MembersWho is Killing Palestinian Children?

Social media has made anti-Israel incitement easier than ever, and if Palestinian parents won’t take action, they can only blame themselves for the outcome

By Edy Cohen | | Topics: palestinians
With hate flowing so freely on social media, Palestinian youth are being more easily incited to violence. Photo: Jamal Awad/Flash90

Six terrorist attacks have taken place in the last month and five of the perpetrators have been Palestinian children and youths. The sixth was carried out by a 42-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem, married with children and a teacher by profession.

November 17th: A stabbing attack took place in the Old City of Jerusalem. A 16-year-old boy terrorist stabbed two Border Police officers near the Ateret Cohanim Yeshiva at the Nablus Gate. The wounded soldiers, along with a civilian security guard who was at the scene, fired and killed the attacker.

November 21st: An 18-year-old Palestinian who was in Israel without a permit stabbed a couple walking on Bat Yam Street in Jaffa seriously injuring the 67-year-old man. The youth fled the scene on foot and police sent large forces into the area, eventually managing to arrest him.

December 4th: A 25-year-old Palestinian terrorist crossed the pedestrian crossing near the Nablus Gate in Jerusalem and suddenly attacked an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man, stabbing him in the neck and multiple other areas of his body. The terrorist was...

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