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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Tue Oct 20, 2015, 02:05 AM Oct 2015

Fatal Beating Of Eritrean Prompts Soul-Searching In Israel

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Source: Associated Press

By Josef Federman,AP October 19 at 10:50 PM

JERUSALEM — The death of an Eritrean migrant who was shot and beaten by a mob that mistakenly believed he was a Palestinian attacker set off a round of soul-searching Monday amid the jittery atmosphere sweeping Israel in a wave of unrest.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the vigilantism. Some critics accused Israel’s leaders of fostering the charged climate, while others called for the swift prosecution of the crazed mob.

“It is a disgrace to Israeli society, and those that carried out this lynching need to be found and brought to justice,” said Yaakov Amidror, Netanyahu’s former national security adviser.

“Even if it was the terrorist himself, by the way, after he was shot, after he was neutralized and lying on the floor, you need to be an animal to torment him,” he told Israel Radio.

Read more: http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/10/19/eritrean-dies-after-israeli-guard-shoots-him-mob-attacks

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Fatal Beating Of Eritrean Prompts Soul-Searching In Israel (Original Post) Purveyor Oct 2015 OP

oh yah. right. delrem Oct 2015 #1

Deep and heartfelt. You betcha. n/t Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #3

That war LittleGirl Oct 2015 #2

I lulz'd KG Oct 2015 #4

perhaps the answer is to turn the entire of Jerusalem into a parking lot-airport. Sunlei Oct 2015 #5

The UN should move to Jerusalem riverbendviewgal Oct 2015 #6

doubt there is room for UN, * 0.39 miles large and surrounded by 16th century walls. Sunlei Oct 2015 #7

you are confusing the temple mount with jerusalem. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #17

Inside Israel. They will not carve out the 'neighborhoods' around the 'ancient city'. Sunlei Oct 2015 #19

Israel has control of funds and refuse to give the proper funding to the Palestinians - they are Hestia Oct 2015 #8

you mean the devided into 4 parts 16th century tiny 'town' or the place they bombed Sunlei Oct 2015 #11

What on earth are you talking about? Israel isn't sharing anything geek tragedy Oct 2015 #10

Jerusalem is shared in 4 parts, have you been? millions of tourists visit & see the Sunlei Oct 2015 #12

It's not shared, Israel claimed the whole damn thing, without a legal basis. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #13

Then they will have to leave if they don't want to 'share' the POINT.39 mile 16th century Sunlei Oct 2015 #14

Yes, Israel should leave Jerusalem. Make it an international city. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #15

Jerusalem is 48 square miles large. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #16

'Soul searching,' imagine that! elleng Oct 2015 #9

I'm sure they're trying really hard to catch the responsible parties Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #18

Bad news: They came up empty-handed ... (n/t) Nihil Oct 2015 #20

delrem

(9,688 posts)

1. oh yah. right.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 02:29 AM

Oct 2015

I'll bet the "soul searching" is deep.

Judi Lynn

(160,588 posts)

3. Deep and heartfelt. You betcha. n/t

Reply to delrem (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 05:07 AM

Oct 2015

LittleGirl

(8,287 posts)

2. That war

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 03:04 AM

Oct 2015

is never ending! The Israelis and Palestinians have been fighting each other all of my life and I'm 55. I just wish they could live peacefully next to each other and stop the bombing, the fighting, the beatings etc. Ugh, it's frustrating.

KG

(28,752 posts)

4. I lulz'd

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 05:18 AM

Oct 2015

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

5. perhaps the answer is to turn the entire of Jerusalem into a parking lot-airport.

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 06:59 AM

Oct 2015

Apparently tearing the baby in half and 'sharing' the 900 year old buildings & 10 billion tourist industry revenue isn't enough for Hamas.

riverbendviewgal

(4,253 posts)

6. The UN should move to Jerusalem

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 08:30 AM

Oct 2015

And the city become a government of itself like the vatican.

Then there will be peace.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

7. doubt there is room for UN, * 0.39 miles large and surrounded by 16th century walls.

Reply to riverbendviewgal (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 08:46 AM

Oct 2015

* what they fight over is divided culturally and historically into four Quarters (clockwise from the south-east): the Jewish Quarter, the Armenian Quarter, the Christian Quarter and the Muslim Quarter.

people will have to learn to share

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

17. you are confusing the temple mount with jerusalem.

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 03:40 PM

Oct 2015

Jerusalem itself is 48 square miles

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

19. Inside Israel. They will not carve out the 'neighborhoods' around the 'ancient city'.

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #17)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 04:08 PM

Oct 2015

That 48 miles will never be cut up into separate countries.

Hestia

(3,818 posts)

8. Israel has control of funds and refuse to give the proper funding to the Palestinians - they are

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 08:51 AM

Oct 2015

starving them out. Palestinians can't get the funding to rebuild all that was lost in the last bombings. Israel has pushed them against the wall. (and no, I do not support anyone killing anyone)

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

11. you mean the devided into 4 parts 16th century tiny 'town' or the place they bombed

Reply to Hestia (Reply #8)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 12:46 PM

Oct 2015

Hamas tunnels?

If you mean the bombed area, I agree give the people enough money to rebuild. do not give the money to Hamas gov. , they do not share with their people.

Let them have and manage their own "State/ Country".

education there is 'free' through UN? schools, electric is 'Free' from Israel and healthcare is through Israel though there is a hospital funded through donations?.

But, yes I agree give Pals their own country and set-up a work visa system for any of the million or so who work in Israel and still want a job in Israel.

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

10. What on earth are you talking about? Israel isn't sharing anything

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 12:28 PM

Oct 2015

with the Palestinians.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

12. Jerusalem is shared in 4 parts, have you been? millions of tourists visit & see the

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #10)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 12:51 PM

Oct 2015

"shared 16th century city". The Jewish Quarter, the Armenian Quarter, the Christian Quarter and the Muslim Quarter are all open to tourists.

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

13. It's not shared, Israel claimed the whole damn thing, without a legal basis.

Reply to Sunlei (Reply #12)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 12:55 PM

Oct 2015

The Arabs/Muslims living in East Jerusalem are living as occupied people.

Being open to tourists is not being shared. Moscow is not sharing the Kremlin with its neighbors. The US is not sharing Times Square with Japan and Canada.