New Stop-and-Frisk Law Gives Police More Power

A new bill was passed into law yesterday giving Israeli police authority to search any person on the basis of fear even without reasonable suspicion. While this law is temporary and valid for one year, some argue it will increase discrimination against minority groups including Arabs, Ethiopians and the Ultra-Orthodox. However, this may be an important step in preventing terror attacks in public places. Since October, Israel has been plagued with daily terror attacks, mostly stabbings, and the government has failed to implement a solution. This new stop-and-frisk law, while controversial, shows the government is finally trying to do something to provide security for its citizens.

Will the police abuse this new law? Probably. Israel has an ugly history of police brutality against its citizens, minorities and non-minorities alike. But will this new law help combat the current terror wave? We’ll have to wait and see.

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Silent Intifada Weekly Report [Feb. 1, 2016]

The Silent Intifada is produced weekly by HaKol HaYehudi, a magazine focused on the rights of Israeli residents of Judea and Samaria.  The Silent Intifada is the newest edition to our content partnership network.

Nearly 100 terror attacks this week leave one Jew murdered and six injured.

This week as almost every week there were dozens of terror attacks of varying severity not reported in most major media outlets. We report on these silenced events to present a fuller picture of the reality in Israel and balance the picture presented to innocent readers abroad. We hope that by reporting these incidents we can raise awareness so that actions can be taken to rectify this problem and improve reality in the Jewish State.

This past week (January 22nd- January 28th) there were over 90 terror attacks recorded in the ‘Silent Intifada’ updates on Hakol Hayehudi. These attacks included shootings, stabbings, and a number of incidents of throwing of stones and firebombs at vehicles and homes. The attacks left one Jew murdered and six injured.

Shlomit Krigman was murdered on Monday Jan. 25th when two Arabs penetrated the town of Beit Horon and stabbed her. They also stabbed another woman who was injured moderately and whose condition has improved since the attack, thank G-d. Near the site of the attack, three improvised explosive devices were also discovered. These were apparently also to be used in the attack.

On Sunday Jan. 24th a Jewish man was injured in a shooting near Dolev in western Binyamin. He was driving in his vehicle with his wife and children, who thankfully were not injured. In total six shots struck the vehicle. Also on Sunday, Arabs from Gaza fired several rockets towards towns in the Negev.

On Wednesday Jan. 27th a 17 year old Arab from Bir Naballah stabbed Mendy Rivkin at a gas station in Givat Zeev. Rivkin was seriously injured and was taken to the Shaarei Tzedek hospital with wounds to his stomach and significant blood loss. Doctors managed to stabilize his condition, but he remains in intensive care. His name for prayers in Menachem Mendel ben Yehudit.

Full list of attacks:

Thursday Jan. 28th

  • Arabs throw stones in Nahlin.
  • Arabs throw stones in Shuafat.
  • Arabs throw stones near Rachel’s Tomb.
  • Arabs throw stones at the Beitot Junction in the Shomron.
  • Arabs throw stones in Abu Gosh.
  • Arabs throw stones in Ras Al Amud.
  • Arabs throw stones in Halhul.
  • Arabs throw stones in Givat Assaf.
  • A police officer is injured in rioting near Bir Naballah.

21:05- Arabs throw stones at vehicles on Route 443.

20:38- Arabs throw stones at vehicles on Route 443.

20:00- Attempted stabbing: Two Arabs are arrested near the Naalin checkpoint with knives.

19:33- Arabs throw stones and firebombs at vehicles near Gush Etzion damaging a bus.

18:41- A Jew is injured when an Arab carjacks him near Alfei Menashe.

16:31- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Tapuach Junction.

16:15- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Al-Arub in Gush Etzion.

15:45- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Sinjil in Binyamin.

15:42- Arabs throw stones at an ambulance near Maale Adumim.

15:41- Arabs throw stones near Al-Hadr in Gush Etzion.

14:20- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Karmei Tzur in Gush Etzion.

13:12- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Hevron.

13:05- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Jeba.

12:55- An Arab is caught with a knife near the Jalbar army post in Hevron.

12:37- Attempted penetration: An Arab is caught attempting to penetrate the town of Negohot in Har Hevron.

6:50- Shooting: Arabs shoot at IDF forces near Qalandiya.

Wednesday Jan. 27th

23:07- Stabbing: An Arab stabs a 50 year old Jew and injures him severely in Pisgat Zeev.

20:00- Arabs riot near Beit Anun in Har Hevron.

16:22- Arabs throw stones near Al-Arub in Gush Etzion.

16:00- Attempted stabbing: An Arab attempts to stab Jews near the Qalandiya checkpoint.

13:27- Arabs throw stones at vehicles on Route 443.

Tuesday Jan. 26th

  • Arabs throw firebombs at IDF forces near Dotan in the northern Shomron.
  • Arabs throw firebombs in Hevron.
  • Arabs riot in Issawiya in Jerusalem.
  • Arabs riot near the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hevron.
  • Arabs throw stones in A-Tur in Jerusalem.
  • Arabs throw stones in Sangur.
  • Arabs throw stones in Halhul.
  • Arabs throw stones near Hizme.

23:47- Arabs throw firebombs at IDF forces near Beit Ur Atahta in Binyamin.

17:57- Arabs riot in Samtat Erez in Hevron.

16:13- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near the Okafim Junction in Har Hevron.

15:09- A driver is injured from stones thrown near the Atarot Junction in Binyamin.

14:50- Arabs throw stones at vehicles on the Husan Bypass Road causing damage.

13:40- Attempted vehicular attack: An Arab attempts to run over soldiers near Eli in Binyamin.

13:28- Arabs throw stones in Dir Rezach in Har Hevron.

8:40- Arabs throw stones at vehicles on the Husan Bypass Road in Gush Etzion.

1:36- Arabs throw firebombs at IDF forces near Beit Ur Atahta in Binyamin.

00:07- Arabs throw firebombs at vehicles near the Dor Alon Gas Station on Route 443

Monday Jan. 25th

  • Arabs throw stones at Jews near Beit Ovadya in the City of David in Jerusalem.

23:17- Arabs throw firebombs at vehicles near Beit Sira on Route 443.

20:02- Arabs throw firebombs at IDF forces near Abu Dis.

18:37- Arabs throw stones at IDF forces near Beit Ur Atahta in Binyamin.

17:00- Stabbing: Shlomit Krigman, is murdered and another woman is injured when Arabs penetrate the town of Beit Horon and stab them.

7:01- Arabs throw firebombs and stones at IDF forces near Shechem.

Sunday Jan. 24th

  • Shooting: Arabs shoot at IDF forces in Jenin.
  • Arabs throw stones in Beit Umar.
  • Arabs throw stones near Yaara.
  • Arabs throw stones at IDF forces in Abu Dis.

21:22- Shooting: A Jew is injured in a shooting near Dolev.

21:00- Rocket fire: Arabs from Gaza fire rockets at the Shaar Hanegev region.

19:27- Arabs throw stones at a bus near Beit Umar in Gush Etzion causing damage.

7:02- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Nahlin.

Saturday Jan. 23rd

23:31- An Arab attempts to throw an explosive at IDF forces in Abu Dis, but it explodes in his hands.

22:03- Arabs throw stones at the light rail in Jerusalem.

10:12- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near the Gilboa Crossing in the northern Shomron.

8:14- Attempted stabbing: An Arab runs towards the town of Anatot with a knife.

Friday Jan. 22nd

  • Arabs riot in Abu Dis near Jerusalem.
  • Arabs riot in Azariya.
  • Arabs riot in Beit Tzefafa in Jerusalem.
  • Arabs riot in Issawiya in Jerusalem.

17:10- Arabs riot near the Rachel and Leah buildings in Hevron.

17:00- Arabs riot near the Gaza border fence.

16:59- Arabs riot in Kadum in the Shomron.

16:37- Arabs riot near Silwad in Binyamin.

16:36- Arabs riot near Beit Furiq in the Shomron.

15:42- Arabs riot near Naalin in Binyamin.

15:33- Arabs riot near Atzira Al Kabliya in the Shomron.

15:06- Arabs riot near Al-Arub in Gush Etzion.

14:48- Arabs riot in Al Bira.

14:21- Arabs riot in Qalqilya.

13:58- Arabs riot near the Ohad Gate of Beit El.

13:45- Arabs riot in Gaza.

13:44- Arabs riot at Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem.

13:15- Arabs throw stones at IDF forces near Husan in gush Etzion.

13:12- Around 250 Arabs riot in Al-Arub in Gush Etzion.

13:09- Arabs throw stones at the light rail in Shuafat in Jerusalem.

13:04- Arabs riot near the Judea and Samaria Junction in Binyamin.

12:41- Arabs throw stones at IDF forces in Hizme in Binyamin.

10:31- Arabs throw firebombs at vehicles near Al-Arub in Gush Etzion.

9:01- Arabs throw stones at vehicles near Dir Abu Mashal in Binyamin.

8:31- Arabs riot in Beit Furiq in the Shomron.

[Video] Rowdy Arab Youth in the Heart of the Old Yemenite Village

Daniel Luria of Ateret Cohanim encounters a bunch of rowdy Arab youth towards the end of a day of filming in the historically Jewish neighborhood of the Yemenite Village in Jerusalem. Since its decimation in 1936-37 it has been taken over by Arabs and renamed Silwan. Now more than 17 Jewish families have moved back. The old Synagogue has been brought back into Jewish hands as well.

Reclaiming Hebron

Ten days after being forcibly removed by authorities for entering two building legally bought, 20 Hebron residents are attempting to make their way back into them.  This is not the first time there has been a tumult over private land purchases in Hebron. One of the strategies used to strengthen the community is to increase the purchases in the Israeli controlled areas in order to ensure Jewish continuity from Kiryat Arba to the Jewish community of Hebron as well as between the Cave of the Patriarchs and the Avraham Avinu neighborhood.  After all, Kiryat Arba with its 8,000 plus residents is essentially an extension of Hebron.

One of the first attempts to do this was with the purchase of the Peace House in 2007. Noam Arnon, Hebron spokesman at the time of the original purchase of the Peace House said the following:

″The house of peace, on the main road between Hebron and Kiryat Arba is an additional link in the growth of the City of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs. Bonding Hebron and Kiryat Arba, this building will provide homes for dozens, if not hundreds of Israelis, waiting to live in Hebron.″

The first Jewish residents were removed in 2008. Despite setbacks, the house was officially given over in a court ruling in 2012 to the Jewish owners who had bought it.  This ruling was held up by the Supreme Court in 2014.

 

Map of Hebron, courtesy http://www.Hebron.com
Map of Hebron, courtesy the Hebron Community

The two buildings in question now stand between the Cave of the Patriarchs and the Jewish Neighborhood of Avraham Avinu. The legal purchase of these properties is clear and so the only question really is why the Defense Minister is balking.  We have noted before that he is clearly nervous of a new trend and one that would be hard for him to stop once it gets rolling.  If Jews begin to buy properties in Hebron like they do in Jerusalem’s Old City and many of the formerly Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, it will spell the end once and for all of the two state solution in the minds of both Israelis and their Palestinian counterparts.

This may be one of the roots of his fear. Control has belonged to the sons and daughters of the secular Kibbutz movement since the beginning of the State.  Turning over the keys to Moshe Levinger’s children is not on Yaalon’s agenda. Yet, at the end he may have no choice.  The energy no longer belongs with his camp, but rather has returned to the caretakers that can lead the Jewish Nation to the next stage of their National Redemption.

Reclaiming Hebron represents the most authentic form of Zionism.  David’s Kingdom began there and it was there that Moshe Levinger showed the world that the Jews could return to their ancient lands, thus reversing the injustice of the wanton ethnic cleansing of Hebron’s Jewish population in 1929.

In the coming days, the Israeli government will be forced to choose its future.  It can either decide to embrace the struggle for true Hebrew Liberation by allowing Jews to freely buy homes in the city of their forefathers or delegitimize their claims to be a government dedicated to furthering the restoration of the Jewish people to the entire ancestral homeland.

 

Child Terrorists, 11 and 15, Arrested in Jerusalem

Saturday evening, right before the end of the Sabbath, an 17-year-old American who just moved to Israel was stabbed near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate by two Arab kids aged 11 and 15.  The victim is said to be released from the hospital today and police now have both child terrorists in custody.

Arab boy fleeing scene of attack
Arab boy fleeing scene of attack

This is another product of incitement by Arab leaders to murder Jews. Will their family members be held liable? Of course not. These children will probably be released home in a matter of weeks. The Israeli government has failed to implement policies to ensure security for Israelis. Many terror attacks have been carried out by Arab children and teenagers. Yet the Israeli government continues to ignore this phenomenon and fails to uproot the dangerous Jihad ideology from its midst, putting Israelis in constant danger and high alert.

One Israeli Minister, Uri Ariel, finally demanded from Prime Minister Netanyahu: “The Israeli government and the political-security cabinet must make a clear decision to deport terrorists and their families to Gaza or any other country which will accept them. Our country must rid ourselves of these murderers.” This is clearly the only immediate solution to prevent future terror attacks.