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Asides from physically attacking Jews, ''Muslim Rioters in Israel Burn 10 Synagogues, 112 Jewish Homes.''<ref>[https://unitedwithisrael.org/muslim-rioters-in-israel-burn-10-synagogues-112-jewish-homes/ Muslim Rioters in Israel Burn 10 Synagogues, 112 Jewish Homes]. UWI, May 21, 2021. ''Twenty-eight mosques were exposed as weapons caches. Similarly, 22 Muslim prayer houses were documented as being used to incite riots against Jews.''</ref> Local Islamic leaders incited.<ref name=inn-may14/><ref name=ishay-may20/><ref>In mid-May, prominant Arab businessman linked with politician incited to violence. Two months later it was revealed he was actually a spy for Iran:<br>
Asides from physically attacking Jews, ''Muslim Rioters in Israel Burn 10 Synagogues, 112 Jewish Homes.''<ref name=uwi-21may2021>[https://unitedwithisrael.org/muslim-rioters-in-israel-burn-10-synagogues-112-jewish-homes/ Muslim Rioters in Israel Burn 10 Synagogues, 112 Jewish Homes]. UWI, May 21, 2021. ''Twenty-eight mosques were exposed as weapons caches. Similarly, 22 Muslim prayer houses were documented as being used to incite riots against Jews.''</ref><ref>(The following is but first examples of long chain of similar events)[https://www.jerusalemnet.co.il/%d7%97%d7%93%d7%a9%d7%95%d7%aa/%d7%94%d7%95%d7%92%d7%a9%d7%95-%d7%9b%d7%aa%d7%91%d7%99-%d7%90%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%95%d7%9d-%d7%a0%d7%92%d7%93-%d7%9e%d7%91%d7%a6%d7%a2%d7%99-%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%a0%d7%a6-%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%91%d7%99%d7%94%d7%95%d7%93%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%91%d7%99%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%9d-477985 Indictments were filed against lynchings of Jews in Jerusalem], Jerusalem Net, 25.05.21.
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The Jerusalem District Attorney's Office submitted to the city's district court three indictments against six Arabs who are accused of acts of lynching and violence against Jews, carried out with a nationalist motive.
The Jerusalem District Attorney's Office submitted to the city's district court three indictments against six defendants for a terrorist act of aggravated assault, participation in disorderly conduct and rioting in Jerusalem.
One indictment was filed against three residents of East Jerusalem for a terrorist act of aggravated malicious wounding and rioting offenses, attempted assault on a police officer under aggravated circumstances, throwing a stone or object at a means of transportation under aggravated circumstances and willfully damaging a vehicle - each according to their part, and this after they participated in disturbances and rioting violent
According to the details of the indictment, on April 24, around midnight, many dozens of rioters began to gather on Pierre Van Passen Street in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. They noticed AR, a young man with a Jewish appearance who was making his way with his dog towards his home in the neighborhood of Shmuel the Prophet. Some of the rioters started shouting "foreigner, foreigner", "settler, settler" and "hit, hit".
When all the rioters heard the calls and noticed that it was a man with a Jewish appearance, they started throwing stones at him. The victim tried to escape, but the rioters, including the three accused, surrounded him from all sides and began to attack him with punches, kicks, wooden clubs, stones, rocks and various objects, as well as with an electric shocker aimed at all parts of his body, and this out of an ideological nationalist motive and with the aim of making him serious injury
The victim continued his attempts to escape, but the rioters did not stop the brutal attack. At some point they noticed a police car approaching the street, and began to flee. The victim managed to get to his feet and also started running in an attempt to escape to the police. One of the accused picked up a metal supermarket cart that was on the spot, threw it forcefully at him and hit him in the center of his body.
The defendants are charged with additional offenses of participating in a prohibited gathering, attempting to attack police officers with a cold weapon and in conjunction with others with the aim of hindering them or failing them when they fulfill their duties according to the law, throwing an object at a means of transport, and more.
Another indictment was filed against a 15-year-old minor, for a terrorist act of aggravated sabotage, a terrorist act of throwing a stone at a means of transport and racially motivated willful sabotage.
According to the indictment, on Jerusalem Day two weeks ago, the minor participated in a riot and threw stones at a vehicle in which three Jews were traveling near Rockefeller Junction, and this out of an ideological nationalist motive. During the lynch attempt by the rioters on the car's passengers, the accused kicked one of them. After that, he picked up a large stone with both hands, ran towards the vehicle, and threw it into the back seat of the vehicle, from a distance of less than a meter, all out of a nationalist motive and with the intention of harming one of its occupants and causing him serious injury. A policeman who came running to the arena fired his weapon three shots into the air and pushed the rioters away.
The third indictment was filed against two minors for a terrorist act of grievous bodily harm under aggravating circumstances and a racially motivated willful acquisition. On May 13, while the defendants were busy cleaning the street, one of them noticed a man with a Jewish-religious appearance riding his bicycle at the Nablus Gate in Jerusalem. One of the accused hit him with the wiper stick, and he fell off his bike. The victim tried to escape from the scene, but the accused continued to chase him, attacked and hit him several times with the sticks of brooms and mops in their hands. At some point the victim managed to escape with his bike and called for help. As a result of the attack, the complainant's nose was broken.
The prosecution asked the court to detain the accused until the end of the legal proceedings against them.</font></blockquote></ref> Local Islamic leaders incited.<ref name=inn-may14/><ref name=ishay-may20/><ref>In mid-May, prominant Arab businessman linked with politician incited to violence. Two months later it was revealed he was actually a spy for Iran:<br>
[https://www.ice.co.il/financial-gossip/news/article/820229 The Bedouin businessman that Ya'alon ran with him to the Knesset is stirring up violence in the city of Lod?], ICE, May 16, 2021 - Yakub Abu Elkien, one of the leading contractors in the sector, with a particularly sharp message in light of the escalation: "We will cut off every hand that touches Al-Aqsa. We are not afraid of the occupation."<br>
[https://www.ice.co.il/financial-gossip/news/article/820229 The Bedouin businessman that Ya'alon ran with him to the Knesset is stirring up violence in the city of Lod?], ICE, May 16, 2021 - Yakub Abu Elkien, one of the leading contractors in the sector, with a particularly sharp message in light of the escalation: "We will cut off every hand that touches Al-Aqsa. We are not afraid of the occupation."<br>
Ad Kan (@adkanorg) Tweeted:
Ad Kan (@adkanorg) Tweeted:
Adv. Yosef Ackerman, spokesman for the organization "Ad Kan", stated:
Adv. Yosef Ackerman, spokesman for the organization "Ad Kan", stated:
"We are sorry that the Israel Police closed the case at the time and did not immediately act to prosecute Abu Elkien for incitement. On the other hand, we welcome the correction of the accident and call on the State Attorney's Office to amend the indictment soon "It should be emphasized that this is a public figure who, in his actions, encouraged and incited the crowd in wall-guard incidents. The rioters and their senders must be brought to justice."</i></ref>
"We are sorry that the Israel Police closed the case at the time and did not immediately act to prosecute Abu Elkien for incitement. On the other hand, we welcome the correction of the accident and call on the State Attorney's Office to amend the indictment soon "It should be emphasized that this is a public figure who, in his actions, encouraged and incited the crowd in wall-guard incidents. The rioters and their senders must be brought to justice."</i></ref> Some "Twenty-eight mosques were exposed as weapons caches. Similarly, 22 Muslim prayer houses were documented as being used to incite riots against Jews."<ref name=uwi-21may2021/>
<font size=1>(Lack of proportionality.<ref name=maariv-1may2021>Kalman Liebskind, [https://www.maariv.co.il/journalists/Article-837391 Coverage of the events of Arab violence remind us that something in our media is distorted], ''Maariv'', May 1, 2021. <blockquote><font size=1>
<font size=1>(Lack of proportionality.<ref name=maariv-1may2021>Kalman Liebskind, [https://www.maariv.co.il/journalists/Article-837391 Coverage of the events of Arab violence remind us that something in our media is distorted], ''Maariv'', May 1, 2021.<blockquote><font size=1>
For the Israeli press, if Arabs attack Jews, throw Molotov cocktails, or shout slogans in support of Hamas - it's probably because some Jew did something wrong.
Is violence a bad thing? Is it something to be condemned to? Is a behavior that should be condemned? Seemingly, the answer is simple. of course. Why only ostensibly? Because the events of the last two weeks have reminded us - not for the first time, and probably not for the last time either - that in the Israeli media the reference to violence stems first and foremost from the question of who uses it. As in any round of Arab violence, the simple journalistic rule states that there is no bad Arab, there is a bad Arab for him. And if an Arab attacks Jews in Jaffa, throws Molotov cocktails in Jerusalem, or shouts in support of Hamas in Umm al-Fahm, it is likely that some Jew did something wrong. And the more this Jew differs in his appearance and worldview from the mainstream media - and Rabbi Eliyahu Mali, the Rosh Yeshiva in Jaffa, is just one example - the greater the understanding of violence against him. This is the formula. She works almost always.
Is violence a bad thing? Is it something to be condemned to? Is a behavior that should be condemned? Seemingly, the answer is simple. of course. Why only ostensibly? Because the events of the last two weeks have reminded us - not for the first time, and probably not for the last time either - that in the Israeli media the reference to violence stems first and foremost from the question of who uses it. As in any round of Arab violence, the simple journalistic rule states that there is no bad Arab, there is a bad Arab for him. And if an Arab attacks Jews in Jaffa, throws Molotov cocktails in Jerusalem, or shouts in support of Hamas in Umm al-Fahm, it is likely that some Jew did something wrong. And the more this Jew differs in his appearance and worldview from the mainstream media - and Rabbi Eliyahu Mali, the Rosh Yeshiva in Jaffa, is just one example - the greater the understanding of violence against him. This is the formula. She works almost always.
There is no such thing as a nationalist background. Any Arab attack on Jews, being Jews, is on a racial background.
There is no such thing as a nationalist background. Any Arab attack on Jews, being Jews, is on a racial background.
The Jews who attacked did so against the background of self-defense</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1225269 Live: The presenter wore a kippah and wore a yellow badge] Yair Kalpa, Bhol, 13 Sivan 5781 24/05/2021.<br> ''... Sharon Gal decided to convey a message - and wore Jewish symbols. During the monologue he said: "Maybe it will remove doubt, and the indictments will be worded here according to reality." ''Gal continued: "It is quite clear that violence is violence and racism is racism, and it is equally despicable, no matter who is behind it. We all know that there is no symmetry, and there have been countless attacks on nationalist backgrounds upon Jews by Arabs in recent weeks."'' [https://mobile.twitter.com/Mot_Tal/status/1396830957970370564].[https://mobile.twitter.com/sharongal/status/1396822115693867008].</ref> Even the State Attorney, criticized of pro-Arab bias, about indictments made in operation of Guardian of the Walls it responded directly on the question of symmetry: "There were a significant lower number, violent actions by citizens of Jewish origin." 85% filed against Arabs vs 15%,<ref>[https://www.ice.co.il/law/news/article/858318 Symmetry in violence between Jews and Arabs? The State Advocate Prosper], ''Ice'', May 19, 2022.<blockquote>Symmetry in violence between Jews and Arabs? The State Attorney's Office, the State Attorney released a special report about indictments made in operation of Guardian of the Walls and responded directly on the question of symmetry: "There were a significant lower number, violent actions by citizens of Jewish origin."</blockquote></ref>
The Jews who attacked did so against the background of self-defense</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1225269 Live: The presenter wore a kippah and wore a yellow badge] Yair Kalpa, Bhol, 13 Sivan 5781 24/05/2021.<br> ''... Sharon Gal decided to convey a message - and wore Jewish symbols. During the monologue he said: "Maybe it will remove doubt, and the indictments will be worded here according to reality." ''Gal continued: "It is quite clear that violence is violence and racism is racism, and it is equally despicable, no matter who is behind it. We all know that there is no symmetry, and there have been countless attacks on nationalist backgrounds upon Jews by Arabs in recent weeks."'' [https://twitter.com/Mot_Tal/status/1396830957970370564].[https://twitter.com/sharongal/status/1396822115693867008].</ref> Even the State Attorney, criticized of pro-Arab bias, about indictments made in operation of Guardian of the Walls it responded directly on the question of symmetry: "There were a significant lower number, violent actions by citizens of Jewish origin." 85% filed against Arabs vs 15%,<ref>[https://www.ice.co.il/law/news/article/858318 Symmetry in violence between Jews and Arabs? The State Advocate Prosper], ''Ice'', May 19, 2022.<blockquote>Symmetry in violence between Jews and Arabs? The State Attorney's Office, the State Attorney released a special report about indictments made in operation of Guardian of the Walls and responded directly on the question of symmetry: "There were a significant lower number, violent actions by citizens of Jewish origin."</blockquote></ref>
The High Court also criticized local judge
lenient on racist Arab attackers and also for excluding the racial motive.<ref>Adv. Shosh Geva, [https://portal.takdin.co.il/Article/Article/7375886-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%97-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A9-%D7%A9%D7%94%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99-%D7%95%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%95-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A3-%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E The supreme court criticized the severity of the punishment imposed by the district and doubled the punishment of a racially motivated attacker of Jews], Takdin, Mar 6, 2022.
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The Supreme Court doubled the punishment of a man who attacked Jews with a sharp object who were on their way to pray at the Western Wall. It was determined that the district court was overly lenient with the offender, and imposed a sentence that radically exceeded the appropriate punishment. The Supreme Court has repeatedly insisted on the severity of racially motivated acts of aggression and bullying, and stated that a stricter punishment policy should be adopted for crimes committed with this motive.
We have before us an appeal against the sentence of the District Court in Jerusalem at criminal case no. 7279-05-21 (Judge T. Bar-Asher), according to which the respondent was sentenced to 11 months of actual imprisonment along with additional punishment, this for an incident of attacking Jews in the city Old Jerusalem. The respondent was charged with two offenses of wounding under aggravated circumstances motivated by racism or hostility towards the public under Section 334 in conjunction with Sections 335 and 144f of the Penal Code.
In April 2021, during the Ramadan holiday, many incidents of assaults, acts of violence and stone throwing occurred throughout Jerusalem , on a nationalistic and racist background. These events were aimed at citizens with a Jewish appearance, members of the security forces, and vehicles with markings indicating that they are owned by Jews. The complainants were walking on Derech Schem street in Jerusalem on their way to pray at the Western Wall, wearing "Jewish-Orthodox" clothing and wearing kippahs on their heads. At that time, the respondent was driving his vehicle on this street, and noticing the complainants got out of his vehicle and walked towards them while holding a sharp object, and without any provocation on their part. The respondent shouted "Allah u Akbar" and hit them in the face with the sharp object. Immediately after what was described, the complainant pulled out a gun who carried a license and pointed it at the respondent, and at the same time the two complainants acted by force and laid the respondent on the ground for the purpose of detaining him and handing him over to the police. As part of the plea agreement, it was agreed that the respondent could claim that "stones were thrown" at his car before the incident described in the indictment. At the same time, during the hearing in the district court, the state emphasized that there is no place to give weight to the fact that prior to the incident in question stones were thrown at the respondent's vehicle, especially since there is no dispute that the complainants were not the ones who threw the stones.
According to the state's method, the sentence imposed on the respondent is not appropriate for the seriousness of the offenses of which he was convicted and does not reflect the appropriate punishment for acts of violence committed with a racial motive in general, and the severity of the respondent's actions and the damage caused to the victims of the offense in particular. She also emphasized that the district court did not give an adequate expression in the sentence to the fact that the respondent admitted to committing two crimes of racially motivated injury under aggravated circumstances, towards two different victims of the crime.
The state further claims that the district court erred in ruling that the racist motive is not clear, and this is contrary to the defendant's admission in the amended indictment, according to the facts of which there is no doubt that the defendant committed the acts with a racial motive. In this context, the appellant emphasizes the shout "Allahu Akbar" which the respondent shouted when he hit the complainants, which teaches about the nationalist nature of the incident.
The district court has so far used the terminology according to which the victims of the offense "attacked" the respondent while neutralizing him, as if the victims of the offense are the offenders and the offender is the victim of the offense. According to the appellant, this wrong perception of the incident led to the imposition of a lenient sentence on the respondent.</font></blockquote></ref>
Arab massive attacks [despite constituting only about 21% of the population] with many in Arab leadership silent<ref>The [Arab] listener following the disturbances in the cities involved over the last few days: "The Arab leaders must take action, and stop the incendiary, agitated and hateful crowd". The listener, who grew up in the city of Acre, sharply criticized the multiple riots over the past few days in the cities involved...: "It is as if all the pimps and lunatics on earth have united. There is a loss of governance and a loss of values here".
Arab massive attacks [despite constituting only about 21% of the population] with many in Arab leadership silent<ref>The [Arab] listener following the disturbances in the cities involved over the last few days: "The Arab leaders must take action, and stop the incendiary, agitated and hateful crowd". The listener, who grew up in the city of Acre, sharply criticized the multiple riots over the past few days in the cities involved...: "It is as if all the pimps and lunatics on earth have united. There is a loss of governance and a loss of values here".
13/05/2021
103fm ''Maariv''. [13/05/2021 https://103fm.maariv.co.il/programs/media.aspx?ZrqvnVq=IGFLKK&c41t4nzVQ=FGL]
https://103fm.maariv.co.il/programs/media.aspx?ZrqvnVq=IGFLKK&c41t4nzVQ=FGL</ref><ref name=n12may132021>Amit Segal, "No, there is no symmetry," N12, May 13, 2021.
</ref><ref name=n12may132021>Amit Segal, "No, there is no symmetry," N12, May 13, 2021.
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The .. flood of violent incidents that have taken place across the country in the past week, the vast majority of them were directed against Jews - Contrary to what is reflected here:
The .. flood of violent incidents that have taken place across the country in the past week, the vast majority of them were directed against Jews - Contrary to what is reflected here: