Violence in Hebron

There's a lot of action in Hebron these days, and I don't think most of it has been good. When I've been there things weren't too bad, but there was a teenage boy taken to the hospital with a broken skull. An Arab threw a rock at him that hit his head. I even saw a video of him bleeding from his head on Jpost.com. There's been tention between police, soldiers, Arabs and people supporting Beit Hashalom.

More recently, the road to Beit Hashalom was being blocked off, stopping more people from getting to Beit Hashalom. I spoke to someone inside that said he got through anyway, and the security isn't so tight. People are thinking that they are going to try to do the exulsion soon because of the current road block, but it's been going on for hours and I'm starting to think that it might happening just because of the rioting that's been going on for a while now.

I slept in Beit HaShalom two nights ago, and when I left om the morning I had a feeling of nervousness, not knowing when they were going to try to kick everyone out of the building. The Supreme Court did not say that the Jews in Beit HaShalom had to leave, only that it was in the hands of the police to evict them, if they so choose. This whole story seems to have turned personal. It's now a battle between the right and the left. It's like they don't want people to think that the right wing "extremists" can boss them around and do whatever they want. A fight between authority and disobedience (only for these "extremists," Arabs still being treated better as they seek more ways to cause harm).

I want to think that the government actually cares about what is right and what is wrong, but that would be wishful thinking. At this point, Israel has too many anti-Jewish government officials and I think it's a miracle that the State of Israel has lasted to long. Every second news report is about giving "back" land to Arabs, or freeing more terrorists that want to kill everyone.

I encourage people to go to Beit Hashalom to show support, and at the same time, show some respect to soldiers who put their life on the line to protect us. So in short, don't throw rocks. :)