COPS SHOULD MEET LETHAL FORCE WITH LETHAL FORCE

Palestinian youths use the Temple Mount to hurl rocks at Israeli cops and at Jewish worshipers at the Western Wall below

 

By Howie Katz

 

 

 

 

 

Muslims consider Jerusalem's Temple Mount a holy site.  That hasn't deterred Palestinian youths from using the Temple Mount as a base for hurling rocks at Israeli cops and at Jewish worshipers at the Western Wall below. 

 

The Palestinian youths are not just playing a game of cops and robbers.  They are deliberately trying to injure and kill the cops as well as the worshipers at the Western Wall. 

 

Cops, whether in Israel or the US, should meet lethal force with lethal force.  

 

In the US, cops will not use lethal force against those who throw rocks, bricks and Molotov cocktails at them for fear of being prosecuted for murder or attempted murder.

 

In Israel, cops will not use lethal force against Palestinian youths who are trying to injure and kill them with stones because they don't want to be accused of killing Palestinian children.  Those 'children' are mostly in their 20s.

 

Instead, the Israeli cops will only respond to the rock hurlers with tear gas and occasionally with stun grenades.  

 

 

The Palestinians are not deterred by tear gas or stun grenades.  Knowing that the cops will not use lethal force against them merely encourages the Palestinian youths to keep on trying to injure and kill the Israeli police.

 

Cops, whether in Israel or the US, should never be placed in a Catch-22 dilemma.  But that is exactly where they find themselves now.