Jerusalem – A minivan carrying members of the Knesset’s State Control Committee returning from a tour of the east Jerusalem Silwan neighborhood was stoned by Arabs Tuesday.
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A large rock hit the front window of the vehicle, but no one was injured. Border Guard troops who were securing the area were informed and dispersed the attackers.
The incident took place while Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch visited the east Jerusalem neighborhoods of Silwan and Issawiya in response to the recent escalation in stone-throwing.
The MKs arrived in Silwan in anticipation of the State Controller’s report regarding illegal construction in the area, to be published tomorrow.
Aharonovitch’s visit went off without any incidents, except for a small firecracker being thrown in the direction of his entourage.
“I walked around in order to see the places where these events took place and I was impressed by the highly complex work by security forces,” Aharonovitch said. “There is an rise in the stone-throwing incidents and that is very upsetting. The security activity is complex also because Jews and Arabs live close to each other, and this causes much tension.”
“We will stop the stone-throwing with covert and overt forces, and we will bring back the quiet,” he added. I call on the Jews and the Arabs to avoid confrontations. It does not add anything to the security of the residents of Jerusalem.”
Which country in the world would allow this to happen to its parliament members? only israel.
Pathetic place
If a chareidi would have simply jumped in front of the MK’s vehicle without even throwing the stones, his payos would have been pulled out. He would have been treated like a treasonous war criminal kicked and beaten. There are two standards in our “Jewish” country. One for non jews and one for the jews. The jews get the shorter stick.
i dont understand why they dont arrest every single stone thrower for assault and attempted murder. it gets would be suicide bombers off the streets for 5 10 years and will deter conduct like this in the future.
Can you imagine the outrage of the world when big bad rich Jewish Israel defends herself against poor little immaciated children from bomb blasted arab areas? Why is Israel so liberal when the liberal media and nations fry them for whatever they do anyway?! There is no winning.
okay, so DON’T hit these kids with the car when they throw stones at you. I would, but okay! And maybe you don’t want to actually shoot them and trigger a media firestorm. And you don’t want to throw rocks back, even to break a couple of their windows and cost them a little money and discomfort for their trouble.
But for heaven’s sake, don’t just SIT THERE and take it, doing nothing!
If they had any brains, drivers and/or passengers would start driving around these areas with paintball guns.
It’s non-lethal, it DOES hurt when you hit them, and it would make identifying the culprits much, much easier.
Maybe we can get “Unity for Justice” to sing a song about this and raise some money for a paintball gun-buying fund for Jews in Israel.
Oh, wait, I forgot: do you have to actually commit a crime before you qualify for that organization to sing for you?