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☆ Israel arms civilian security squads, fearing internal strife
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Dan Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The last Gaza war in 2021 saw sometimes violent pro-Palestinian protests among the Arab citizens who make up 21% of Israel's population. Israeli police have arrested dozens of Arab citizens on suspicion of incitement and support for Hamas, based on social media posts. An additional measure has been the setting up of volunteer security squads to patrol the streets and back up police. Shabtai said security squads would be subordinate to police. "It is good that there will be a lot of security squads and force, but caution must be exercised with this," he said.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Israel's, Kobi Shabtai, Itamar Ben, Gvir, Shabtai, Ben, Eliezer Rosenbaum, Naella, Dan Williams, David Holmes Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, West Bank, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Old City, Jerusalem, Israel, Gaza, Lebanese, Haifa

☆ Israeli police crack down on Arab citizens expressing solidarity with Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Henriette Chacar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Civil rights lawyers say Israeli authorities are interpreting any expressions of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza as incitement. Police said Abu Amneh, who has over 300,000 followers on Instagram, was promoting hate speech and incitement, something she denies. CLOSE SCRUTINYArabs in Israel - Palestinian by heritage and Israeli by citizenship - make up some 20% of the population. Israeli authorities are interpreting any sympathy for the people of Gaza as support for terror, she said. At least 100 Arab citizens have been detained, most on allegations of incitement and support for terror over social media posts, said the Haifa-based centre for Arab minority rights Adalah, citing data from the State Attorney's office.

Persons: Dalal Abu Amneh, Abu Amneh, Kobi Shabtai, ahlan, Shabtai, Israel, Abeer Baker, We're, Baker, Hassan Jabareen, Eli Levy, Levy, Adalah's, Crispian Balmer, Gareth Jones Organizations: Police, State, Nazi, Palestinian, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Haifa

☆ Tel Aviv Shooting Leaves Three Israelis Wounded as Hamas Claims Gunman as Member
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Aaron Boxerman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A member of an Israeli security unit worked the shooting scene in central Tel Aviv. A Palestinian gunman Thursday night shot three Israelis in downtown Tel Aviv, Israeli authorities said, amid one of the deadliest periods of violence between Israelis and Palestinians in recent years. The assailant was shot and killed by police officers and armed civilians at the scene, Israeli police commissioner Kobi Shabtai said. Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, claimed the shooter, 23-year-old Muataz Khawaja, as a member of the organization’s armed wing.

☆ 2 wounded in new Jerusalem attack, Israeli paramedics say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The shooting in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem, near the historic Old City, wounded at least two men, aged 23 and 47, in their upper bodies, paramedics said. Authorities taped off the scene of the attack and emergency vehicles and security forces swarmed the area as helicopters whirled overhead. Saturday’s events raised the possibility of even greater conflagration in one of the bloodiest months in Israel and the occupied West Bank in several years. Security forces fanned out into the gunman’s neighborhood of At-Tur in east Jerusalem and arrested 42 family members, neighbors and others close to him for questioning. The earlier Friday attack, which occurred as residents were observing the Jewish sabbath, came a day after an Israeli military raid killed nine Palestinians in the West Bank.

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