Posted on 03/03/2013 9:29:43 AM PST by Olog-hai
Police on Thursday were investigating the possibility that Palestinians may have vandalized six cars in Kusra, near Nablus, last week so that they could falsely claim it was a “price-tag” attack by Jews.
“Israeli police have completed the initial findings,” National Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld. “The conclusion is that the incident was not carried out as first thought. It’s not a criminal incident with nationalistic motives,” he said.
“The suspicion is that it was locals [Palestinians] or other suspects who are trying to fake the incident,” he said. …
MK Uri Ariel (Bayit Yehudi) said he welcomed the police’s quick response, particularly given that “price-tag” attacks had become an excuse for a “blood libel” against law-abiding residents of Judea and Samaria.
Benny Katzover, chairman of the Samaria Citizens Committee, said, “Today it was proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are talking about an event that was instigated by Arabs, accompanied by left-wing organizations, that continue to support terrorism, and inflame the area, with their blood libel against the settlers.” …
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Well, I, for one, am shocked!
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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No way, Arabs wouldn't lie
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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No way, Arabs wouldn't lie
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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No way, Arabs wouldn't lie
I give up.
What does “price-tag attack” mean?
Revenge attack.
It’s an invention of B’Tselem (radical leftist self-hating Israeli group). They apply the term to alleged attacks by “radical Israeli settlers” on Palestinians and Israeli security forces who try and boot the settlers off their land.
...and get caught at it?
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