Jerusalem Light Rail CEO says he was ordered not to report 'Palestinian' terrorism
The CEO of Jerusalem's light rail system and a housing ministry official say that Jerusalem police and the Housing Ministry have been attempting to cover up 'Palestinian' terrorism in the 'eastern part' of the city.
Police requested that CityPass not report rock
throwing attacks against the light rail because it harms police and
encourages the offenders, CityPass CEO Yaron Ravid told Israel Radio,
which reported Tuesday that there have been no reports to the media by
police or CityPass of violent attacks against the light rail over the
last two weeks even though numerous incidents have occurred. Throughout
the day Tuesday, the train was attacked by rock throwers three times.
When contacted for a response, police
acknowledged that there had been 13 instances of attackers throwing
rocks at the train and two arrests, one of which resulted in an
indictment. In addition, police said, 75 people have been arrested on
suspicion of rioting.
“Ongoing efforts require patience and
persistence and are already proving themselves,” the police said in a
statement. “Jerusalem Police will continue its operation against
rioters, which will lead to a decrease in incidents and quiet in the
area.”
The alleged directive against reporting
violent incidents has not been limited to the light rail, according to
an official from the Housing Ministry, who was quoted by Israel Radio as
saying that guards employed by the ministry have been instructed not to
report rock throwing incidents in East Jerusalem in order not to
discourage Jews from living in mixed neighborhoods.
US citizen beaten by Israeli police, State Department wakes up, demands investigation
Shavua tov, a good week to everyone.
The US State Department didn't seem very interested when US citizen Naftali Frenkel HY"D (May God Avenge his blood) was kidnapped and murdered by 'Palestinian' terrorists. But now they're determined to atone for it. A US citizen was captured on tape being beaten by Israeli border police this week and the State Department has gone ballistic. You might ask what changed since June 12. One thing that has changed is that this kid is a 'Palestinian.' In fact, he's a cousin of the 'Palestinian' who was murdered last week - probably by family members for being gay. This is from the first link.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki named the youth as Tariq
Khdeir, 15. He was a cousin of Muhammed Abu Khdeir, a 16-year-old
Palestinian whose burned body was found Wednesday in the Jerusalem
Forest. Khdeir was visited by a U.S. consulate official, the statement
said.
"We
are profoundly troubled by reports that he was severely beaten while in
police custody and strongly condemn any excessive use of force," Psaki
said. "We are calling for a speedy, transparent and credible
investigation and full accountability for any excessive use of force."
"We
reiterate our grave concern about the increasing violent incidents, and
call on all sides to take steps to restore calm and prevent harm to
innocents," it added.
Khdeir,
according reports in Orlando, Florida, is a high school sophomore in
Tampa, who was visiting his Palestinian relatives in Shuafat, Jerusalem,
for the first time in over a decade when he was beaten and detained.
The incident took place on Thursday outside the home of the murdered
teenager, said to be his cousin. The Forward quoted the Council on
American-Islamic Relations as saying that he suffered serious injuries
in the beating and is being held under police guard at Hadassah Hospital
in Jerusalem.
Khdeir is due to be brought before a judge in Jerusalem on Sunday, Ma'an news agency reported.
The kid was beaten during a protest outside his house - at least he wasn't beaten in a police station - but he was handcuffed and on the ground. Haaretz reports that three border police officers beat the boy - I actually only saw one sitting on him and one hitting him until the end when they start to drag him away.
I'm going to embed the video below (sorry if YouTube makes you sign in to watch it) because I want to make a couple of other points about it.
Let's go to the videotape.
I don't know how anyone can tell from watching the video that those are border police and not rioters. Their faces are covered with ski masks and they don't seem to be wearing the border police's khaki uniforms. The police have not take responsibility for this, but they are investigating.
I have pointed out in the past that the border police are full of 'minorities' (Bedouin and Druze and that they have also been involved in violence against Jews in the past. If I had to pick a unit that was likely to do this sort of thing, it would be the border police. Assuming that they did it, it's still no excuse for Israel's government and police department, and heads ought to roll.
'Honor killing': Arab teen in Jerusalem murdered by family because he was gay?
I can't confirm this yet, but we've already seen stories in the mainstream media that claim that the Arab teen who was killed in the Jerusalem Forest overnight may have been murdered by family members. What the mainstream media is not telling you (as those who read Hebrew can see from the story above), is that the teen may have been the victim of an honor killing because he was gay.
There's also another version of the story, which is only slightly different.
In any event, this murder was not carried out by a Jew. But why let that ruin a good excuse for a riot?
The video shows two Border Policemen arresting a rioter and
attempting to put him in their jeep. However, he resists the arrest, and
a group of his comrades presses up against the policemen, confident in
the knowledge that they chance they will be fire upon is next to nil.
The Border Police struggle valiantly with their captive as they are
surrounded by the mob and eventually have no choice but to let him
escape. Toward the end of the video, one of them expresses anger toward a
third policeman, who appears to have been nearby the whole time but
preferred to stay out of the confrontation.
And what has made the 'Palestinians' fearless?
Leftist infiltration of Israel's court system has led to a situation in
which even firing rubber bullets requires permission from high-ranking
officers, and the slightest use of force is pounced upon by the media,
which demands that the soldier involved be punished.
This leads to what's called Rosh Katan (literally, small head) syndrome in which everyone wants to put their head down and finish their service without getting into trouble.
Italian photographer Ruben Salvadori was covering the weekly 'Palestinian' riots in Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood. But he discovered that he wasn't interested in the stone throwers and he wasn't interested in the soldiers trying to control them. He was interested in the role that the photojournalists play in the riots. And here's what he produced.
Unbelievable: IDF commander punished over 'Palestinian' riot despite investigation absolving him
A year and a half ago, I warned that the IDF's open fire rules had essentially become no fire rules. Now, the IDF has confirmed that is the case by disciplining a commander whose troops killed a 34-year old 'Palestinian' rioter because they believed - correctly, according to the IDF's own investigation - that their lives were in danger. The commander has been relieved of duty, which (as I understand it) essentially means he's been discharged from the army (Hat Tip: Norman F via comments).
The riot took place weeks ago, as Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas prepared to address the United Nations. Hours before the address, a group of PA men from Kfar Qusra near Ramallah began to attack IDF soldiers nearby with rocks.
The attack followed a PA assault on the Jewish village of Esh Kodesh. PA Arabs initially blamed the attack on Jews living in the village, but later investigation showed that Jews had not approached Kfar Qusra at any point during the day.
Soldiers responded with non-violent means of riot dispersal, primarily tear gas. However, before they could drive the rioters away, a group of attackers managed to get close to three soldiers and hurl large rocks at them from a short distance.
Fearing for their lives, the soldiers opened fire, hitting and killing 34-year-old Issam Badaran. A subsequent IDF investigation found that the soldiers’ lives had been in danger and their actions were justified.
How about that? In addition to having an army that for five years did not so much as develop a plan to rescue a captured soldier, we also have an army that doesn't allow its soldiers to defend themselves in the immediate line of fire!
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