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SvennoJ on 17 May 2021
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Dulfite said:
SvennoJ said:

You forgot the actual origin:

3,000 to 2,500 B.C. — The city on the hills separating the fertile Mediterranean coastline of present-day Israel from the arid deserts of Arabia was first settled by pagan tribes in what was later known as the land of Canaan. The Bible says the last Canaanites to rule the city were the Jebusites.

1,000 B.C. — According to archaeological evidence, King David conquered the city. He was warned that "even the blind and the lame can ward you off," the Bible says. He named his conquest The City of David and made it the capital of his new realm.

Conquer and be conquered that's history. Look at the history of Afghanistan for example.


This is what the NY Times wrote btw

Twenty-seven days before the first rocket was fired from Gaza this week, a squad of Israeli police officers entered the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, brushed the Palestinian attendants aside and strode across its vast limestone courtyard. Then they cut the cables to the loudspeakers that broadcast prayers to the faithful from four medieval minarets.

It was the night of April 13, the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. It was also Memorial Day in Israel, which honors those who died fighting for the country. The Israeli president was delivering a speech at the Western Wall, a sacred Jewish site that lies below the mosque, and Israeli officials were concerned that the prayers would drown it out.

The incident was confirmed by six mosque officials, three of whom witnessed it; the Israeli police declined to comment. In the outside world, it barely registered.

Your version:

Israeli police claim Palestinians hurled stones, bottles, and fireworks at them, which caused them to respond with rubber coated bullets and tear gas (which are a lot less deadly than stones, bottles, and fireworks). Video footage shows Israeli forces storming the plaza and firing sound grenades inside the building (again, not a lethal arm)

That's pretty biased.

It was the trigger, just as much as George Floyd was a trigger
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/15/world/middleeast/israel-palestinian-gaza-war.html

Rubber bullets can kill just as well, there is no such thing as non lethal weapons.

1) Wasn't my version, it's what I read from internet. I wasn't there so I don't have a version to tell.

2) Were there any reported deaths from the rubber bullets? They are a lot less likely to kill or harm than regular bullets. It isn't even close.

3) I don't doubt them doing it was a trigger, but launching thousands of missiles at Israel (and many of them hitting their own people) isn't an appropriate response.

1) Ah, Ok, I didn't see a source, my bad.

2) Not that I know of in this instance, there's also permanent injury risk

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/at-close-range-police-fire-rubber-bullets-that-can-maim-or-kill-protesters
A study published in 2017 in the BMJ found that 3% of people hit by rubber bullets died of the injury. Fifteen percent of the 1,984 people studied were permanently injured by the rubber bullets, also known as “kinetic impact projectiles.”

3) It sure is not. Give fanatics a reason to be idiots and they will gladly grasp the opportunity.

The sad thing is, the world doesn't pay attention until things blow up. Only after the rockets and retaliatory air strikes we get to hear what led up to it. Same as George Floyd had to die on camera before people gave a damn.