Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Teen arrested for arson at Israel protest
A Rockland teen was accused of setting a sign on fire during a
protest and several fights Saturday night that involved 2,000 outside
the Atrium Plaza in Spring Valley.
The fights started outside the catering facility where an Orthodox
Jewish group of anti-Zionists protested as an Israeli rabbi was
speaking to about 2,500 people inside. The group, Neturei Karta, had
been expected to stage the protest.
The event began at about 7:30 p.m., and the demonstration proceeded
at first without incident, police said.
Officers who were on the scene for crowd control started requesting
backup at about 10 p.m., when protesters and attendees started
fighting, Sgt. Kevin Graiani said last night.
Graiani said the department received severalphone calls
indicating "that there would be some unrest, it would be turbulent."
The telephone callers indicated that the protesters would be from
outside the area, mostly from Brooklyn and Monroe.
Units from the Ramapo, Clarkstown and Rockland County Sheriff's
departments responded to the scene.
"Several small fights were (broken) up but there was really nothing
too bad," said Spring Valley Sgt. Jack Bosworth.
Graiani said the event ended without further incident and the scene
was cleared by about 11:15 p.m. No one was injured.
A 16-year-old male was charged with fifth-degree arson, a
misdemeanor, after police said he grabbed a sign from one of the
protesters and set it on fire.
Graiani said the suspect's name would not be released because he was
under 18.
Neturei Karta, which in Aramaic means "Guardians of the City" —
meaning Jerusalem — supports dissolving Israel and creating a
Palestinian Arab government.
The group, whose members work with Palestinians opposed to Israel,
believes that only the coming of the Messiah can bring about a Jewish
homeland.
A Rockland teen was accused of setting a sign on fire during a
protest and several fights Saturday night that involved 2,000 outside
the Atrium Plaza in Spring Valley.
The fights started outside the catering facility where an Orthodox
Jewish group of anti-Zionists protested as an Israeli rabbi was
speaking to about 2,500 people inside. The group, Neturei Karta, had
been expected to stage the protest.
The event began at about 7:30 p.m., and the demonstration proceeded
at first without incident, police said.
Officers who were on the scene for crowd control started requesting
backup at about 10 p.m., when protesters and attendees started
fighting, Sgt. Kevin Graiani said last night.
Graiani said the department received severalphone calls
indicating "that there would be some unrest, it would be turbulent."
The telephone callers indicated that the protesters would be from
outside the area, mostly from Brooklyn and Monroe.
Units from the Ramapo, Clarkstown and Rockland County Sheriff's
departments responded to the scene.
"Several small fights were (broken) up but there was really nothing
too bad," said Spring Valley Sgt. Jack Bosworth.
Graiani said the event ended without further incident and the scene
was cleared by about 11:15 p.m. No one was injured.
A 16-year-old male was charged with fifth-degree arson, a
misdemeanor, after police said he grabbed a sign from one of the
protesters and set it on fire.
Graiani said the suspect's name would not be released because he was
under 18.
Neturei Karta, which in Aramaic means "Guardians of the City" —
meaning Jerusalem — supports dissolving Israel and creating a
Palestinian Arab government.
The group, whose members work with Palestinians opposed to Israel,
believes that only the coming of the Messiah can bring about a Jewish
homeland.
Comments:
don't forget that there is a tremendous nafka mina btwn the american NK and the real yerushalmi NK in that the Americans are the lunatics that hang out with the arabs and the yerushalmi yidden consider the arabs to be rotzchim and avoid them
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