Middle East Peace

Once again, Arabs have shown how strong their desire is to live in peace with the Jews. This time they did so by burning Jewish-owned wheat fields in the Samaria town of Yitzhar on Friday. When a volunteer fire brigade made up of Yitzhar residents succeeded in extinguishing the fire, they were attacked by rioting Arabs who threw stones at them.

A contingent of IDF soldiers arrived on the scene and used non-lethal riot-control methods to restore order. Although incidents of Arab vandalism happen with some frequency, residents say their complaints usually result in no response whatsoever from security forces.