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1. On Monday evening, a Palestinian van driver in Jerusalem, was attacked by a lynch mob yelling “He’s an Arab, he’s an Arab”, just a few yards away from where Netanyahu was having a press conference.
2. Bruised and bleeding, the driver barely escaped with his life.
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1. On Monday evening, a Palestinian van driver in Jerusalem, was attacked by a lynch mob yelling “He’s an Arab, he’s an Arab”, just a few yards away from where Netanyahu was having a press conference.
2. Bruised and bleeding, the driver barely escaped with his life.
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3. In his attempt to escape the lynch mob, the Palestinian driver ran over an innocent Israeli, killing him.
4. The family of the man killed declared that the Palestinian driver was blameless, and to blame him would desecrate his memory. The ultra-orthodox mob was to blame.
3. In his attempt to escape the lynch mob, the Palestinian driver ran over an innocent Israeli, killing him.
4. The family of the man killed declared that the Palestinian driver was blameless, and to blame him would desecrate his memory. The ultra-orthodox mob was to blame.
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3. The Palestinian driver who they tried to lynch was detained and interrogated by the police, and released after 24 hours.
4. In spite of a wealth of video footage, no one in the lynch mob was detained.
3. The Palestinian driver who they tried to lynch was detained and interrogated by the police, and released after 24 hours.
4. In spite of a wealth of video footage, no one in the lynch mob was detained.
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4. There was an attempted lynch I’m “the eternal undivided capital of Israel” just a few yards away from the Prime Minister of Israel and his security detail.
5. Netanyahu has not condemned the attempted lynch. It’s not important enough. He has other things on his mind,
4. There was an attempted lynch I’m “the eternal undivided capital of Israel” just a few yards away from the Prime Minister of Israel and his security detail.
5. Netanyahu has not condemned the attempted lynch. It’s not important enough. He has other things on his mind,
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6. None of the members of Netanyahu’s cabinet condemned the attempted lynch, nor did Jerusalem’s mayor. They’re too busy uniting the eternal undivided capital of Israel, Jerusalem, which periodically has lynch mobs roaming its streets.
6. None of the members of Netanyahu’s cabinet condemned the attempted lynch, nor did Jerusalem’s mayor. They’re too busy uniting the eternal undivided capital of Israel, Jerusalem, which periodically has lynch mobs roaming its streets.
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7. No one will be detained, much less indicted for the attempted lynch.
8. But here’s an idea. To establish an international tribunal to investigate un-investigated crimes like this. Maybe even in The Hague.
But naaah, that would be anti-Semitism. Just an idea.
7. No one will be detained, much less indicted for the attempted lynch.
8. But here’s an idea. To establish an international tribunal to investigate un-investigated crimes like this. Maybe even in The Hague.
But naaah, that would be anti-Semitism. Just an idea.
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This morning, twelve suspects in participating in the attempted lynch were arrested by the Jerusalem police.
This is far from over, and the prospect of their seeing justice remote.
But the Jerusalem Police just did more than our Prime Minister and our Mayor.
Keep it up.
This morning, twelve suspects in participating in the attempted lynch were arrested by the Jerusalem police.
This is far from over, and the prospect of their seeing justice remote.
But the Jerusalem Police just did more than our Prime Minister and our Mayor.
Keep it up.
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