Riots all over

Jews occupy El Wad street

So there were massive riots all over the Palestinian Territories yesterday: in Bethlehem where a 13 yr old arab was shot dead, in Ramallah, Jenin and even in Jaffa which is part of Israel ... everywhere except Jerusalem. It was relatively quiet here. The barriers and security checkpoints have been removed and arabs are now free to enter the Old City but military presence is still very heavy. Like I said yesterday ... not even during the Intifadas have there been such drastic tactics to deal with arab terrorism. The houses of the arab killers (the ones that shot the jewish couple in Nablus last week) have been destroyed and the families cast out in the streets - it's collective punishment. Funny because those israelis who killed the arab family last month have not yet been caught nor will their houses be destroyed.

Name and shame

Jews have now occupied El Wad street, specifically in front of Sharon's House where the killings occurred. They have a sit in / pray in ... and by afternoon a large part of the street was occupied; so much so that police and soldiers had to cordon it off because any arab who passed by were beaten up. The time for revenge is obvious ... eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. The newspapers are screaming "Israel's Right wants blood in the streets". Arabs are scared and are staying indoors. The occupiers have started a name and shame tactic by placing boards accusing accomplices to the murders in front of arab shops. They accuse these shop owners for having witnessed the stabbings but did nothing to help the victims. In fact the public prosecutor is going to start a case on these "accomplices". Funny because when arabs were attacked by jews in Ben Yehudi Mall and at train stations last year - all caught on camera - jewish witnesses who did nothing to help the victims were not called accomplices and they were not charged for neglecting to help the victims.

Life gets so complicated here. As one frenchman said recently in an interview "This is such a sad place to live in".