Roman Lozovsky photo
Activists arrived in Hebron last week bringing Palestinian
flags, cameras, and apparently, the intention of creating news of a
confrontational demonstration. Their focus was the Israeli Supreme Court ruling
that the “Peace House” building in Hebron does, in fact, legally belong to the
Jewish owners who purchased it years ago.
But, shortly after the protesters showed up, they were confronted
by a number of Palestinian Arabs who, unlike the activists, actually live in
Hebron. Said one of the Palestinian
residents of Hebron:
"For a relatively long period
there's been quiet and co-existence here between the Jewish and Palestinian
residents, and this protest only damages the neighbors living nearby who want
quiet already…"
“We want quiet already” is not yet the brilliant slogan of a new moderate
coalition; one can hope it will be. Meanwhile, these Palestinian locals not only
prevented the protesters from making news, they “kicked them out of the city.”
Seems newsworthy to me. And it’s not hard to imagine the
plentitude of headlines had the outsiders been escorted from the city by Jewish
residents.
Will mainstream media pick up this story?
