Prime Minister Netanyahu rejected, at this stage, the recommendation to define the rioters as terrorists. Prime Minister Netanyahu said that, "Those who raise a hand against IDF soldiers or Israel Police personnel will be punished severely. Those who rioted at the IDF Ephraim Brigade base are like those who riot in Bilin. It is important to me to emphasize that this is a small group that does not represent the public that lives in Judea and Samaria, who are loyal to the state and its laws and who condemn the
rioting."
And about those stonethrowers, here is a song of praise for very violent Arab protesting by one of those Bilin rioters, Jonathan Pollak:
A courageous Palestinian has died, shrouded in stones
The army spokesman was right - Mustafa died because he threw stones; he died because he dared to speak a truth, with his hands, in a place where the truth is forbidden.
Mustafa Tamimi threw stones. Unapologetically and sometimes fearlessly. Not on that day alone, but nearly every Friday. He also concealed his face...so he could continue to throw stones and resist the theft of his land. He continued to do this until the moment of his death.
...A gas grenade was fired at him from an armored military Jeep at a distance of only a few meters. It was not out of fear that the person who did fired the shot hit him. He poked the barrel of the rifle through the door of the armored vehicle and fired with clear intent. [the soldier has now testified that he did not see the Arab when he opened the back door just a crack to fire the cannister]
...Mustafa's body is lying lifeless because he had the courage to throw stones on the 24th anniversary of the first intifada, which begot the Palestinian children of the stones. His brother Oudai is imprisoned at Ofer Prison and was not allowed to attend the funeral, because he too dared to throw stones...Mustafa was a brave man killed because he threw stones and refused to be afraid of a soldier bearing arms,
...Thousands of stone-throwers followed him at his funeral...Mustafa, we walk behind your body with our heads bowed and eyes full of tears. We cherish you, because you died for throwing stones and we did not.
And that, Mr. Pollack, is support for terror, encouraging violence.
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