Check out the following tweets from an Agence France-Presse Jerusalem correspondent who tweets under the handle @Johnny_Davo:
Israel policeman threatens journalists, Jerusalem pic by @AFP Ahmad Gharabli #Israel #journalism #photography #media pic.twitter.com/rntf2EFqdK
— John D (@Johnny_Davo) February 28, 2014
and this one from a different angle:
Israeli policeman points gun at journalists in Jerusalem (photo by Reuters) #Israel #Palestinians #journalism #police pic.twitter.com/kJ1abX2104
— John D (@Johnny_Davo) February 28, 2014
In a separate tweet he explained that the photos were taken during “clashes between Palestinians and police near the Old City, over disputes on the Al-Aqsa mosque site,” and pointed people to the end of this AFP article:
In east Jerusalem, meanwhile, Israeli security forces clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians after the weekly Friday prayers.
Police arrested three Palestinians in Ras al-Amud, just outside the Old City, an army spokeswoman said.
Police had barred men under the age of 50 from attending prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in order to prevent disturbance, and hundreds of Muslims prayed instead on streets adjacent to the Old City where the holy site is located.
Journalist killed by Israeli soldiers, police
https://cpj.org/killed/mideast/israel-and-the-occupied-palestinian-territory/
from the same AFP article:
why does the army have to attend the funerals of people they kill? isn’t that provocation?
and what does that mean after Motazz Washaha was found dead in his home in Birzeit following a Thursday morning raid? ah, yeah..i guess..when you look at photos of what they did to his house in the “raid”. http://cdn.timesofisrael.com/uploads/2014/02/000_Nic63018601-e1393506264631-635×357.jpg
Wow,
Combatants but wearing uniforms. Isn’t that a violation of international law?
And why the plain clothes? So they can stir up trouble, while maintaining plausible deniability, and still being able to pull out a gun once the desired reaction happens?
The IOF/police/security thugs are just emulating their hero Baruch Goldstein, I guess. Poor, frustrated thugs are just doing their job– trying like mad to provoke war.
“Police had barred men under the age of 50 from attending prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in order to prevent disturbance, and hundreds of Muslims prayed instead on streets adjacent to the Old City where the holy site is located.”
Is there something ‘magical’ about the age of 50???
Probably Mossad training practice. They’ve stepped it somewhat up since the days of Ostrovsky.