Jerusalem – Haredim Arrested For Throwing Rocks At Arab Vehicles Near Damascus Gate

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    File: Ultra-Orthodox jews on the steps leading down to the Damascus Gate. EPA/JIM HOLLANDERJerusalem – Two ultra-orthodox men were arrested on Saturday afternoon after lightly wounding a Palestinian woman while throwing rocks at Arab vehicles exiting Highway 1, near the Old City’s Damascus Gate, police said on Sunday.

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    Several Arab cars were pelted by rocks before striking the passenger-side window of the car the woman was in, resulting in abrasions from the shattered glass, Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.

    After the car the woman was travelling in pulled over, a near riot broke out when the haredi assailants and a group of Arab locals threw rocks at each other.

    “Police responded quickly and arrested the two haredim for throwing rocks at the vehicles and wounding the woman,” said Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. “An Arab man was also arrested for throwing rocks back at the suspects.”  

    The wounded woman was treated at the scene by Magen David Adom paramedics and did not require hospitalization, Rosenfeld said. It remains unclear how much damage was caused to the other vehicles targeted in the attack.

    Saturday’s violence took place amid heightened security near the Old City following a terrorist attack on June 22 by Damascus Gate, during which a Border Police officer was stabbed in the neck and chest before shooting his Arab assailant, who entered the capital from Hebron.

    Following emergency surgery at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, the officer, Roz Ben-Carmel, was upgraded to stable condition and hailed as a hero by Israel Police Insp.-Gen. Yohanan Danino.

    Police have since added hundreds of extra officers in and around the Old City, as well as at checkpoints leading to Jerusalem, to minimize violence as the month of Ramadan continues to attract thousands of Palestinians to al-Aksa Mosque.

    On Tuesday, a suspected 21-year-old terrorist was shot at the Kalandia Crossing security checkpoint, which separates Jerusalem from Ramallah, after he ignored warning shots and charged Border Police officers shouting “Allah Akbar.”

    That shooting took place one day after a female IDF Military Police officer sustained moderate-to-serious wounds after being stabbed in the neck at the south Jerusalem security checkpoint Rachel’s Crossing by a 20-year-old Palestinian woman.


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    fat36
    fat36
    8 years ago

    What’s the problem what goes around comes around

    8 years ago

    Unreal,arab stone throwers are never apprehended.

    AhavatYisrael
    AhavatYisrael
    8 years ago

    No one is allowed to set fires in the middle of Jerusalem, no one is allowed explode bombs in the middle of Jerusalem, and no one is allowed to throw rocks which will start a bloody riot in the middle of Jerusalem. Whether you dress up like an Arab or a Jew, no one is above the law. No one is permitted to create incitement which will result in bloodshed. No one has the right to take matters into his own hands and initiate irresponsible revenge in an explosive area in Jerusalem. Whether a Jew or a Muslim, such action equals deliberate terrorism which must be punished severely.