Israel and The West Bank
Some fifteen Jewish youth in Israel were involved in a beating of Israeli-Arabs in Jerusalem. Dozens of Israelis watched and did not interfere.
Palestinian lynch mobs have murdered Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel. According to a Human Rights Watch report from 2001:
During the first Intifada, before the PA was established, hundreds of alleged collaborators were lynched, tortured or killed, at times with the implied support of the PLO. Street killings of alleged collaborators continue in the current Intifada ... but so far in much fewer numbers.In the 2000 Ramallah lynching, a Palestinian mob, assisted by Palestinian police, beat to death two Israeli reservists who had entered the city by mistake, as they made a wrong turn while driving to the base they served in.
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Famous quotes containing the words israel, west and/or bank:
“Never since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 34:10.
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—Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977)
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—Herman Melville (1819–1891)