Slippery Slope

Several minutes after the terrorist attack in Tel-Aviv, Jews threw stones at Palestinian vehicles near Havat Gilad in the West Bank.

(Hebrew – HaKol HaYehudi)

The windows of 10 houses in the Palestinian West Bank village of Hawwara were smashed by Jews in retaliation for the terrorist attack in Tel-Aviv.

(Hebrew – HaKol HaYehudi)

Jews stoned Palestinian vehicles in Shilo Junction and Alon Road in the West Bank.  The Jewish Voice website  speculates that the attacks are a response to a terrorist attack in Tel-Aviv and rocket attacks from Gaza.

(Hebrew – HaKol HaYehudi)

The Hotline for Migrant Workers reports that on Thursday six Israelis assaulted an Eritrean asylum seeker on Mesilat Yesharim street in south Tel-Aviv.  The asylum seeker required hospital treatment for the wound sustained in the assault.

(Hebrew – Facebook)

A young Sudanese national was assaulted in broad daylight and knocked unconscious by two men as they exited a Tel-Aviv bar.  A human rights activist who came to his aid was herself assaulted by the men. (Xinhua)

(Videoclip – YouTube)

(Hebrew – Walla)

The police announced on its Twitter account that “fire ignited by protesters in a trash can on Kaplan st. in Tel Aviv caused an explosion. One person was probably wounded in the incident.” In fact, the fire was caused by a man called Moshe Silman who burnt himself as a protest against the government’s economic policies while policemen were present  and documented the event.

(Hebrew)

The police arrested social protest activists using excessive violence as they were trying to put up tents on Rothschild Blvd. in Tel Aviv, the center of the previous year’s protest. Among others, Tel Aviv police commander Yoram Ohayon arrested a protester who photographed the police, while another officer was threatening to break the protester’s arm (YouTube video in Hebrew). In another case, policemen were photographed looking for a legal excuse to remove a tent tied on top of a vehicle. When they couldn’t find any, they decided to disqualify the car on the ground that its front lights weren’t polished (Photo and explanation in Hebrew on Facebook).

The Tel-Aviv Police arrested 11 people, nine of whom are minors, for suspected assault of asylum seekers in the city’s south end.

(Hebrew - Haaretz)

The Mesila organization, which aids refugees and foreign laborers in southern Tel-Aviv, has received and anonymous threat. (Haaretz)

(Hebrew - Haaretz)

Dozens marched in south Tel-Aviv calling for the expulsion of asylum seekers from the city.

(Hebrew - HaKol HaYehudi)