" What the Light of Nations must deal with every waking hour. Big boss sees this for sure. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-11-18 05:35 |
| #3 Short clip but one observation from my own experience with field fires. If the masked men or the IDF were the least concerned about a set fire, they would have put it out. And who the hell keeps sky masks handy for what? The field police fire department? |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2017-11-18 05:25 |
| #2 American hate-crime wave comes to Israel. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-11-18 02:47 |
| #1 Israelis don't cover their faces usually. This is probably setting up a fake hate crime or something. But when do Paleostinians have any real credibility aside from the idiot media and tyrant sympathizers? Their cred is zero as is all major American News networks - Pravda and RT included. Israel will tell me what it is, no one else. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-11-18 00:49 |