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Watching the Strange Spectacle of Palestinian Made-for-Media Outrage
(Tablet) Amit Deri - During a tour of IDF reserve duty this month, my men and I were attacked by about 400 Palestinian rioters in the Hebron area throwing firebombs, hurling large rocks, using slingshots, and burning tires. They were documented by some 40 foreign press with cameras. They were shouting slogans about Muhammad's army coming to avenge itself on the Jews, and pranced bravely in front of the photographers, knowing full well that the IDF's strict regulations prevent us from doing much more than trying to disperse the violent mob by shooting canisters of tear gas. We did the best we could to keep anyone, Israeli and Palestinian, from getting seriously injured. And then, magic: A short while into the demonstration, the media, getting what it came for, decided to leave. As soon as the last cameraman was gone, the very same Palestinian rioters who were, just a moment earlier, so passionate and furious and violent, tossed aside their gasoline-soaked rags and boulders and cheerfully walked away. They weren't interested in a real confrontation. They weren't truly mad. They were putting on a show for the press. The writer is the executive director of Reservists On Duty, dedicated to fighting BDS.