An Israeli lawmaker in the Knesset, Itamar Bin Ghobair, called on his country’s police to fire live bullets at Palestinian demonstrators in Jerusalem.
This came in a post by the deputy of the “Otzma Yehudit” party (a Jewish force) on his Facebook account, in light of the escalation of tensions between Israel and the Palestinians in 3 outposts in East Jerusalem.
Bin Ghobair said: “I have been stronger against terrorists on the Temple Mount and in all parts of Israel, including the Shimon Hatzdik neighborhood (the name that settlers give to the Arab neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem).”
He added, “Nevertheless, I ask the political leadership, when Arab rioters throw stones and glass bottles at police officers, to allow them to defend their lives and use live ammunition.”
He continued by saying, “The policeman who risks his life must shoot and not be satisfied with the means of dispersing the demonstrations.”
On Friday evening, the Israeli police stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, fired tear gas canisters and attacked the worshipers inside it, as well as the protesters in the Sheikh Jarrah and Bab Al-Amud neighborhoods in Jerusalem.
And those confrontations resulted in the injury of 205 Palestinians, according to what was reported by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, while 17 Israeli policemen were injured in the confrontations, according to a police statement.
While the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood has been witnessing for more than 10 days, confrontations between the Israeli police and the Palestinian residents of the neighborhood, and in solidarity with them. Palestinians in the neighborhood are protesting against decisions issued by Israeli courts to evacuate Palestinian families from homes built in 1956 in favor of settlement associations.