| Given the report yesterday that West Bank president Mahmoud Abbas had allocated $25 million to support this kind of activity, it's no surprise there is such enthusiasm today. |
| According to The Times of Israel, he died when the Molotov cocktail he was holding went off in his hand prematurely. |
| According to the same article, he had been wounded and subsequently died of his injuries. |
Violent festivities raged in Jerusalem's Old City by the Lions' Gate on Saturday evening--with protesters throwing stones, bottles and other objects at security forces--as rioting continued elsewhere in the capital and in various hotspots in the West Bank. On route 444 near Tayibe rioters burned tires. Protesters set a tire on fire in Kafr Kanna as well and then pelted police forces that arrived at the scene with stones. There were also festivities Saturday afternoon and evening in Qalandiya, At-Tur, Shuafat, Isawiya and in the village of Kabor, the home of the terrorist who killed an Israeli grandfather and his two adult children in the nearby settlement of Halamish on Friday.
Rioters also threw stones and glass bottles at Israeli forces near the Mount of Olives. An IDF officer was lightly hurt when a stone hurt his upper body during festivities in Kafr Qaddum in the Samaria region of the West Bank.
The police also reported that four other suspects from the Old City were jugged
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
overnight, including a young man, for participating in Friday's disturbances.
Following the deaths of the three Paleostinians on Friday, a general strike was declared in east Jerusalem neighborhoods, and a partial strike was declared in the Old City.
Demonstrations were also taking place in Arab communities throughout Israel, among them the Arab city of Tayibe, with another demonstration planned there for Saturday evening. Additional demonstrations are planned in the Arab cities of Nazareth, Umm al-Fahm and Qalansawe.
The Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy said 41 Paleostinians in total were taken to hospitals or clinics with injures from live ammunition, rubber bullets and beatings Friday. About 150 Paleostinians were treated for tear gas inhalation. The IDF and the Border Police also arrested 17 people in the West Bank, as dozens of Paleostinians were maimed in several incidents on the Gazoo Strip border, with participants burning tires and throwing rocks at the fence and IDF forces.
| In conclusion, fewer than 200 were injured, not the 400 the Arabs initially claimed. |
[IsraelTimes] PA ruling party calls for ongoing struggle ’to take control of al-Aqsa’ and defeat ’racist Israeli plot’ on Temple Mount
UN Security Council to hold discussion Monday on Temple Mount clashes| *sigh* |
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss the bloodiest spate of Israeli-Paleostinian violence for years, diplomats said on Saturday.
Sweden, Egypt and La Belle France requested the meeting to "urgently discuss how calls for de-escalation in Jerusalem can be supported," Sweden's Deputy U.N. ambassador, Carl Skau, posted on Twitter.