What, No Lynch?
';The ISM, which claims to be “committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles,” has reacted to the actions of the PA police officers who saved the life of the IDF officer who mistakenly entered Jenin.
Needless to say, they do not praise the officers for saving the life of a human being, but rather sympathize with those who are disappointed they did not get a chance to lynch him.
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In the early afternoon the Palestinian security forces returned an Israeli soldier who is understood to have become lost in the streets of Jenin.
At about 1.30 pm a single Israeli soldier, coming from Nasser street, entered the city center of Jenin. Eye witnesses reported that he was driving a civilian car, but because of his uniform it didn’t take long to expose his identity.
While his car entered the central square at Masjad al-Kabir, rumors about his presence started to spread across the city and caused a flood of Palestinians to surge in the direction of the Israeli soldier.
During this time, two Palestinian police cars stopped the Israeli soldier and accompanied him to the governmental compound of Jenin, the Muqata’a.
Some Palestinians reported that the Israeli soldier was injured by stone throwers and that some Palestinians managed to steal his M16 rifle. While this information could not be confirmed by either police or any other sources, it is sure that, after the soldier was taken away, his car was set on fire.
The DCO was informed about the mistaken solider and a few minutes later four Israeli jeeps arrived at the Muqata’a, where the Israeli soldier was handed over by Palestinian security forces .
At this, about 100 Palestinians gathered in front of the Muqata’a and some kids sought to express their anger by throwing stones at the Palestinian police. The police responded by throwing a number of sound bombs in their directions in an attempt to disperse the crowd.
Although the Palestinian police perhaps saved a life today, many Palestinians expressed their huge frustration and anger regarding this incident. The anger was further compounded and aggrieved by the fact that the saving of the Israeli soldier came only two days following the cruel assassination of two local residents by Israeli military forces.
An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
August 30th, 2007 at 2:23 am
I noticed the perhaps and couldn’t help but be disgusted in two ways: Not only are they dumbing down what happened, they’re consciously admitting that there’s a possibility the person could have been killed - and ignoring that fact anyway! At least other groups will lie to be consistent. They’re lying a bit less and still being hypocritical. That’s just stupid.
August 30th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
it seems such a tragedy that rather than broadcasting this story as a beacon for peace, the positive elements of the rescue have been brushed under the table… If you were to read this article in isolation you would be ignorant to the heroic actions of the Palestinian Police - infact it would be hard to take anything positive from this story if you were oblivious to the reality.
Why anyone would want to distort a sotry which benefits both parties is beyond me.
August 31st, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Yeah, it’s tough with the ISM. Of all the Internationals I’ve met over the years, their members are the ones who aren’t even interested in hearing about Israeli-Palestinian cooperative measures of any kind (”collaboration” has become a dirty word) and also are sceptical and suspicious of any Israelis who aren’t psycho Border Policemen or Baruch Goldstein. Doesn’t work for their narrative. Other groups are at least more open-minded, even those who are outrightly campaigning for Palestinian independence.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:53 pm
Joseph, what positive side of the story do you refer to? That the police were actually only protecting their own? The fact that if they had lynched this major the retaliation from Israel would of been severe? Im sure if the police had thought Israel would not retaliate at this present time, they would of done nothing! They havent in the past.
The highlight of this story isnt the fact that this major was rescued, but more the reaction of the Palastinians trying to kill him for no reason other than him being an Israeli. Idiots like you are the only ones that are completely oblivious to reality thinking theres a chance of peace with a group of people that only exist to destroy Israel.
…….you are wrong, go read the Palastinian Charter, which i might add, Abbas hasnt even changed!