One Fine Day At A Joint Peace Demonstration In The West Bank...

In response to the alleged vandalism of a mosque in the West Bank by a Jewish community there, a rabbi came to replace the Korans that were burnedand hold a peace demonstration:

"This visit is to say that although there are people who oppose peace, he who opposes peace is opposed to God," said Rabbi Menachem Froman, a well-known peace activist and one of a handful of settlers who went to Beit Fajjar to show solidarity with their Muslim neighbors.

Froman and other Jews and Palestinians who advocate coexistence held a demonstration by a busy West Bank highway junction, displaying banners saying: "We all want to live in peace." But fewer than 20 people turned out.

"I would like to see more people come to events like this," said Aharon Frasier, a young American-born rabbi from a nearby settlement who wanted to express his "strong objections" to an attack that contradicts Jewish values.

"We can't leave it to the politicians. We have to do what we believe in" to build peace and security, he said.

But for the Arabs, a funny thing happened on the way to the peace demonstration:

When Israeli security forces prevented Beit Fajjar Palestinians from joining what was supposed to be their joint demonstration, Palestinians youths began throwing stones at the
troops, who fired tear-gas in response.

The details are not clear, but people who want to attend peace demonstrations really shouldn't throw stones.

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