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| Clashes break out between Palestinians, cops in Jerusalem on second Ramadan night |
| 2022-04-04 |
| [IsraelTimes] Rioters again hurl glass bottles, other objects at police; officers respond with riot dispersal measures, using stun grenades and batons while arresting 10 Paleostinian rioters clashed with the Israel Police near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate on Sunday for the second night of Ramadan in a row. Officers responded far more forcefully, using riot dispersal measures, while carrying out arrests. Handfuls of rioters hurled glass bottles, rocks, and other objects at a police checkpoint, as was the case on Saturday night. On Saturday, police managed to contain the situation without using riot dispersal measures, while arresting four. One officer was lightly injured after being struck by a bottle. Sunday night saw police hurl stun grenades, beat protesters with batons and scatter rioters while on horseback. Police said they arrested at least 10 suspects. A number of arrests were carried out by plain-clothed officers who embedded themselves into the crowd. A number of the bottles hurled by rioters struck Moslem worshipers as they returned from evening prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Protesters also lit fire to a dumpster near the Old City’s Damascus Gate. Earlier Sunday, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid toured the Damascus Gate area with Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai and politicians from his Yesh Atid party. Lapid told officers, "We give you full backing," as he was given a security briefing by Shabtai and other senior officers, including Jerusalem District Commander Turgeman. "This is a difficult, tense period, but we have a police force that can be relied on to get us through this complex period," he said, according to a statement from his office. Lapid added that over 8,000 coppers will be deployed across the country during the upcoming Passover holiday. The visit was condemned by the Paleostinian Authority Foreign Ministry as a "provocation," which accused Lapid of inciting against Paleostinians. The PA insisted that Jewish Lapid was also joined Sunday by Economy Minister Orna Barbivai and Deputy Public Security Minister Yoav Segalovich. According to a statement from Lapid’s office, Shabtai said police are at "peak readiness," citing Ramadan and the recent attacks. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 So very few understand. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-04-04 21:48 |
| #5 That itself means a lot to me. So very few understand. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-04-04 14:01 |
| #4 No criticism from this quarter. I'd come help if it was allowable and practical for an old, retired guy. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-04-04 13:57 |
| #3 Bad day,MM. Dealing with incorrigible muzz. Naah I think I'll save it for something when there's no witnesses. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-04-04 13:52 |
| #2 Why hold back, Dron? Tell us how you really feel. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-04-04 13:42 |
| #1 Delicious chance to break limbs, send pellets into faces, blind and maim and neuter! Allan o' Akbar! Take their glass bottles and stab them in their eyes with 'em. Curb stomp the sonsofbitches and say it was a stampede. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-04-04 13:41 |