Riots Grip East Jerusalem

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A Palestinian man was killed by an Israeli settlement security guard in disputed circumstances, a Palestinian toddler asphyxiated on teargas, and dozens of Palestinians were injured by beatings, rubber-coated metal bullets and teargas inhalation.

The East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan has been tense for months with clashes breaking out between protesting Palestinian youths and Israeli security forces on a regular basis.

Jerusalem municipality has demolished many Palestinian homes. The planned demolition of dozens more homes, the eviction of many Palestinian residents, and the pending eviction of hundreds more to make way for illegal Jewish settlements and a Jewish theme park has led to a time-bomb waiting to explode.

The spark that ignited the flame took place last Wednesday morning at approximately 5am when father of five 31-year-old Samer Sarhan was shot dead on his way to work following a confrontation with Israeli security guards outside the City of David Israeli settlement.

Much more at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52978

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1. What did they expect?

Targeting a particular group (Palestinians), evicting them wholesale from their residences, and making them homeless with no viable alternative.

[ConsAreLiars]

2. This is just what was intended and desired. More from the same aricle.

Some Palestinians are speculating that an increase in the provocative behaviour of Israeli settlers in East Jerusalem is a fifth-column strategy by the Israeli government to derail peace talks and ease international pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cease settlement building and expansion.

"These provocations are calculated and violent acts with a political goal," Dimitri Diliani, a Fatah Revolutionary Council member told IPS.

"The sequence of settler attacks against the Palestinian civilian population increased in severity and frequency as the settlement moratorium approached with the accompanying international pressure on Israel.

"Israel will use the clashes as an excuse to portray itself once again as the victim, and to argue that its security is in jeopardy. A senior Israel Defence Forces (IDF) member actually claimed that the growing grassroots civil movement and the strategy of non-violence as espoused by the Palestinian leadership posed a public relations problem for Israel. He further argued that it was easier for Israel to argue its case to the world when Israeli civilians were the victims of Palestinian attacks," said Diliani.

Edit to note - I added the bolding.