This Isn't an Intifada, This Is What Binational Israel Looks Like
Source: Haaretz
Intifadas by definition have an ending. Recent events are merely a terrifying preview to a hellish reality: You can't send a tank to fight a mother with a master’s degree wielding a knife.
A very partial list of things that happened in the last few days: In Jerusalem, a Palestinian 13-year-old, aided by a 15-year-old, stabbed and almost killed a 13-year-old Israeli boy. Hours before, a 16-year-old Palestinian girl was shot after stabbing a police officer. Most of the attacks against Israelis since the last round of violence began have been carried out by teenagers and women (or both).
Israelis are being attacked by Palestinian minors wielding kitchen cutlery, vegetable peelers and screwdrivers. In Jerusalem, a 31-year-old Palestinian woman shouting Allahu akbar tried, unsuccessfully, to ignite a gas balloon in her car.
Fearing for their safety, and encouraged to do so by politicians like Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat, ordinary Israelis have begun carrying weapons. Barkat himself was caught on camera walking around in the streets of Jerusalem with an unholstered gun in his hand. Also in Jerusalem, a man helped subdue a Palestinian terrorist using nunchaks.
In all the chaos, there have been cases of 'vigilantism'. Three Palestinians and a Bedouin were stabbed by a mentally ill Jewish man in Dimona. In Kiryat Ata, a Jewish man stabbed another Jewish man, thinking he was Palestinian.
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