T. Belman. I have to remind every body that Qalandiya is in Jerusalem. Look at the anger and the violence. Yet our government talks about a united Jerusalem and makes little effort to make it so. Isaac Herzog is calling for unannexing communities such as this from Jerusalem to achieve separation. Obviously this is a no-go zone just like in Europe.
According to an initial IDF investigation, Waze may have led two Israeli soldiers into refugee camp, sparking clashes that left one Palestinian dead and several wounded.
The Israel Defense Forces employed the controversial ‘Hannibal procedure’ late Monday night after two soldiers were attacked upon accidentally entered the Qalandiyah refugee camp, according to an initial IDF investigation. The IDF expects a full investigation to reveal that there were failures in judgement, and those involved in the incident may be tried at a later date.
The investigation of an incident overnight between Monday and Tuesday revealed that an army driver and squad commander from the Oketz unit were making use of the Waze smartphone GPS navigational app and entered the camp by mistake.
The two separated after their vehicle was attacked in the camp and the whereabouts of one of the soldiers was unknown for more than an hour. The IDF invoked the so-called Hannibal protocol, an order requiring extraordinary measures to head off the abduction of soldiers. The army expects the complete investigation into the incident in the refugee camp, which is in the West Bank just outside Jerusalem, to reveal failings in the soldiers’ conduct which could result in disciplinary proceedings.
In the course of a night-time IDF operation to rescue the soldiers, ten members of the security forces were injured, five soldiers and five members of the border police, one of whom was moderately wounded. The army reported serious violence in the refugee camp overnight including gunfire and the throwing of explosives, Molotov cocktails and stones. One Palestinian, who the army said was armed, was killed by IDF fire. Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said he was shot in the head.
Directives require that all soldiers travelling in the West Bank know the route that they are supposed to take. Before setting out, someone is to be put in charge of travel and to be responsible for proper navigation to the destination.
The use of Waze can pose a problem in such circumstances in the West Bank if the proposed route that Waze suggests is not evaluated. Waze does provide an option that excludes highways in Area A, which is under the complete control of the Palestinian Authority, and Area B, which is under the civil control of the Palestinian Authority. But when it comes to travel between A-Ram and Adam, which was the two soldiers’ route, sometimes Waze directs motorists toward A-Ram, the route the soldiers took.
The pair were in uniform, had an ammunition magazine and were riding in a vehicle with army license plates. After entering the refugee camp, a confrontation with residents ensued in which they were attacked with stones and Molotov cocktails, one of which hit the vehicle and set it on fire. The soldiers got out of the vehicle and split up. One hid in a nearby yard while the other proceeded toward the Jewish settlement of Kochav Yaakov.
The soldier who remained in the camp had a cellphone, which he used to contact his commanders. He also used his weapon a number of times, firing into the air. Contact with the other soldier was lost, and when the army realized that contact had been lost with him, the Hannibal protocol was invoked throughout the IDF Central Command area. The soldier was located more than an hour later. Overnight, the IDF extracted the army vehicle, which had been completely burned, from the refugee camp.
On Tuesday, investigators were examining the conduct of the soldiers and what orders they received from their commanders. The investigation is expected to focus on what instructions the soldiers received before setting out on their military mission in addition to the soldiers’ own conduct while on the road, an army source said. The soldiers were coming from the direction of the settlement of Beit El after letting a number of soldiers off at a base.
Commenting on the incident, Defense Minister Ya’alon noted that the two had left their vehicle in a manner than made it difficult to locate at least one of them and that large numbers of troops were deployed in the search. Ya’alon had praise for the quick response of the troops that were dispatched. The army, he added, would investigate exactly what happened in connection with an incident in which the two soldiers were not familiar with the area, adding that proper conduct “in an era in which Waze is showing the way” will also be looked at.
I really don’t understand how the commentors take such a negative view of Bibi’s “peace partners”. Even Shimon Perez emphasized that if we give these “peace partners” an Israeli ID, they will be our friends for life, how ever short they will manage to arrange that to be …..
Even during the beginning of the present knifing intefada, Bibi was looking to set up a commission of inquiry into those “peace partners” who incited to kill Jews. Never G-d forbid was there even a mention of doing to these immams and other dregs what was done to Jewish children, throw them into jail, no due process, and torture them. No way, after all, these dregs are our very own “untouchables”.
These very same dregs have been butchering Jews since even before 1948, but never mind reality, good for a so called “right wing” Israeli government to continue the farce, labeling these Jew killers as their “peace partners” and allowing them to roam freely to kill, at a time, place, and method of their choice.
The Ettinger boy is still in the bowels of the “madina moderne” and no one takes the case to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, this is just what it was established for, when a government acts this way against its own citizens. No due process of law, no legal recourse, no end to such treatment, and torture of course! And when the attorney general lies about it all, he was not fired, was there even so much as a reprimand from the Bar Association, or even the madina moderne represented by Bibi?
Israel must leave the scenario of the public lie and embark on the private truth which neccessitates the removal of the serially proven existential enemy. Until that truth becomes acceptable and is applied there will only be the continuation of the same repetitive horror stories. Every day we see a world which demonstrates clearly the ease of moving large masses of people across borders and areas…. the jewish homeland must not be given away to those who refused to cooperate and make peace with the Jews…. in such a circumstance it is the enemy who must be moved from the Jewish homeland….. they forfeited their right to live in the Jewish homeland….. the problem is that no Jewish leadership agrees with this….. the gov of Israel does not support the idea that “Jewish settlement in YS is legal and legitimate”….. if it did it would have found a way to say it over the last 7 years.
the truth is that they are impossible to live with and they must go…. Kahane said it and has been proven right….. but the GOI says to keep trying to live with them by giving them the Jewish homeland and preventing jews from living in the jewish homeland. Is it too much to ask BB to say the simple words that “jewish settlement in ys is legal and legitimate”? Why is that phrase such an enormous taboo?
the enemy population must be moved, a fence or wall will not change the situation.
This is a dangerous place (Qalandiyah) all the terrorists and their supporters must be removed (this is a large part of the population). This place is outside of the wall even though technically within the Jerusalem city boundaries. It is between Jerusalem and Ramallah. There is a checkpoint where there are always problems.
Leaving it will make it a Gaza in Jerusalem where rockets will shot the Knesset and Ben Gurion Airport. This is what makes Herzog proposal a big nothing. He is giving land for nothing to people who will use to attack Israel. Even though he is not talking about moving out the IDF at this point.