MK Itamar Ben-Gvir filmed drawing his personal firearm after being attacked by stone-throwers who mobbed Jews in sukkah.
Edited by: TJVNews.com
A right-wing Israeli lawmaker drew his personal firearm after he came under a barrage of rocks during Arab rioting in eastern Jerusalem Thursday, according to a report on the World Israel News web site.
The incident occurred Thursday evening when an Arab mob rioting in the Shimon Hatzaddik (Sheikh Jarrah) neighborhood of the capital attacked Jews as they sat in a sukkah to mark the ongoing festival of Sukkot.
WIN reported that two teenagers were injured in the stone-throwing attack, including a 17-year-old who suffered moderate injuries. Both teens were hospitalized following the attack.
MK Itamar Ben-Gvir, chairman of the Otzma Yehudit party – a faction within the Religious Zionist Party list – was also targeted by the Arab stone throwers, according to the WIN report.
In response, Ben-Gvir drew his personal sidearm, threatening to open fire on the rioters.
“The political echelon is tying the hands of our police officers. It is inconceivable that Arabs are throwing rocks near the police and the police do not respond by opening fire. It’s time to stop the lawlessness,” said following the attacks.
Police and Border Police officers deployed to the neighborhood used tear gas and stun grenades to break up the riots, as was reported by WIN.
Five Arab stone-throwers were arrested on the scene.
During the riots, local Arabs claimed Jewish youths hurled stones at a mosque.
WIN also reported that stone-throwing attacks and riots were also reported in the Ras al-Amud neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem, Beit Hanina in northeastern Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority-administered village of Huwara in Samaria, Hebron in Judea, Kedumim in Samaria, and Psagot north of Jerusalem.
Riots also broke out in the Isawiya neighborhood of Jerusalem. Two Israeli police officers were injured during the incident, with 20 rioters taken into custody.
TPS reported that Arab mobs rioted in several neighborhoods in Jerusalem on Wednesday night, and the Israel Police arrested 23 suspects for violating public order and violent riots as the violence seen in the city is almost unprecedented.
In the east of the city and around Jerusalem in Arab neighborhoods, there were sporadic disturbances in different locations throughout the day and night. A terrorist was killed by Israeli forces while shooting at a guard post near Qalandiya.
TPS also reported that the police noted that contrary to false publications in the Arab media, the Shuafat checkpoint has been open since Monday under strict checks “carried out in accordance with the operational need,” as part of the hunt for the terrorist Udai Tamimi, who carried out a shooting attack at the site on Saturday night, killing IDF Sgt. Noa Lazar.
In the evening, violent disturbances began in a large number of neighborhoods and villages in the eastern part of Jerusalem, which included throwing Molotov cocktails and rocks, shooting fireworks, burning trash cans and tires, and blocking roads
The violent riots, carried out by masked rioters, were “aimed mainly at the police forces,” the police said. An Israeli family driving in the Beit Hanina area was viciously attacked, according to the TPS report. The car was heavily damaged but there were no injuries. The police have arrested two of the attackers.
During the disturbances in the neighborhood of Issawiya, two police officers were lightly injured and evacuated for medical treatment.
(WorldIsraelNews.com and TPS.com)
