This is particularly educational, demonstrating what IDF soldiers have to deal with on a daily basis (not just in this week's violence):
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Co...Beit-El-421179
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Ne...6#.VhbAJisl9n4
Notice the people wearing blue body armor? That's the international press, always embedded among the Arabs, and making it a royal pain for the IDF to accomplish anything. They are always given advance notice when a riot or other provocation will occur, and are highly encouraged to position themselves to make the IDF's job as difficult as possible. Last week, there was an incident where two media personnel (in their distinctive blue body armor) tried to collect footage of the equipment inside of an IDF vehicle. The officer who destroyed their equipment to prevent them from collecting information on classified systems has since been punished; his battalion is pissed. These links are from that incident:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...706173,00.html
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news/...incident-16180
So, when you see footage from Israel involving Arabs provoking our soldiers, especially when it's spun the other way, and originates in the "West Bank", it's probably from one of these fools.
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Originally Posted by Trapper John
BrokenSwitch - Let me reiterate Hand's thank you. Most excellent intel.
Keep your head on a swivel and be safe!
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That means a lot from a QP. I am humbled.