Opinion  Alex Fishman
Israel's government and security forces are losing control
Alex Fishman
Published: 12.11.14, 00:34
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1. It's always the boys 13-30 years of age
Testosterone rampage   (11.12.14)
In almost all of the footage that's all you see boys rioting. Build them a racing track so they can get rid of all the pent up tension...
2. palastinians and arabs have lost control!!
Brett L ,   JHB RSA   (11.12.14)
Is what the headline should say!! Yes for the time being, Netanyahu and the authorities don't know what to do but this happens every time there is a violent break out by the pails. They will bring this under control as they always do, because it has to be done. These arabs are mad, the world over, not just Israel!!
3. I totally agree
Shep ,   Memphis   (11.12.14)
4. Abbas will be solely responsible for a Muslim bloodbath.
David ,   Hartford USA   (11.12.14)
Israel will tire very quickly of burying her dead and Israelis will demand action or the government will fall. Abbas should be arrested. Israeli law should be extended to Judea and samaria and enforced. Police and the IDF should be present everywhere and decoys should be deployed to entrap the terrorists. Take no prisoners. These murderers want to become part of ISIS - the new caliphate. It must be stopped dead in its tracks. If Bibi doesn't strictly enforce the law, the zombie Islamopaths will take over and Israelis will hide in their homes. Time for Israel to act like a sovereign country and do what is necessary to PRESERVE IT. The UN, the EU, and Jenn PStupid will make their usual Israel-bashing comments, but then, they don't have to bury their dead, courtesy of the butcher's knife of Islamic hegemony. Any more terrorist activities and the Temple Mount should be closed to Muslims until they stop. If they don't stop, no Muslim will ever see inside the mosque again. Time for Bibi to throw away his tampon and act like a man and the Prime Minister of Israel.
5. No - Bibi is leading us to terror
Haifen ,   Haifa IL   (11.12.14)
It's very easy to escalate, get tough with the Arabs. But it never works. And yes, Abbas may be inciting them. But who taught him to? We, Israelis, and our idiot pandering PM, have taught the Arabs that only violence will get them anything. Abbas has been keeping a non-violent path for years (proof: it must have been a huge effort to keep his people quiet during the last Gaza war!) and got nothing for it - the opposite - Bibi left the peace talks, even the appearance of peace talks. On the other hand, Hamas is rewarded every time it starts a war. Yes, Hamas hates us, but Bibi had a chance to neutralize them when they were forced to join Abbas/Fatah in a coalition. Instead, he ended peace talks and gave Hamas no choice but to start a war. Strategic mistake by Bibi. Huge! It led to a war and 75 people dead, and now an intifada. Bibi is leading us straight to our destruction bowing to populist Arab hatred!
6. finally a opinion that makes sense
bruce ,   k-shomne Israel   (11.12.14)
7. pay them to leave
dave ,   safet israel   (11.12.14)
Arabs want to leave. Rather than rebuild Gaza for eample, use the money to resettle them. Israelis domn't have the guts to annex.
8. Another stupid article
Rozie   (11.12.14)
Why don't you give the terrorists more ideas and make them feel good that they can scare many in Israel.
9. i think we now have a World Intifada let alone in Israel
Alan ,   SA   (11.12.14)
10. #4:Like your comment a lot, the tampon in particular!
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11. Don't worry folks - Moshe Feiglin is coming!
Tomer ,   ISRAEl   (11.12.14)
When Feiglin becomes PM, he will allow Jews to attend to Temple Mount and pray there. He will annex Yesha. Transfer problematic Arabs back to Jordan and Aza (where they belong). Arab terrorists will NOT be jailed in Israeli prisons. Arab terrorists belong in israeli cemeteries..
12. Abbas is morphing into the Aksa Holy Man
Sammy ,   Newcastle   (11.12.14)
First his wild gesticulations, drama and showmanship with accompanying words of doom and gloom....yesterday we saw him sport his new Fashion Kaffiyeh...(Is it Barghoutis?) What next? A Beard, then a Haniyeh style White Holy Robe? All this while the West Bank Economy is plunging off the cliff, Investors are shying away and private money transfers from West Bank Palestinians is increasing and people being killed Abbas and his Right Wing Jewish Counterparts in Israel are doing a great job together undermining progress of Palestinians in the West Bank and the Peace Process by their callous and ruthless incitement and fanning the flames of hatred further Conclusion? FIRST Yalla BYE BYE Heard of Sell by Dates? Give Abbas a Gold Watch and wheel him off into Retirement Meanwhile we need to see some sanity prevail and get some new blood on both sides to conduct some responsible and meaningful diplomacy
13. Security Forces losing Control
Sammy ,   Newcastle   (11.12.14)
And Abbas losing his mind On what premise, what possible advantage, what possible benefit to Palestinians does this raging incitement do for the Palestinian Community in the West Bank OTHER than massage Abbas ballooning EGO? The sad old man is being brain washed and fooled by his own rhetoric... Stoking up the fires of hatred in these young hotheads...who WILL run riot and out of control in OUR CITIES...Doesn't the buffoon realise that he is indirectly CONDONING senseless violence that will come back to hurt Palestinians? Whats the difference to these thugs throwing a Molotov at a Police Station in Jerusalem or in Nablus..To THEM ITS ONE AND THE SAME? Abbas - Put him out to pasture
14. Alex Fishman has it wrong
Arlene Kushner ,   Jerusalem Israel   (11.12.14)
In his assessment of the reasons for the Arab violence Israel is now contending with, Fishman writes: "The third motor has to do with the Arab's place in the Israeli society. Their feelings of deprivation – whether justified or not – feed the growing hostility behind the violent outbursts. Israel has a part in it thanks to politicians from the extreme right who initiate provocative bills erasing any chance of a future agreement." But there's a catch here. If we are talking about ISRAELI Arabs ("their place in Israeli society"), the fact that there may be no agreement for a Palestinian state would not make them feel "deprived" if they identified as Israeli. The whole point is that they do not.
15. Moshe Feiglin would end "Palestinian" B.S. quickly
Chaim ,   Israel   (11.14.14)
The IDF could end "Palestinian" violence and terror quickly. The problem is Bibi lacks the guts to give the IDF the proper orders. Bibi is foolishly afraid of what Obama, the EU and UN will say. A gutsy leader, like Moshe Feiglin, would quickly and permanenyly end "Palestinian" B.S.
16. To All Commentators
Harold ,   USA   (11.13.14)
What can IDF do when more than 20 percent of Israel's population demonstrates.
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