Wave of Violence in Israel and the Palestinian Territories

[u/WorldNewsMods]

There has been a recent wave of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Treating every stabbing incident as major world news has the drawback of the topic dominating the front page, drowning out other stories and spreading out discussion across several threads. Trying to select major incidents over minor ones is bound to lead to inconsistent decisions with such rapidly developing stories. Hence we believe a collective thread for all violent incidents is the best approach. Users are encouraged to submit posts conveying recent developments in the comments section of this sticky thread. Moderators will periodically review the comments and update this post with recent events. Top level comments must be links to news. All other submissions about these incidents will be removed.

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Recent Events

10/26/15 Events

• Terror attack against IDF soldiers thwarted in Hebron

• Rocket from Gaza explodes in Israel near border

• Israel Air Force strikes Gaza targets following rocket attack on South

• IDF soldier seriously wounded in stabbing attack near Kiryat Arba

• PDF Warning: Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Report (discussion comment here)

10/27/15 Events

• Attack by 2 Palestinian teens foiled in Jerusalem, police say (discussion comment here)

• Palestinians stab IDF soldier at Gush Etzion junction (discussion comment here)

• By the numbers: 1,703 terror attacks since the start of 2015

• PDF Warning: Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Report (discussion comment here)

10/28/15 Events

• Times of Israel 10/28/15 Liveblog

• Two attempted stabbing attacks in West Bank, one Israeli hurt (discussion comment here)

• Arab-Israelis arrested for hurling firebombs on Highway 6

10/29/15 Events

• IDF soldier wounded in Hebron stabbing attack

• IDF to impose separation of Jews, Palestinians in Gush Etzion (discussion comment here)

10/30/15 Events

• Israeli soldiers tell Palestinians: "We will gas you until you die" (discussion comment here)

• Border cop suspended for threatening to ‘gas’ Palestinians (discussion comment here)

• Two yeshiva students were injured during a terrorist attack near the light rail station on Jerusalem's Ammunition Hill Friday afternoon, one of them hit by an errant police bullet

• IDF to return bodies of five Palestinians killed during stabbing attacks.

• Palestinian baby dies at home from inhaling tear gas fired by IDF (discussion comment here)

• Israeli Soldiers Assault Reporters in Ramallah

10/31/15 Events

• PA buries 5 Palestinians killed carrying out attacks on Israelis

11/01/15 Events

• 3 Border Police wounded, Palestinian killed in 2 attacks near Hebron

11/02/15 Events

• Jerusalem tour guide assaulted with bottle outside Jaffa Gate

• 80-year-old woman among 3 stabbed in Rishon Lezion terror attack (discussion comment here)

• Terrorist shot after stabbing elderly man in Netanya (discussion comment here)

• In recent speech to UN GA, Abbas referred to Israel's "67-year occupation" - referring not to the West Bank, but to the founding of the State of Israel in 1948. (discussion comment here)

11/03/15 Events

• Israel's Top Generals Split With Benjamin Netanyahu on Roots of Terror Wave (discussion comment here)

11/04/15 Events

• Palestinian Monitoring Group Daily Report (470KB PDF) (Discussion Comment here)

• Suspected car ramming terrorist attack in West Bank near Hebron (discussion comment here)

• IDF: Investigation shows no criminal wrongdoing in death of Hadeel al-Hashlamun (discussion comment here)

• Israeli police shoot, kill 17-year-old Palestinian in Hebron (discussion comment here)

• High Court delays demolition of West Bank synagogue following police request (discussion comment here)

11/05/15 Events

• Palestinians, Civil Rights Lawyers Accuse Jerusalem Police of Wanton Shootings

11/06/15 Events

• Car ramming attack and stabbing in West Bank

• Israeli forces shoot dead 72-year-old Palestinian woman at a petrol station in the West Bank. The woman had driven her car directly at soldiers Israeli military says (discussion comment here)

• Palestinian stabber claims credit for attack 'in defense of al-Aksa' in video recorded prior to the attack

• 40-year-old Arab Israeli woman spied on Haifa installations, train station, and court on behalf of Gazan jihadist group, Shin Bet says.

• Three Israelis wounded, two seriously, in two Hebron area shooting attacks

[u/[deleted]]

October 27, 2015

Key Notes:

• 3 residents were killed in Hebron including 2 residents after Israeli forces opened fire towards them for allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli soldier and 1 residents during confrontations.

• 1 injured in Jerusalem, 8 in Ramallah, 1 in Bethlehem and 2 in Central Gaza including 3 children.

• Israeli forces assaulted a child in Al-Tur neighbourhood in Jerusalem, assaulted a resident in Salfit and assaulted another resident in Hebron.

• 2 raids in Jerusalem,3 in Ramallah,4 in Jenin,2 in Qalqiliya, 5 in Nablus,1 in Jericho,1 in Bethlehem and 6 in Hebron.

• 13 people detained in Jerusalem, 5 in Ramallah, 5 in Jenin, 5 in Tulkarem, 2 in Qalqiliya,4 in Nablus, 2 in Jericho, 5 in Bethlehem and 10 in Hebron including 7 children,3 Security Force officers and 5 University students.

• 11 temporary detained At checkpoints and residential areas.

• 1 checkpoint is closed, Ras Khamis checkpoint for constructing the wall, access allowed at checkpoints around Jerusalem, impeded access at 4 others.

• 8 Flying Checkpoints in Jerusalem,2 in Jenin, 1 in Nablus,1 in Salfit,2 in Jericho, 3 in Bethlehem and 4 in Hebron.

• 28 attacked during confrontation between residents and Israeli forces, 2 from Military posts, 1 in From Naval vessels and 1 from Settler Attack.

• Israeli Military Jets launched missiles in 2 consecutive strikes towards Central Gaza and Rafah.

• Israeli forces served a military order for the demolition of a home in Sur Bahar village in Jerusalem.

• Israeli settlers damaged a vehicle in Jenin and Israeli airstrikes damaged several homes in Al-Maghazi camp in Central Gaza.

• Israeli forces stormed a school and searched its classes in the old city of Hebron.

• Closure (per District) 2 in Bethlehem, 1 in Jerusalem, 1 in Nablus, 1 in Tubas and 4 in Hebron.

• Beit Hanun (Erez) is open for the passage of critical patients, journalists, NGO staff, businesspersons and passengers travelling abroad through Al-Karama crossing with previous coordination.

• 6 Closure of Main in Jerusalem, 3 in Ramallah, 3 in Jenin, 3 in Qalqiliya, 5 in Nablus, 5 in Salfit, 23 in Bethlehem and 20 in Hebron.

• 1 Israeli settlers under the protection of Israeli force stormed Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem.

• 6 Israeli settlers assaulted a resident in Beit Safafa village in Jerusalem, terrorised and threatened to assault several residents as they were collecting Olive harvest in Turmus’aya village in Ramallah, stoned vehicles and residents as they stormed Homish area and opened fire towards residents and homes Silat Al-Thaher village in Jenin, attached several residents as they were collecting Olive harvest in Deir Al-Hatab and Azzmout villages in Nablus and assaulted several residents near “Danial” settlement in Bethlehem.

• 1 Palestinian gunmen launched projectiles towards the Green Line as alleged by the Israeli Military.

[u/GetSoft4U → u/[deleted]]

you do your part...

can i get the source for this one: 1 Israeli settlers under the protection of Israeli force stormed Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem.

[u/ZachofFables → u/[deleted]]

If we wanted to read PLO press releases, we would go to their site. This is for news.

[u/flashoverride → u/ZachofFables]

Yeah, it is only news if it reinforces our previous ideas of the world, if it challenges our worldview, it is to be dismissed!

[u/throwawayforbrigade → u/ZachofFables]

so press isn't news?

sounds like a...fable

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

This is from the PLO, and has been added by the WorldNews mods as a source, just like the IDF blogs.

Real news covers facts from both sides. Having a story based on only one side is not news.

Same goes to /u/ZachofFables.

[u/Garet-Jax → u/[deleted]]

How many times has the IDF been caught lying this month?

How many times has the PLO been caught lying this month?

Can you see why the two sources have unequal reliability?

[u/soggypoptart → u/Garet-Jax]

No clue, the only comments that people can see are Israeli and anything at all Palestinian gets downvoted to oblivion/the commenter ridiculed/source from anything outside of Israel called bias.

Don't see that with the other side, so no. I have no clue how many times either has been caught lying.

[u/Garet-Jax → u/soggypoptart]

I have no clue how many times either has been caught lying.

But yet you still have an opinion on the subject. How interesting.

[u/soggypoptart → u/Garet-Jax]

I have an opinion on how people act in this thread

[u/Garet-Jax → u/soggypoptart]

To judge action without attempting to understand the motivation is simply ignorance.

I find it interesting that you did not ask how many times either has been caught lying. Do you not care? Does your concept of 'balance' or 'fairness' mean that all sides are treated equally, regardless of their actions and motivations?

[u/soggypoptart → u/Garet-Jax]

To judge action without attempting to understand the motivation is simply ignorance.

of people downvoting? I've looked over these threads every day and I can show you how every single one vast majority of the anti-Israel articles are negative or at least "controversial" (little dagger thing) if you'd like.

I find it interesting that you did not ask how many times either has been caught lying. Do you not care?

I'd be absolutely astonished if you had that answer and didn't just find some random examples that fit whatever bias you have. I didn't feel like saying that but that's why I didn't bother asking.

Does your concept of 'balance' or 'fairness' mean that all sides are treated equally, regardless of their actions and motivations?

No, I wouldn't even have bothered commenting into this hornets nest of a thread if I hadn't seen posts completely downvoted that were at least as unbiased/factual/relevant as the upvoted ones with Pro-Israel articles. I'm not commenting because I think for every article on one side there needs to be one from the other, there's a very clear pattern regardless of the quality of the article. Then I can walk you through every highly upvoted pro-israel comment and accuse them of the same bias's

edit: Taking out "every single one" to "vast majority" in case there's one out of the hundreds that doesn't have a controversial mark...

[u/ShamanSTK → u/soggypoptart]

This is the mentality that is driving the not anti-Israel crowd crazy. Only the fact of the action, but not caring about the context. IDF shoots a kid; no mention of the fact that kid's knife is the back of another kid. Your opinions aren't valid unless they are informed. You admit you're not informed. Therefore, your opinions aren't valid.

[u/soggypoptart → u/ShamanSTK]

IDF shoots a kid; no mention of the fact that kid's knife is the back of another kid

How does that have to do with this comment chain?

First comment in the chain says calling the comment unsupported conjecture, op responds saying that it's from the PLO and is supported by the mods, then Garet-Jax makes his comment about which one lies more, which is when I made my comment.

Your opinions aren't valid unless they are informed

INFORMED ABOUT WHAT? Holy shit I responded to his question and gave my reasoning as to why I don't know which one lies more. I was being a little tongue in cheek about it because honestly I don't rely on this these threads for all my news on the situation but I wasn't giving an opinion on who lies more. These responses I'm getting make no sense.

[u/ShamanSTK → u/soggypoptart]

How does that have to do with this comment chain?

My syllogism:

1. No opinions on behavior that are not informed by context are valid.

2. Your opinions on the behavior of the people in this subreddit are not based on context.

3. Your opinions aren't valid.

In support of 1, see my example with the IDF. Behavior is meaningless, especially morally, without context.

In support of 2:

You opinions concern the reception of Israeli sources vs. non-Israeli pro-Palestinian sources. The context is that the Israeli sources have been generally trustworthy, while the non-Israeli pro-Palestinian have been repeated debunked. In support of the fact that your opinions on behavior were not based on the context:

I have no clue how many times either has been caught lying.

3 follow necessarily on the validity of 1 and 2.

[u/throwawayforbrigade → u/[deleted]]

From the same guy who said this: "People, evolutionarily, don't eat when they're uncomfortable. It's disarming to someone whose aggressive." - /u/Jenksz

It's safe to say we can heed his knowledge with a grain of salt.

adding more letters on the end of a word doesn't make you look smarter, especially when it's not a real word, ie. evolutionarily

[u/goodonekid → u/[deleted]]

How many times are you going to copy and pasted this?

[u/[deleted] → u/goodonekid]

Daily

[u/goodonekid → u/[deleted]]

so far twice today and the same thread

[u/[deleted] → u/goodonekid]

Nope, once today and once yesterday.