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Jewish Israeli stone-throwing refers to criminal rock-throwing activity by Jewish Israelis in Mandatory Palestine, Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem.It includes material about internecine stone-throwing, in which Haredi Jews throw stones at other Jews as a protest against what they view as violations of religious laws concerning Shabbat, modest clothing for women and similar ...
Faris Odeh (Arabic: فارس عودة; 3 December 1985 [1] – 8 November 2000 [2]) was a Palestinian boy from the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip who became known as a popular symbol for Palestinian resistance because of a photograph where he is seen throwing a stone at an Israeli tank during the Second Intifada.
According to Stuart Eizenstat, the 'reverse David-and-Goliath image of Israelis with tanks against rock-throwing Palestinian teenagers' distorts foreign perceptions of Israel's battle against terrorism. [154] It is argued that this asymmetric stand-off has reversed the traditional global impression of Israel as a David facing an Arab Goliath. [155]
Israeli police in full riot gear stormed a sensitive Jerusalem holy site sacred to Jews and Muslims on Friday after Palestinian youths hurled stones at a gate where they were stationed. The ...
Pages in category "Stone-throwing in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The recent hostage-for-prisoner swaps between Hamas and Israel have focused attention on the number of Palestinian minors imprisoned by Israel. Scores of Palestinian minors sit in Israeli prisons ...
Retaliation for the home demolitions continued with further incidents of rock throwing and the burning of Palestinian-owned olive trees. [ 11 ] In January 2015, settlers at what Haaretz referred to as the Adei Ad "illegal outpost" [ 12 ] threw stones at diplomats from a U.S. delegation who had arrived to inspect vandalism reported at a grove of ...
On 15 April 2022, clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli Security Forces on the Al-Aqsa compound in the Old City of Jerusalem.According to the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, the clashes began when Palestinians threw stones, firecrackers, and other heavy objects at Israeli police officers.