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This is the Jerusalem equivalent of DEFCON 1.
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The facts: on Thursday evening,the first night of Hannukah, the Temple Mount Movements will conduct a march "approved by the police" from "the blessed Damascus Gate in the direction of the Temple Mount (near the Kotel).
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The facts: on Thursday evening,the first night of Hannukah, the Temple Mount Movements will conduct a march "approved by the police" from "the blessed Damascus Gate in the direction of the Temple Mount (near the Kotel).
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If there is any provocation more dangerous, more incendiary and more likely to trigger an eruption of violence in East Jerusalem and/or the West Bank and/or the Lebanese border, I can't think of one.
This is no doubt a cause of concern in Amman, Cairo and beyond.
If there is any provocation more dangerous, more incendiary and more likely to trigger an eruption of violence in East Jerusalem and/or the West Bank and/or the Lebanese border, I can't think of one.
This is no doubt a cause of concern in Amman, Cairo and beyond.
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You will be told: the Police will never let it happen. Ben Gvir's Police? Wanna bet?
The Police are issuing "calming" statements. It will "only" be 200 marchers, and go through Al Wad St., the Muslim Quarter "only" as far as the Austian Hospice.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
You will be told: the Police will never let it happen. Ben Gvir's Police? Wanna bet?
The Police are issuing "calming" statements. It will "only" be 200 marchers, and go through Al Wad St., the Muslim Quarter "only" as far as the Austian Hospice.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
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This is precisely the route that thousands of ultranationlist religious marauders took last May. They marched through the Muslim Quarter pounding in the locked doors of Palestinan storefronts and homes, screaming "death to the Arabs" and "May their villages burn".
This is precisely the route that thousands of ultranationlist religious marauders took last May. They marched through the Muslim Quarter pounding in the locked doors of Palestinan storefronts and homes, screaming "death to the Arabs" and "May their villages burn".
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Then as well the Police did their Gunnar Jarring impersonation, devoted to maintain the rights of the marauders. Theu even announced in advance that they were cool with chants of "death to the Arabs".
There were indeed a few arrests - all Palestinan.
Then as well the Police did their Gunnar Jarring impersonation, devoted to maintain the rights of the marauders. Theu even announced in advance that they were cool with chants of "death to the Arabs".
There were indeed a few arrests - all Palestinan.
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For me, this is the worst part: not ONE public figure in Israel condemned the chants of death to the Arabs. Not one.
Not the Prime Minister, who has 5 houses (no less) a couple of kilometers away. Not the Mayor, who lords over the occupation of 400,000 Palestinans.
For me, this is the worst part: not ONE public figure in Israel condemned the chants of death to the Arabs. Not one.
Not the Prime Minister, who has 5 houses (no less) a couple of kilometers away. Not the Mayor, who lords over the occupation of 400,000 Palestinans.
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In a very non-routine move, the United States publicly called upon the leaders of Israel to condemn the chants. No one did.
And I mean no one.
Herzog? Shtum.
Ganz? Shtum.
Lapid? הצחקתם אותי. Shtum.
Thus upcoming March is on these moral and political invertebrates, too.
In a very non-routine move, the United States publicly called upon the leaders of Israel to condemn the chants. No one did.
And I mean no one.
Herzog? Shtum.
Ganz? Shtum.
Lapid? הצחקתם אותי. Shtum.
Thus upcoming March is on these moral and political invertebrates, too.
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This is not "elective surgery". This has nothing to do with piety, and everything to do with pyromania.
Anyone inside Israel and in the international community with any sense if responsibility have to communicate unequivocally to the Netanyahu Regime: don't dare. Don't dare.
This is not "elective surgery". This has nothing to do with piety, and everything to do with pyromania.
Anyone inside Israel and in the international community with any sense if responsibility have to communicate unequivocally to the Netanyahu Regime: don't dare. Don't dare.
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Is it certain that this march will ignite violence?
No. My bet would be 50-50, at best.
W/ war and & a humanitarian meltdown of unspeakable horror in Gaza, with the potential of a war in the north, and the West Bank on the brink, this is not the time for tossing the dice.
Is it certain that this march will ignite violence?
No. My bet would be 50-50, at best.
W/ war and & a humanitarian meltdown of unspeakable horror in Gaza, with the potential of a war in the north, and the West Bank on the brink, this is not the time for tossing the dice.
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