Violent Arab riots will “restrain” Israel, says Fatah spokesman in call to violence
Official PA TV, special broadcast on violent Arab riots in Jerusalem
Official Fatah Spokesman Hussein Hamayel: “Israel is currently playing with a powder keg, Israel is currently- Until now [there have been] 53 wounded (refers to violent Arab riots; see note below -Ed.)… It needs to be clear beyond the statements and notices of condemnation and the statements of denunciation, there needs to be action on the ground that will be equal to the level of the Israeli crime that the occupation state is committing regarding Jerusalem…
Israel thinks that it is the bratty kid that no one restrains. We need to restrain Israel, and I tell you that the one who will restrain Israel is the Palestinian people and these blessed arms that are throwing stones at them.”
Official PA TV host: “Certainly.”
Hussein Hamayel: “And also shoes at the heads of everyone who is negligent and everyone who attempts to attack Jerusalem (in Arab culture throwing shoes at someone is a sign of great disrespect for them -Ed.).”
[Official PA TV, May 7, 2021]
2021 violent Palestinian riots and Hamas rockets - On May 10, 2021, the terror organization Hamas launched numerous rocket barrages targeting Israeli population centers. Over a period of 10 days, Hamas and Islamic Jihad fired over 3,500 rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing 9 Israelis, and 3 foreign nationals (1 Indian caregiver and 2 Thai foreign laborers) and wounding hundreds. In response, Israel launched Operation Guardian of the Walls to target Hamas terror leaders and terror infrastructure. The Israeli army also confronted terror activity in the West Bank, and was deployed to maintain order in Israeli cities with a mixed Jewish and Arab population, where Israeli Arabs violently rioted and attacked Jews with guns, knives, and firebombs, killing 1 Israeli. In return, Jews started attacking Arabs and Arab businesses as well. Hamas’ launching of rockets followed weeks of violent Arab riots in Jerusalem. The PA’s ostensible pretexts for the wave of Arab violence were PA elections being prevented in Jerusalem; Israeli security barricades at the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's Old City to prevent disturbances (which were later removed following violent riots); and the planned eviction of several Arab families illegally living in properties in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem owned by Jews who were expelled in the 1948 Israeli War of Independence.