The Times of Israel’s Avi Issacharoff pens an op-ed warning that the arson attack will not be the last, and says he’s speaking from personal experience. He describes a potentially similar incident of a Palestinian house set on fire in 2008. Here’s an excerpt:
“Inside we found hysterical Palestinian women, and terrified men, all certain they were about to die. I remember one woman in particular, her face an expression of horror, screaming “Allahu Akbar” and pleading that we save her.
“I tried to go back out and shout at the stone-throwers to stop, but they kept on throwing stones at us too. All this time, the flames were spreading.
“Some of the Jewish spectators were advising the stone-throwers where to target the trapped Palestinians. They were not trying to halt the attack.
“It took 20 minutes for Israeli security forces to reach the house and extricate us all.
“To the best of my knowledge, nobody was ever prosecuted over this incident.”
The full piece is here.
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