Jerusalem conflict spreads to Bethlehem

[Jefferson23]

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank believe that something big is coming [Getty]


Jerusalem tension is spilling over into Bethlehem where Palestinians fear 'something big coming'.

Creede Newton Last updated: 19 Nov 2014

Bethlehem - For months, the world has been fixated on Jerusalem. Car attacks, revenge killings, settler violence, demolition of Palestinian homes, and the fate of the al-Aqsa compound, The third most holy site in Islam, have kept the city planted on the edge.

Just yesterday, the killing of four Israelis in a Jerusalem synagogue - three Americans and a Briton who all held Israeli citizenship - by two members of the leftist group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, may have succeeded in pushing things over the edge it has been sitting on.

However, Jerusalem is not the only holy city experiencing daily unrest. Bethlehem and the surrounding area, home to both ancient biblical villages and refugee camps set up after the creation of Israel in in 1948, have been host to intensifying clashes between Israelis and Palestinians.

"What happens in Jerusalem, happens here," Mustafa al-Araj, a 27 year-old resident of the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem, told Al Jazeera. He believes that the events of Jerusalem and those of Bethlehem are inseparable. "When there's a problem there, we deal with it in Aida."

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/11/jerusalem-conflict-spreads-bethlehem-201411197130293973.html

[oberliner]

1. Would love more info about that photo

It is quite a striking image, but, alas, the caption does not identify it in any way.

Is it Bethlehem?

[Jefferson23]

3. I believe you can contact AJ by e-mail and ask them. n/t

[oberliner]

4. They stole it from AFP and published it without crediting them

I tracked to down the original photo via Google Image search.

Here's the caption:

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl a rock at Israeli security forces during a clash at the main entrance of the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Friday. (Musa Al-Shaer / AFP/Getty Images)

[oberliner]

6. What a disgusting bigoted statement

You should be ashamed.

[Mosby]

9. The Israeli security forces show considerable restraint in situations like this

They sould get credit for that but they don't.

Without doubt a similar situation in the US would have resulted in a hail of bullets.

[King_David]

10. Exactly right

[King_David]

11. Yes it is,

In civil conversation in these threads best say "I don't know " in such situations.

[Mosby]

2. "for months, the world has been fixated on J'lem"

Complete bullshit. Just another media hack obsessed with Israel and trying to fan the flames.

[King_David]

7. ISIS

[Mosby]

8. and ebola