Leaflet: IDF will fire at residents if they hurl stones

[Scurrilous]

Residents of West Bank village of Azun, near Qalqilya, discover IDF pamphlets outside their houses, mosques. Military inquiry reveals leaflets were hung by officer; army to launch investigation into incident

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3501681,00.html

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"Residents of the West Bank village of Azun, near Qalqilya, discovered on Friday morning that someone had hung leaflets outside their houses and on their mosques, warning them to stop hurling stones at IDF forces, or else the soldiers would fire at them and close down their businesses.

A military inquiry revealed that the incident was an independent initiative carried out by an officer on Thursday night. The matter will be investigated thoroughly on Saturday evening.

In the pamphlets, the residents were demanded to watch the village's children, who have a habit of throwing stones at IDF soldiers operating in the area.

"We demand that the residents of Azun stop hurling stones and Molotov cocktails, and if you don't stop, we will enter the village, start firing at the residents and close down the businesses. This is our decision, and if you don’t stop the riots you will bear the responsibility," the leaflets read. They were signed by "Captain Joe."

[breakaleg]

1. That sounds perfectly reasonable. After all, they've been warned and the IDF has clearly ablsoved

itself of any responsibility.

[pelsar]

6. boy i just cant wait...

until i get to back to the westbank to shoot some kids...after all its been awhile.....

[Crunchy Frog]

2. I wish they would apply the same rule to the Hebron settlers. n/t

[Tom Joad]

3. This has been IDF policy since Rabin and the first intidah

[Englander]

4. From 1988;

The more things change...


Rabin Vows to Quell Palestinian Unrest

By JOHN KIFNER, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: January 19, 1988

LEAD: Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin said today that the disturbances in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip were the most difficult and widespread that Israel had yet faced, but he vowed to bring the unrest to a ''manageable'' level.

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In an effort to break the protests in which at least 38 Palestinians have been shot dead, the Israeli Army kept up its pressure against restive Palestinians today, enforcing curfews on the eight refugee districts in the Gaza Strip. In the West Bank, where curfews on six of the 15 refugee centers were reported to have been lifted in recent days, several curfews were still in place at various times of the day.

Food supplies are running short in the Gaza refugee centers, several of which have been sealed off for more than a week, according to United Nations relief workers in the area.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1DC1730F93AA25752C0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print

ISRAELIS MAINTAIN WIDE ARAB CURFEW

By JOHN KIFNER, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: January 18, 1988

LEAD: The Israeli Army kept more than 250,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip sealed up in their refugee centers today in what is emerging as the Government's major tactic against the rioting in which at least 38 Palestinians have been shot dead.

The Israeli Army kept more than 250,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip sealed up in their refugee centers today in what is emerging as the Government's major tactic against the rioting in which at least 38 Palestinians have been shot dead.

The round-the-clock curfews, during which Palestinians are not allowed to leave their homes, are intended not only to keep stone-throwing demonstrators off the streets but also to exert what is being called ''environmental pressure'' by keeping Palestinian workers from their jobs.

United Nations relief workers said shortages of food, particularly powdered milk, were developing in the Gaza Strip. ''There is hunger, but not starvation,'' said a senior United Nations official in the area. Support From the Cabinet

The Israeli Cabinet endorsed the tough measures at its weekly meeting today. A brief statement said the Cabinet expressed its support for the security forces and Israeli police.

The newspaper Haaretz reported today that Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin is determined to have the army impose widespread and protracted curfews until calm is established.

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Mr. Rabin's Policy

Published: January 21, 1988

LEAD: ''The first priority is to use force, might, beatings.'' That is the message from the man in charge of Israel's response to the Palestinian protests, Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

As the policy was explained by a Jerusalem Post analyst, beating suspected protest leaders ''is considered more effective than detentions.'' Someone detained would be released after 18 days unless there was evidence to hold him, and ''he may then resume stoning soldiers. But if troops break his hand, he won't be able to throw stones for a month and a half.''

In a conversation in his office the other day, Mr. Rabin said his goal was ''tranquillity'' in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Only after all strikes and demonstrations stop can there be diplomatic or political moves on the Palestinian question.

This protest movement is different from anything before in the 20 years of occupation, he said, because it ''started without instructions from outside. It came from within the people. . . . We have to drive home to their minds and hearts: 'By violence you'll gain nothing.' ''

So far Mr. Rabin has made the country's policy virtually on his own. His longtime rival in the Labor party, Shimon Peres, party leader and Foreign Minister in the National Unity Government, is evidently afraid to challenge his hawkish line. The Likud Prime Minister, Yitzhak Shamir, is glad to have Mr. Rabin making the running.

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[Tom Joad]

5. who can forget ol' "Break their bones" Rabin?

Thanks for all the research, Englander!!

[LeftishBrit]

7. You mean Rabin who lost his life in the cause of peace?

[Tom Joad]

8. you talkin from the point of view of someone who did not have his arms broken.

Yes, even his very limited view of "offering concessions" was not acceptable for some in Israel.

But he is the one who commanded his army to "break their bones". So why can't i remember his "tough" side too.