WhatsappA blood libel is now being spread throughout western media concerning the deaths of two Arabs in the vicinity of Ramallah, supposedly by Jewish “settlers”. 23-year-old Saif al-Din Kamil Abdul Karim Musalat, one of the dead Arabs holds “Palesitnian-American” citizenship. The other was Mohammad Shalabi also 23. Arab media immediately reported that they were killed by Jewish “Settlers.” Without checking further, news outlets from NPR to The Telegraph to the New Arab began repeating this claim without any evidence.
So what did happen?
Here are the facts as best presented from those that were there. The video shown above clearly shows that Musalat is no peaceful bystander by rather part of a gang throwing rocks and attacking Jewish youth.
On Friday, a group of Arabs attacked Jewish shepherds near Ramallah in a premeditated attack. Reports confirm that dozens of Arab terrorists and rioters attacked a small group of Jewish shepherds with stones and slingshots in the area of the Ateret settlement in Binyamin. They burned and destroyed equipment and a Bible and injured two shepherds. The Arabs were accompanied by well-known anarchists and extreme left-wing activists.
The attack was planned in advance by the Arabs of the area. This was also reported by the Arab news agency “Wafa”, when the rioters’ goal was, according to them, to storm the place in order to “remove an outpost”.
The Jews called the security forces* who immediately arrived on the scene and repelled the rioters, while also attacking the forces in the open area along the mountain. When the forces arrived, a gas cylinder placed by the Arab rioters inside a bonfire they had lit exploded near them. There were no casualties from the explosion. At the same time, in light of the attack by the terrorists and rioters, Jewish activists were called to the scene and friction arose between them and the rioters who continued to throw stones.
Hours after the end of the event, the Arabs reported that two Arabs had been found dead, who they claimed had been injured during the events.
So was Musalat some peaceful “palestinian” learning about his heritage and traditions as his family has claimed? In a way they may be partly telling the truth. After all, one of the traditions “palestinians” hold in high esteem is throwing rocks and attacking Jews. Looks like Musalat fit right in.
Musalat was no innocent bystander or tourist, but as evidence becomes more clear he was a Hamas member and did not come to Israel to merely visit, but rather to partake in activities relating to attacking and harming Jews. Hamas is now declaring Musalat and Shalabi a martyrs, urging their followers to attack more Jews. Unfortunately, global media – even outlets in Israel are helping to enrage further hate towards Jews by spreading this blood libel – designed to cause increased violence and harm to Jews in Israel and abroad.
